English Language Experience and Action (ELEA), UWC Atlantic

An immersive English-as-a-foreign-language residential programme awarded Centre of Excellence status and ranked in the top seven per cent of English as a foreign language schools in the UK. The course is built by Peartree Languages, one of Cardiff's longest-established English language training providers, with more than twenty years of experience in accredited English teaching, and is delivered on the UWC Atlantic campus. Students are placed by level; the programme is designed for learners from B1 to C2 on the CEFR scale.

The course fee covers all programme fees, boarding, catering and GuardMe insurance, and includes an optional transfer to and from Heathrow Airport within the time window set out in the course pack. Flights and assistance inside the airport are not covered.

Participants board on the UWC Atlantic campus at St Donat's Castle for the whole programme; accommodation is included in the course fee, and pastoral care is provided by the college team.

Catering is included in the course fee and provided on campus for the whole stay.

The daily schedule combines language classes with physical activities and full-day excursions, including trips to Bath, Cardiff and other cultural sites.

Courses are hosted on the campus of UWC Atlantic, a United World College in the twelfth-century St Donat's Castle on the Glamorgan coast of South Wales. Boarding and catering are part of the course fee, and the campus is the base for activities in the surrounding coast and countryside.

Students join a group drawn from all over the world and use English as the only shared language of the programme, from lessons to action activities and excursions. The aim stated by the organisers is a measurable gain in confidence alongside the summer experience itself.