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SLOVAKIA:

Since our project is not sponsored by any EU organisation, all the costs of participation in the project need to be covered by participants.

The participation fee for INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE Project for students aged 14-17 y.o. (Round 1, 2 & 3) is:

330 Euro/student
(230 Euro of advance payment + 100 Euro in SLOVAKIA on the 1st day of the Project)  

The participation fee for International Village JUNIOR for students aged 12-14 y.o. (only round 4 in SLOVAKIA – 16.06 – 21.06 = 5 nights) is:

300 Euro/student
(200 Euro of advance payment + 100 Euro in SLOVAKIA on the 1st day of the Project)

7-15 students in a group- we cover the cost of board and lodging for 1 teacher
16-30 students in a group- we cover the cost of board and lodging for 2 teachers

the participation fee for SLOVAKIA includes:
• 6 nights in the Hotel SOREA** in SLOVAKIA (Stara Lubovna)
• 6 breakfasts (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday) 
• 4 lunches (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday) 
• 6 dinners (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday).
• use of hotel facilities like the indoor swimming pool, table tennis, billiards, darts.
• language workshops with native speakers
• participation in the sports, arts, and other activities from the project itinerary
• board and lodging for 1 teacher with a group of 7-15 students
• board and lodging for 2 teachers with a group of 16-35 students

the participation fee for SLOVAKIA excludes:
• tickets to “Aqua City” (about 12 EURO/person).
• entrance tickets and local guides during trips (about 10 EURO/person ).
• transport to and from the hotel.
• transport during trips.
• insurance for participants and teachers.
• board and lodging for driver(s) – in case you come with your own bus. The cost for 1 driver for the whole stay is 250 Euro if driver stays in a double room and 280 Euro/driver if the driver stays in a single room.

POLAND:

••• Registration
How to register a group for the Project:

••• Lodging
Participants will be accommodated in Hotel Duga Uvala*** (CROATIA), in Hotel Sorea** (SLOVAKIA) and in hotel KOLEJARZ** (POLAND). You can find more information about each hotel in the LOCATION page. To intensify the process of learning English the participants will be lodged in mixed-nationality rooms, which means that there will be representatives of 2, 3 or 4 different countries in each room. It will stop students using their mother tongues and „force” them to speak English.

••• Board
CROATIA:
6 breakfasts (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
4 lunches (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday)
6 dinners (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Participants will have all the meals together, to leave no opportunity for learning and practicing English unexploited.

SLOVAKIA:
6 breakfasts (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
4 lunches (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday)
6 dinners (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) 
Participants will have all the meals together, to leave no opportunity for learning and practicing English unexploited.

POLAND:
6 breakfasts (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
5 lunches (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
6 dinners (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Participants will have all the meals together, to leave no opportunity for learning and practicing English unexploited.

••• Transport
All groups will arrange their own transport to and from the hotel as well as the insurance for participants. If you decide to come to the project’s location by train or plane or public bus  we can arrange a bus to pick you up from these locations: 
CROATIA:
Pula (CRO), Zagreb (CRO), Lubliana (SLO), Trieste (ITA), Venice (ITA).

SLOVAKIA:
Kosice (SK), Poprad (SK), Nowy Sącz (PL), Cracow (PL), Katowice (PL), Bratislava(SK), Budapest (HUN), Vien (AUT).

POLAND:
Kosice (SK), Poprad (SK), Nowy Sącz (PL), Cracow (PL), Katowice (PL), Bratislava(SK), Budapest (HUN), Vien (AUT)

Since the participation fee does not include transport it will have to be paid extra by participants. Contact us to inquire about bus charges for each location.

We can also arrange a bus for you and your group for the trips during the Project.

••• Trips
CROATIA:
Tuesday: each group will have an afternoon trip to a town of Pula (25 km) which is is the largest city in Istria County. It is known for its multitude of ancient Roman buildings, the most famous of which is the Pula Arena, one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters, and its beautiful sea.
Thursday: Each group will have a whole day trip to a chosen destination: Island Hvar, Island Krk, Trieste in Italy, Venice in Italy, Lubljana in Slovenia, National Park Brijuni or Zagreb in Croatia. 
The groups will use their own buses for these trips. If a group has no bus, we can organize a bus to take them for the trip. Since the participation fee doesn’t include transport costs, the bus will have to be paid extra. Contact us to inquire about transfer fees.
SLOVAKIA:
Tuesday: Each group will have an afternoon trip to the biggest water park in this part of Europe “Aqua City“ in Poprad. There are indoor and outdoor pools in the complex.

Thursday: Each group will have a whole day trip to a chosen destination: Kraków in Poland or the famous Polish spa town of Zakopane, Castle in Stara Lubovna, Kosice which is the second biggest city in Slovakia, National Park “Slovak Paradise”, Raft rides by Dunajec. etc.

POLAND:
Tuesday: Each group will have an afternoon trip to Krynica Zdrój which is beautiful spa resort nearby,
Thursday: Each group will have a whole day trip to a chosen destination: Kraków in Poland or the famous Polish spa town of Zakopane, Castle in Stara Lubovna, Kosice which is the second biggest city in Slovakia, National Park “Slovak Paradise”, Raft rides by Dunajec etc.

The groups will use their own buses for these trips. If a group has no bus, we can organize a bus to take them for the trip. Since the participation fee doesn’t include transport costs, the bus will have to be paid extra. Contact us to inquire about transfer fees.

••• Programme
Participants will be put in groups of 10-14 for the purposes of the language workshops. The groups will consist of participants from different countries to minimize the temptation to speak in their mother tongues. Each group will have 2 language workshops a day during the whole project, plus, and this we feel is the greatest advantage of the project, “live English,” i.e. they will speak English all the time between the lessons (during all meals , all activities, free time, in the rooms etc.).
The workshops will put an emphasis on the speaking skill. There will not be much writing, reading or grammar, but there will be activities that will force them to speak the English language and communicate with the participants from the other nations..
All the activities including language workshops will be led by native speakers from the UK, USA, Australia and Canada.
In addition, each group will have a lesson about the EU. Thanks to that lesson they will know what the Lisbon Treaty is about, why it is so important, what the main institutions of the EU are, what the Schengen zone is about, the role of the European Parliament, etc. Put another way, all the essential information they should know about EU.
Each group will also have EU Languages workshop. During that workshop they will have a chance to learn few sentences in a language of the other countries which participate in the round. Sentences like “I love you”, “You have nice shoes”, “Would you like to dance with me ?” ,  “What’s your name ?” or tongue twister in each language may be handy for participants and it is really fun to try to repeat them …

The kind of activities varies every round. The schedule of each round is prepared one week before the round.