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improve your confidence with speaking
& conversation practice
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expand your knowledge of plants
& gardening techniques
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visit some of the best private
gardens in the world
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stroll through a 20 acre hillside
garden with magnificent views
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learn about herbs & enjoy a
‘hands-on’ cooking lesson
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relax & unwind in New Zealand’s
largest formal landscaped garden
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design your own floral arrangements
using native New Zealand flowers & foliage |
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Day 2
Christchurch...
an English City
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english learning outcomes
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Learning Outcomes:
You will be able to:
- Expand your vocabulary to include terms relating to floral design and use a range of superlatives to discuss and describe preferences by:
- Expressing views with confidence
- Describing designs & developing word relationships between units of meaning eg comparison & possession
The Focus:
- Discussing preferences using a range of new vocabulary, such as bloom, bunch, stem, bouquet and wreath
- Using a range of superlatives to describe smells, colours and styles
- Listening for main points and asking clarifying questions while practicing floral arrangement
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interactive learning activities
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Mona Vale Visit
- Enjoy wandering riverside seeing beautiful homes, trees & gardens
- In the spring the rhododendrons & azaleas offer a blaze of colour
- Visit the English style Mona Vale Homestead
Kerr Private Garden Visit
- Stroll around this private semiformal garden on the Wairarapa Stream in the prestigious suburb of Fendalton
- Smell the rhododendrons, magnolias, camellias & roses & see maples, michaelia and stewartia trees
Canterbury University Visit
- Situated in a spacious landscaped campus
- See historical English gothic architecture
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