'Learn English With Shakespeare', an initiative to familiarise students with Bard's work

KOLKATA: A British Council summer course on 'Learn English with Shakespeare' will begin from today to familiarise school students of Kolkata with the Bard's plays.

Students as young as eight-year-old will get the opportunity to add to their vocabulary many new words, phrases and idioms coined by Shakespeare, a BCL spokesperson said.

The three-week course will provide the students with an enjoyable platform to improve pronunciation with some of Shakespeare's famous monologues and sonnets, she said.

"The whole idea is to facilitate creative and imaginative thought and the development of communicative skills among the children of Kolkata," she said.

The course will be tailored for children in three categories- Ace Teens (13 to 15 year olds), Shining Stars (11 and 12 year olds) and Whizz Kids (8 to 10 year olds)- over a 15-day period (Monday to Friday) from May 16 to June 3 2016.

"This will be part of our year-long programmes to commemorate the 400th death anniversary of Shakespeare," the spokesperson signed off.