To help my son with his English language skills and motivation I organized a four day trip to London just me and him (we are from Germany). This included getting a permit for a day off from school (remember: Germany has always had compulsory schooling and is very strict on such rules). I organized lots of experiences or exercises there, many of course involving sight-seeing but also buying groceries, or stuff on a flea market, reading maps, asking for directions and writing his experiences in a diary (of course in English). It was great for both of us. The father son experience, the city and everything. Doing a city travel may sound trivial but this was actually my first out trip out of the country alone where I totally depended on my English skills and it was at times thrilling but also rewarding to see that it actually works quite well.
To help my son with his English language skills and motivation I organized a four day trip to London just me and him (we are from Germany). This included getting a permit for a day off from school (remember: Germany has always had compulsory schooling and is very strict on such rules). I organized lots of experiences or exercises there, many of course involving sight-seeing but also buying groceries, or stuff on a flea market, reading maps, asking for directions and writing his experiences in a diary (of course in English). It was great for both of us. The father son experience, the city and everything. Doing a city travel may sound trivial but this was actually my first out trip out of the country alone where I totally depended on my English skills and it was at times thrilling but also rewarding to see that it actually works quite well.