Month: March 2015

March 30, 2015

Meet Alice – Our new Operations Coordinator at St Giles UK Juniors

Alice may be a familiar face to former St Giles UK Juniors students, as she has been an Activities Manager for us for 2 summers. Now she’s back working in…

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March 27, 2015

An Interview With St Giles San Francisco’s Married Couple Anastasiia and Temo

How did you two meet and how long have you been working at St Giles? Anastasiia: Temo and I met in Summer 2012 during our CELTA course at St. Giles…

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March 16, 2015

Preparing to take a Cambridge exam or exam course?

One of the teachers at St Giles Brighton, Diane Dowejko,  shares her  tips for students who are thinking about taking, or are currently taking, an exam course for FCE or CAE: Reading…

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March 9, 2015

Pink Shirt Day at St Giles Vancouver

Every February in Canada, we have a special day called “Pink Shirt Day.” This is a day when we wear a pink shirt to work or to school. The point…

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Dreaming in English – some Idioms with “dream”

Dream come true – When you want something, perhaps for a long time, and it finally happens, we say it’s a dream come true.    For example:  I just received a…

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March 4, 2015

A Tale of Two Interns

Hello! My name is Alfons Carlsson and I am one of the new interns here at St Giles in Vancouver. I am currently working here at the office as a…

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