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When visiting a country either for business, trade
or leisure it is essential to know at least enough of
the language to be able to get help.
You also want to know if you are getting a bargain,
going in the right direction, understanding just what
the museum or garden is about.
Learn to:
Use the telephone;
Use of emergency systems i.e. 999
Appropriate Greetings and Reponses.
Sending letters or Post cards;
By writing, in English,
back to yourself at home
Newspaper reading; Selection
of English newspapers each morning
Sample TV viewing; News
broadcasts, selective programmes in the evening, videotapes
of interest
Comparative values via shopping;
shopping for cooking.
In the morning over breakfast, before visits, we will
talk about the day ahead in English, plus the History
of area before visit.
Places local to Hedingham:
Cambridge Colchester
Chelmsford
Long Melford (Antiques
a speciality) and Lavenham
Kentwell Hall (Re- Creation
of English Tudor Life, 22 June to July 13th only)
Clare Priory (An Austin
Priory)
Learn:
The Language of History via Museums Castles and Country
Houses.
Also:
Royal Air Force museum at Duxford,
Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Thomas Gainsborough, Sudbury
Colne Valley Steam Railway Hedingham
Colchester Castle (First Roman Camp in Britain)
The Castle at Hedingham
The language of the Garden
Visit gardens of East Anglia
The Language of Literature
Libraries and Public record offices
The Language of the Kitchen
Cooking English style
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