The Chennai-based Veta Spoken English Training Academy has designed a unique summer programme titled English Holiday, for school students. The programme includes a light and enriching syllabus comprising general knowledge, spoken English, grammar, creative thinking and social etiquette, to help students enhance their soft skills. Spread over a period of 40 hours at each level, the programme is targeted at students of classes VII-XII.Communication and soft skills are of prime importance in todays world and we must hone these skills of children from a young age. The English Holiday programme includes special elocution classes, games, quizzes, language puzzles, and learning the social graces. The language games, competitions and lots of prizes offered will be exciting for children, says Dr. S. Ramachandran, head of brand management at Veta. English Holiday will be conducted at specific Veta academies in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka during the summer holiday months. Induction of batches will start from April 1. Veta, Asias largest spoken English training academy, offers direct training and distance education courses to English language learners of differing competencies. Founded as the Vivekananda Institute in 1981, Veta has 250 training centres in 140 cities in 22 states and Union territories countrywide. Thus far 2.2 million students countrywide have been trained by Veta.
