Here’s a short video on who we are and what we do at Echo. We hope you enjoy it!
Here’s a short video on who we are and what we do at Echo. We hope you enjoy it!
Arundel – the11th century castle & gardens, the gothic cathedral, open-air Shakespeare, the Lido pools, Arundel Park and Swanbourne lake, boating, the Wetlands Centre, Arundel Festival, food festival, restaurants, independent shops, Arundel Jailhouse & Ghost Experience, Arun river cruises, the farmers‘ market, history, art & culture, the South Downs National Park, all at a stone’s throw from the South Coast and in easy reach of London, Brighton, Portsmouth, Chichester and other places of interest …absolutely fabulous!!
May 2nd 2016 – Bank Holiday Monday and the birthday of Charles, who started Echo with Estrid in 1988:
A forty-minute ride on my mountain bike, past cows and ponies and sheep, takes me from my house in Spain to the top of a hill, just above the village of Següenco.
To the South, the melting snows on the Picos de Europa under a high sun – spring is well underway and in a liitle over a month we’ll be saying goodbye to this ‚paraíso natural’…
…and to the North, the Sierra del Sueve, beyond which lies the Cantabrian Coast, the Atlantic Ocean and further still the South of England, where an exciting new season at ECHO awaits us!
Click on the picture for the March/April edition of the Title Sussex Magazine. It includes an interesting feature on Arundel (pages 35 – 39), including my sister Elisabeth’s restaurant The Parson’s Table !(also advertised on page 59)
Most would agree that a full-immerison in the language is extremely important. But what does that mean?
In an immersion environment, will a learner learn more:
1) if surrounded by people of their own age group?
2) if they need the language in a wide range of situations?
3) if they need to use the language creatively?
4) if the situations they encounter are motivating and relevant?
5) if the language they learn is related to experiences they undergo?
5) if as wide a range as possible of their cognitive abilities are challenged?
We believe that the answer is a very clear ‚YES‘!
Because of this, we aim to challenge our student, whos need to use their English all the time, socially, academically, creatively and in all the everday situations they encounter, from morning til night. They are mainly with people of their own age-group, and the situations they encounter are relevant, fun, challenging, varied and very memorable!
6) Are all learners the same?
7) Do all learners capture and retain infomation in the same way?
8) Do all learners have the same skills?
9) Do all learners want or need to learn the same thing?
We believe that the answer is a very clear ‚NO‘!
Because of this, we provide stimulation to different ‚intelligences‘ (see below), and our students can benefit from all of them according to their individual abilities. Our high teacher to student ratio, our informal environment, our professional approach, our small groups and different class types, our differentiated range of learning programmes and the variety of our activities and creative projects all allow each individual to maximise their potential as learners and as members of our small, friendly, collaborative learning community!
Take a look at our Christmas eCard!
Here’s an interesting talk from Sir Ken Robinson on why creativity should be a method and a goal in education: