MMLT online and face to face training for language teachers

In the recent months we put a lot of work and dedication in a project we are the UK partner for. Being a part of  the MMLT project, changed the way we visualize our company's  future of English language training courses. One of the most significant and sustainable results of the Montessori project is our recently opened Language Cafe. 

You have probably read quite a lot about it on here and on our website/social media platforms. We are extremely proud of this achievement and believe it genuinely improves the lifestyle of many local foreign nationals and also improves the quality of the service we can offer to our European students during their stay. 

During the piloting part of this project, Almond Vocational Link was to deliver teacher training sessions for language trainers in both face-to-face and online version. We received a tremendous amount of feedback, and those who managed to complete the training, admitted they will continue to use Montessori as their preferred method during language training. 

Two members of Almond's team participated in the training sessions delivered by Mrs Karen Corne. Valentina took part in the face-to-face training, Kamila participated in the online course. Both of them are actively involved in the running of our Montessori Language Cafe, therefore receiving training and giving invaluable feedback on the matter was very important to us. As a part of their training, they were asked to prepare lesson plans for a group of adult learners. Our trainees delivered their lesson plans to the students during our Language Cafe with great results.

We managed to capture some of the lessons on camera and we would love to share it with you. In addition to this, we also asked a local company to create a video documenting one of the lessons. Please take a look and feel free to share, its a fantastic opportunity to see how our students from Turkey and Portugal interacted and worked together during the class. 

               

                                     

Let's go to the beach

The Beach Bus - Bovisand

This summer, all the beach-fun lovers from Plymouth will be happy to hear that the famous Beach Bus is back! The number 54 runs to the popular beach of Bovisand every hour and the journey takes less than 30 minutes!

Bovisand Beach is situated on a beautiful Devon Coast, overlooking the Plymouth Sound. Apart from a beautifully surrounded sandy beach and clear blue water it commands fantastic views over the Plymouth Sound. 

The ‘beach bus’ will start operating from Saturday 24 May until Sunday 14 September. The service runs on Saturdays and Sundays only until summer holidays. It will run every day from 28th July until the end of August.

Bus 54 departs from the A9 stop on Royal Parade every hour from 10am until 6pm (except at 2pm), returning from Bovisand hourly from 10.30am until 6.30pm (except at 1.30pm).

For more information on the Bovisand bus service call Target Travel on 01752 242000

Service 32 to Cornwall

For those of you who are already in Plymouth, this bus number sounds very familiar since you take it to get to our office :) Great news is that City Bus 32 is extending its services to Cornwall this summer. Starting from 1st June.

The Bus timetable is available online, via the app or from their Information centre. It might seem a little confusing at first but essentially you need to look at the bust stop list to see where each bus will take you from Royal Parade. Here are some of the places you can visit by using this service:

Cawsand 

Tregantle

Seaton Countryside Park

Kingsand

Liskeard

To see more suggestions about things to do and places to visit whilst you are in Plymouth on your Erasmus+ work placement, visit our website :

www.almondvoclink.co.uk