English for Academic Purposes Summer School 

The English for Academic Purposes Summer School is an exclusively designed online course for students aged between 12-17, ideal for those who wish to experience Akademeia’s first class teaching standards for the first time and help prepare themselves for a rewarding academic career.

The carefully devised syllabus has two overriding priorities:

• To provide students with a genuine taste of what it’s like to study at Akademeia; we achieve this by focusing productive content on key academic skills.
• To address the most common language and structural mistakes our students’ make upon entry to the Summer School, in order to enable participants to excel in their future studies.

Key elements of the English language, such as perfect and passive tenses, the appropriate use of articles and correct punctuation are each worked on in dedicated, focused sessions. These will provide students with the foundations necessary to successfully complete many of the same academic assignments required of our term-time students, such as essay writing and analysing texts for language and effect.

By taking this course, students will receive 22.5 hours of contact time with Akademeia faculty members and be provided with a wide range of reading and language materials to continue their studies independently.

What Our Students Said about EAP Summer School

• ‘I think that I learned a lot here and it was a great experience to meet teachers from Akademeia and see the level of this school.’
• ‘The lessons were really interesting, well prepared and I learned a lot of new information.’
• ‘I really liked my Akademeia Summer School experience, because it taught me a few academic skills and prepared me for the future in Akademeia High School.’
• ‘Well, the Akademeia Summer School exceeded my expectations.’

Teachers

Kay Czepli-George
English Teacher, Akademeia High School

Kay Czepli-George specialises in teaching History of Art, Literature and English language to high school as well as university students. She has worked for educational institutions in England, Vietnam, Qatar and Poland. Her experience has ranged from teaching young learners and young adults, designing innovative materials, mentoring newly qualified teachers and supporting YL educators in a methodological capacity. Kay is interested in the concepts of second language identity as well as interdisciplinary and creative approaches to teaching English Language and Literature, and History of Art. The source of her inspiration is not only other teachers but also her talented students who surprise her every day.

Natalia Jakubowska
English Teacher, Akademeia High School

Natalia Jakubowska is an experienced ESL Teacher, IB Language B Tutor, and Extended Essay Supervisor. Throughout her teaching career, she accomplished professional development trainings in Poland, Ireland, and the UK. Natalia is interested in second language acquisition, cognitive psychology, and language education. She specialises in working with gifted students and designing individual courses which are tailored to meet students’ special education needs and help them grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Natalia promotes creative and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning in her classes.

Andrew James
English Teacher, Akademeia High School 

Andrew teaches English for Academic Purposes. He is also responsible for Akademeia’s Summer School.  Having last been responsible for setting up the short courses department of a well-established UK independent school he was previously the UK manager of a large international summer camp provider based out of Switzerland. English language teaching has been Andrew’s primary focus since leaving university, a career which has taken him to Poland, France and Portugal, working most recently for the British Council. Outside of school and family life, Andrew is keen on politics, philosophy and a wide range of sports, especially golf and cricket.

Katie Martin
English Teacher, Akademeia High School

Katie Martin is an experienced English language teacher for both children and adults. She has worked in educational institutions in the UK, Austria, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, and has been teaching in a range of multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-national classrooms.
Katie specialises in teaching secondary school age and also in professional development for teachers.  Across all age levels, she focuses on improving communication skills and cooperative learning, as well as raising confidence, as these are transferrable skills invaluable for our modern world.  Language acquisition and retention are some of her other professional interests.