Academic Life

Students at the Ukrainian Catholic University study English during the year and all students at the ESS will have already learnt basic English grammar. The focus of the summer program is on developing listening and speaking skills and improving vocabulary. Occasionally, it may be useful to review or teach a point of grammar, but usually that is better done by experienced language teachers in a systematic way during the school year.

Most of the students will be attending the ESS for the first time and initially will be overwhelmed by the immersion into a world of native speakers. These students have had at least one year of English classes but they will need encouragement and a lot of repetition during the first week. Some of the students have attended the ESS the previous summer and will be able to operate at an intermediate level and carry on a viable conversation. Their greatest need is to expand their vocabulary.

Summer School Requirements

The summer school is graded on a “pass or fail” basis. In order to receive credit for the summer school, students must attend all classes and scheduled activities, and hand in all daily writing assignments.

Attendance of classes is obligatory. If the students miss more than a tenth of classes they will not receive the final certificate. In order to integrate the students’ academic performance and class attendance we suggest the following scheme:

At the end of the School certificates are awarded to students who have fulfilled all the requirements of the program.