English Language Centre, York

Social Programme week beginning 17th January

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Wednesday 19th January
Fancy going swimming? Join Nigel at the leisure pool at Monk's Cross. It has slides and wave machines. See Link
It will cost five pounds per person and the return bus fare is about three pounds.
Meet Nigel outside the school at 16:30.

Don't forget to sign your name on the list if you want to go. We need at least 10 people to run this event.

Thursday 20th January
How about an Italian meal at a reasonably priced and popular local Italian restaurant?
John will host a restaurant evening at Toto's. Dinner is from about six pounds plus any drinks.
This venue is always a hit with students. Meet John outside the school at 18:00. As usual we need 10 people to run this so sign your name on the list in the old common room if you want to go.

Social programme week beginning 10/1/2011

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Wednesday 12th January
See a great prison break movie - The Next Three Days, starring Russell Crowe. Crowe's wife is wrongly accussed and convicted of murder. An appeal against her jail sentence is unsuccessful so Crowe's character plans to get her out of jail his way.
Pay reception 3.60 to book a ticket and meet John outside the school at 16:15 to walk to the Reel cinema.

Thursday 13th January
Shopping for bargains. Ian will run a trip to the ever popular Designer Outlet on Thursday. There are some good bargains to be had in the traditional January sales. Food and drink available too. Come and have a coffee and browse for a bargain. Meet Ian outside the school at 16.30 to get the bus out to the outlet. Return busfare about three pounds.

Saturday 15th January
This week Nigel is organising a trip to Liverpool. Apart from the famous Liverpool Football Club, the city is the birthplace of the Beatles and Mersey Beat. There are some great shopping centres and a range of eating places. Cost will be about 40 pounds, discounts with railcards and when travelling with friends. Meet Nigel at the rail station at 9:15.

Happy New Year 2011

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Welcome back to all our students. We hope you had a wonderful break and used lots of English during your holiday.

Don't finish at four; there's so much more

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Weekly timetable of FREE practice activities

Day               Activity                            Where            When

Monday         Speaking Club                 Rm 16            16.15-17.15
Tuesday        Extra Writing                    Rm 11            16.15-17.15
Wednesday   IELTS Skills                      MMC              16.15-17.15
Thursday       Guided e-learning drop-in          Rm 11            16.15-17.15

Why not come to some extra practice sessions? All of the classes
will help your English and won't cost you anything but time.

Practice for free at the ELC, York

Repainting of the multi media centre

2010-08-31T13:26:00.001+01:00

The school is having some rooms repainted this week. Therefore, the MMC will be closed on Tuesday 31st August due to wet paint.

It will be open again as usual on Wednesday.

Social programme details w/c 5th July 2010

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Tuesday: An evening river cruise with Liliya, meet outside the school at 18.45 - cost about £7-£8

Wednesday: Spain vs Germany pizza and World Cup football from 19.00 - 22.00 with Chris in the new common room - watch the European showdown match on the ELC's big screen.

Thursday: A chance to play some football of your own. Chris will host a session on St John University's all-weather pitches. Meet outside the school at 16.20.

Friday: Nigel has organised a barbecue at the Black Swan - always a popular venue, meet 17.30 outside the school. Home made beefburgers, tasty chicken, all halal!

Saturday: Leeds armouries and shopping in Leeds with Ian - see the previous post.

Remember to sign up for all social activities on the old common room notice board.

Summer programme in full swing

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The school is very busy at the moment. There are many different accents to be heard in the school. The world cup has been popular viewing and we have held several pizza and world cup matches on the big screen nights.
The social programme is expanded for the summer and there are excursions every Saturday in addition to something happening most weekday evenings too. This weekend we are going to Leeds Armouries. This trip was a success last year as the weather was good. So far the weather has been glorious this year too, fingers crossed for the weekend.
Here is a photo of the outdoor exhibition area at the Leeds Armouries:

Social events week beginning 24th May

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To celebrate 7 points of excellence in our recent British Council inspection we are holding an international food evening on Wednesday night from 17.00-20.00. This will take place in the new common room.

Later on the same night we are having a party with a DJ at Varsity. This begins at 19.30 until 23.00.

Read what the British Council had to say about your school here:-
http://www.elcyork.com/en/english-language-centre/

On Thursday our usual football session takes place at York St John University. Chris is on holiday but Nigel will take over for one week. Meet outside the school at 16.20. Remember to sign up for this on the list in the old common room, we need at least 6 people for it to run.

A short cruise on the river Ouse

2010-05-11T15:03:00.001+01:00

This morning the Thai group learned about different forms of transport and the verbs and prepositions that go with each of them.

In the afternoon they went for a short cruise on the river Ouse. The Ouse is the largest of the two rivers that run through York. The weather was a little chilly so they sat inside the boat and saw York from a very different angle.

Visit to Jorvik Viking Centre

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This afternoon, Monday May 10th, the group of Thai students are going to visit Jorvik Viking Centre. We have been looking at the history of Vikings in York. This morning we wrote messages using the Viking rune system. Maybe we'll see more runes in the centre.
Take a look at the website yourself:
http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/index2.htm

ELC Mock Election Results

2010-05-06T16:34:00.000+01:00

The results of the ELC Mock Election held on the 6th May 2010 are as follows:

Chandini's 48
St Michael's Utopia 28
Green Bean 23
Spoiled paper 1

As returning officer I hereby announce the Chandini's party as winners of the aforesaid election.

Ian Paul (Returning officer, ELC, York)

Mock elections at the ELC

2010-05-05T15:08:00.000+01:00

On Thursday this week (May 5th) two communication classes will be running a mock election. There will be presentations of their manifestos by 4 parties with a secret ballot (or vote) afterwards.
The election results will ONLY be available online at any of the ELC sites.
Log on, have a look and see if your party won.

There are four places you can see the results: our website, Twitter, Facebook and our blog.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcyork

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27109171858

Website: http://www.elcyork.com/

Blog: http://elcyork.blogspot.com/

Judy elected Vice Chair of EAQUALS

2010-05-05T14:31:00.008+01:00

We are very proud to announce that our joint-founder and Academic Director, Judy MacDermot, has been elected a Vice Chair of EAQUALS. Judy is very pleased to have this opportunity to work more closely with EAQUALS in promoting quality language teaching in Europe.
To learn more about EAQUALS and what it does have a look at their website.

http://www.eaquals.org/

The New EAQUALS Executive Committee at their first meeting in London on 17th May - from left to right: Dr Brian North, Eurocentres (Vice Chair), Judy MacDermot, ELC York (Vice Chair), Richard Rossner (EAQUALS Chief Executive), Ludka Kotarska, Bell Warsaw (Chair), Axel Freudenfeld, freelance (Treasurer).

Four corners of the digisphere

2010-05-04T16:07:00.000+01:00

The ELC is now present in four main areas on the web.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ELCYork

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27109171858

Website: http://www.elcyork.com/

Blog: http://elcyork.blogspot.com

Have a look and leave a comment or two.

Thai young learners group

2010-05-04T15:50:00.000+01:00

The ELC is running a special course for a small group of Thai young learners. They were due to arrive before the Icelandic volcano started misbehaving but were delayed.
They eventually arrived on Sunday and almost immediately went on a day trip to Edinburgh the next day.
Some photos will be posted here when they have been on a few more trips.