Month: November 2016

November 29, 2016

“Culture Swap”- A Story about a Canadian Family and French Family

How can you help your children learn a foreign language? How to encourage them to improve their English when they are quite young? The idea came last year when we…

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Deckchairs on Bournemouth Beach
November 25, 2016

New Junior Centres in 2017!

We opened our first junior summer centre in Southampton in 2005. Since then, we’ve helped thousands of students enjoy their summers, combining high quality language teaching with comfortable accommodation and…

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November 18, 2016

London Central Platinum Centre Update

“The times they are a-changin” wrote Bob Dylan. But not about the Platinum department at London Central which is all about seamless transition. For those of you who didn’t know,…

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Stepping up to better speaking

Stepping up to better speaking by London Central’s Assistant Director of Studies, Andy Gaskins Being able to speak better English is often the most important goal for students of English,…

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Poem by Helene Reucherand (St Giles Vancouver Student)

I’ll be back soon After June France, you missed me, I miss you but I’ve left To discover someplace else by myself Have patience, Despite the distance I’ll be back…

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November 17, 2016

Interview with Hannah West, St Giles Juniors

Hannah trained as a teacher at St Giles Brighton where she completed her Cambridge CELTA in 2011. As one of the star trainees on the course, she got a job…

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London Central Teacher Wins English UK Action Research Award 2016

Aida, Champion of the world! In 2015 English UK started its Action Research Award Scheme to help teachers investigate teaching and learning in the classroom. So what is action research?…

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