Introducing Clear Labeling for Eco-Tourism English Holidays
We’re adding a traffic light score system to blog posts to help you understand how each English immersion activity will benefit your English and/or support local communities.
If you care about eco-tourism, this will help you choose an English conversation holiday which cares too.
We care.
We care about your English, about your holiday AND about Scottish wildlife, ecology, art & culture.
A visit to Perth Museum
For example, a recent blog was about a visit to Perth’s New Museum.
This visit is a great rainy day English immersion activity. It’s a particularly good introduction to Scottish culture, and for an understanding of what makes Perthshire a remarkable region.
Perth Museum Visit
How this English conversation activity helps your English and positively impacts our community:
⭕ Great for mental/physical health
🟠 benefits our local community.
✅ preserves craft skills, historic machinery, monuments etc.
⭕ supports Scottish industry/agriculture
✅ gets you talking with a rich and diverse selection of people, or about diverse subjects.
🟠 supports arts & artists
🟠 explores Scottish wildlife in non-invasive ways
✅ a good introduction to Scottish culture
🟠 financially contributes to preserving culture
🟠 it is for fun and feeling good in English.
Argaty Red Kite Feed
A very different English conversation activity is a visit to Argaty Red Kites.
This working farm is a key part of reintroducing red kites to Scotland, which they support with a daily feed.
A visit to the feed gives you the sight of the feeding birds of prey, fantastic photography opportunities and lots of conversation around preserving and protecting wildlife (the farm also has bird feeders, wildlife ponds, and nesting boxes and has recently introduced a relocated beaver group).
Argaty Red Kites
How this English conversation activity helps your English and positively impacts our community:
✅ Great for mental/physical health
⭕ benefits our local community.
⭕ preserves craft skills, historic machinery, monuments etc.
✅ supports Scottish industry/agriculture
✅ gets you talking with a rich and diverse selection of people, or about diverse subjects.
⭕ supports arts & artists
✅ explores Scottish wildlife in non-invasive ways
🟠 a good introduction to Scottish culture
⭕ financially contributes to preserving culture
✅ it is for fun and feeling good in English.
It’s ok to ‘just’ have fun!
The Jacobite Steam Train (AKA the Harry Potter Train)
Feeling good speaking English is a valid language goal.
You’ll know yourself, when language learning feels like a chore, and/or speaking causes fear, anxiety or vulnerability, we find excuses to stop doing it.
Our English conversation holidays have the goal of falling in love with your English.
Because a heart full of English is with you wherever you go.
Your holiday with us is full of little and big activities that help you feel good speaking English (more about this).
Often that’s being within nature, but sometimes we need a big, bombastic reward!
A steam train ride is wonderful, uplifting and powerful.
The Jacobite passes over viaducts and takes you to the remote Highland fishing harbour Mallaig,
Some say it’s The Best Train Ride in Scotland.
It’s certainly a fantastic way to see Scotland and feel great in your English-speaking identity.
The Jacobite Steam Train
How this English conversation activity helps your English and positively impacts our community:
✅ Great for mental/physical health
⭕ benefits our local community.
✅ preserves craft skills, historic machinery, monuments etc.
⭕ supports Scottish industry/agriculture
⭕ gets you talking with a rich and diverse selection of people, or about diverse subjects.
🟠 explores Scottish wildlife in non-invasive ways
⭕ supports arts & artists
🟠 a good introduction to Scottish culture
✅ financially contributes to preserving culture
✅ it is for fun and feeling good in English.
Traffic Light Labelling for English Immersion Activities
If you want eco-tourism on your English language holiday, I hope this labelling system helps you choose us as your holiday provider, because we care too.
These checklists will be going on blog posts about English immersion activities, to show you how we help your English in community-positive ways.
If you are interested in an English conversation holiday exploring Scotland, then please do look at our dates.
Every week is different.
How to Book Your English Conversation Holiday in Scotland
From the schedule, choose the theme or activities you most love.
(Alternatively, if your dates are rigid, let us know what you would like).
We have only 3 English conversation guests per week, so there’s plenty of time for private coaching, error correction – and discovering the language you need.
But above all, you’ll enjoy using your English!
