Writing Challenge #12: My Dream English School

dream school

A few months ago we had fun building our dream clubhouse. The writers were so creative I thought it would be fun to build our dream English school.

Are you currently attending an English school? Have you attended one in the past? Think about what you liked and what you didn't like. What would you do differently if you owned the school? What would your English school look like if you had all of the money in the world? How would it operate? This school could open in the future, when technology and travel were even more advanced than they are today. Here are some things to think about:

The teachers
The lessons
The location
The curriculum
The hours
The extra curricular activities
The subject matter
The technology
The class size
The class length
The food
The rules
The class demographics
The fee
The appearance

Your task:
1. Create a post on your own MyEC blog called "Writing Challenge #12: My Dream English School" (Thank you to last month's participants for starting this submission trend! It was a great idea to have the stories on your blogs instead of in the comments.). At the end of your post write this question for readers: "Would you go to my school? Why or why not?"
2. Come back to this page and provide a link to your dream school post in the comment section. (Click on the icon that looks like a chain. Insert the url from your own blog post. Let me know if you have any problems.)
3. Visit other "Dream School" posts by members and answer their question: Would you go to their school? Why or why not?

My Example:

My dream English school would be located in New Mexico. I have never been to New Mexico, but I hear it is an inspiring place for writers. There would be fresh coffee beans in each classroom (and a place to store chocolate). The teachers would be allowed to wear jeans to school. Each class would have a maximum of six students and we would all sit on bean bag chairs near a big window. Much of the classroom work would take place outside of the classroom, in local art galleries, cafes, and parks. School would start around ten in the morning and end around two. Students would take turns bringing in food from their native countries to share for lunch and snack time. Yum! We wouldn't use many textbooks, but we would do lots of reading, writing, and sharing together. Once a week we would Skype with another English class from a different part of the world.

Would you come to my school? Why or why not?
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Note: I will *Feature the most popular "My Dream School" post on MyEC at the end of the challenge. Write your hearts out!

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Comment by Cherrytea on December 25, 2010 at 1:38: Well, a dream English school? It's not the building that matters the most, but the classes and tutors. To make learning effective, one shouldn't limit themselves to indoor acivities. Classroom meetings should be merely an occassion to discuss and share different experiences during real classes in a real English-speaking environment. The students go on trips, excursions; meet people, do shopping, ask for directions, visit interesting places, listen to stories, ask questions, discuss things of their interests. The tutor is just kind of manager and supervisor taking care of the students in terms of providing new and relevant topics. They (the tutors) are responsible for creating "realms" for effective and interactive communication between the students. They're looking for solutions providing motivation for being an active user of English.

Comment by zakaria elshafie on November 4, 2010 at 23:47: Once I worked in a school that I was dreaming and longing all the years I've spent in teaching.The school acctually was graduated and accriditated as a modern school that meets all the needs and the requirements of the standard and ideal schools. The building was designed perfectly, that wide and large spaces make it easy and comfortable to move and practice.Bright colours are every where, well chosen plants and trees decorat the entrances,sides and classes. A smell of perfum spread through the preeze to mix with the fresh and clean air and fill all the lectur rooms and halls.
the building is a piece of beauty that joins the tradition with the modernization.
windows in classes are the most remarkable than any other school ,so wide that you feel sitting in a house of glass in a garden. The magic screen in front of the students,full of brightly coloured and beautifuly is prepared to attract the viewers to gain thier whole attention.t effecient teachers work side by side to present the issue which is related to the students' interests and............oh tara it a very long subject so some other time

Comment by passant on October 11, 2010 at 15:41: yes tara.. passant is my first name...and thanks for the link :)

best wishes

Admin Comment by Tara Benwell on October 7, 2010 at 1:30: Hi Passant. Is that your first name? Thanks for sharing your dream school! I love the fact that students get to pick which language they want to learn. Sports day sounds great too. In Canada, DPA is a regular part of the school day. Can you guess what this stands for?

Re: corrections: Your writing is fantastic. I recommend that you read this article about tidying up your written English. It is important to use punctuation and capitalization in English.

Comment by passant on October 6, 2010 at 19:30: my school dream would be in my country Alexandria..i know there is a lot of schools here but its not like mine...i would make a great building surrounded by grass , trees and flowers ..i would make an option in this school that every student choose the language they would love to learn like Spanish ,English ,German...etc and this would start after grade 5 after we give them all language we have ,,,and the school must at least have not less than 5 languages...and i would make for every language an professional teachers, for the students... they should to talk English all the time in every lesson until they reach their 5th grade then they should to talk in the language that had chosen by them...and if i have a lot of money i would make a modern classes with a small wardrobe in every class for the students to put their jackets or whatever... and putting water machine for students..there would be a large room for every staff.. like English staff sit together in a modern and large room ...and other staff have the same thing ..about the garden i would like it to be huge garden to make the students feel free to move and play and do everything they want ..and for sure would put guards in the garden if anyone get hurt or something like that ..it would be from 9 am to 3 pm it would be only 6 lessons in the day and about the curriculum i would not like it to be like any other curriculum i would like to suits our generation and every year must be changed and it should depend on the innovation and challenge ..i would make all my students work hard and i would encourage them by giving gifts for students who worked hard and there will be a sport day in every month ..i would put an extra lesson 3 days in a week called innovation and this will teach students how to innovate anything u could benefit from it with minimum cost ..i would like to build a huge library and it would have all the books in all fields that could utilize the students ...and for sure there would be in their break a meal for every student..

this is my first post in this club ..so if there is any mistakes it would be grateful from you to correct my mistakes

Comment by Truong Thi Thuong on August 25, 2010 at 8:24: The best way to learn English is to live and learn in an English speaking country. However, It is very difficult for me to move to an English speaking country to live and learn. Because I don't have enough money.
In my country there are some schools in which teachers speaks English and teaches all thing in English. But the fee is too high and many people can not pay to learn in these schools. Therefore, my dream English school is a school which is placed in my country with many modern equipments and teachers are native English speakers. One important thing is that the fee is not too high so that many people can go there to learn English.

Comment by Vellat Narendran Menon on May 8, 2010 at 18:10: Tara

Your school sounds exciting at the same time realisable. Really yummy too! :))

Admin Comment by Tara Benwell on April 14, 2010 at 2:19: Selma,
1 and 2 are great.
For 3 remove "to"

Comment by selma on April 13, 2010 at 18:19: Thank you TARA for your correction, I have rewritten them,

1) There would be a school for people who need or,
There would be a school where people in need ,,or..
.....would be located where people need it.
2) All Teachers and Learners
3) So, we would not to need............

Admin Comment by Tara Benwell on April 13, 2010 at 14:22: Hi Selma,

Great! I love the idea of a "brain team"!

Okay, since you asked, let's go through a few corrections...
1) In your first line can you see an extra preposition?
2) In your fifth line (The all...)can you see an error with "all"?
3) In your sixth line (So we...) can you spot a typo?