Saturday 27 December 2014

Happy New Year


            2014 - Looking Back -  A Year in Pictures

2014 was a really  exciting year for Study English One to One in England
Our students came from around the world to stay with us and study English.

Meet some of my students to discover the experience of an Immersion English Homestay 
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My student Charo and I enjoying a curry at the local Indian restaurant.

Charo is an Advanced Level student. She studied with us for 3 weeks, taking an exam revision course for the Cambridge Proficiency Exam, (CPE).


Meet Mari, an Intermediate English student from Japan.
Mari improved her English by a whole level in 2 weeks with us.


        Mari wanted to learn how to cook some English dishes. Here she is making Shepherds Pie.

'Arrive as a guest, leave as a friend'.

All our students fill in the Guest Book before they leave.

Mari and I did a lot of runing together before lessons. We also ate a lot of ice-cream!!
                             

David from Toledo enjoying English Fish and Chips!!

This was David's third course with us. He is sitting the Cambridge Proficiency Exam 
( CPE) and took a  two week exam revision course.

Francisco from Tenerife took a 2 week Business English Course.
He needed to  increase his vocabulary and improve his speaking and listening skills for his work.
     

Outside Sally Lunn's House in  Bath
As part of your English Homestay programme, we visit places of interest to show you many of the delights in the area.

Francisco and I visited Bath and saw The Roman Baths, The Royal Crescent and the Palladian Pulteney Bridge.


Wells is the smallest city in England.

On Wednesdays and Saturdays a Famer's Market is held there in front of the Cathedral.

The Town Crier rings his bell and gives everyone the local news.




Francisco with the Town Crier in Wells


                   
The Bishops Palace, Wells, Somerset.


Francisco in the Stocks
The Stocks - A Medieval punishment whereby you are locked in the stocks and rotten meat and vegetables are thrown at you.

Philippe an Upper-Intermediate student from Switzerland took a 60 hour 2 week Intensive General English  Course




The Fleet Air Arm Museum at RAF Yeovilton.

Phillipe was interested in avaiation so we visited an aircraft museum.



Anna from Malpensa, Italy. She is making Risotto Milanese. It was delicious!!



Anna is an aeronautical engineering student. She came to study for the TOEFL exam to enable her to spend a year on the Erasmus Exchange Programme. 



Anna hadn't studied English since she was at school. She took a 2 week exam preparation course.





               What a fantastic result !!

When the weather is warm we can have lessons and also eat lunch in the beautiful English garden. 


Beatriz from Burgos, Spain, enjoying lessons in the garden.

Daniel wanted to visit Stonehenge during his stay.
Daniel from Spain stayed for three weeks during the school summer holidays.
He took a Young Learners Course.



Laura from Milan outside the facade of Wells Cathedral.

Laura took a 2 week General English course.                        

A 'Selfie'
When you stay with us for your Intensive English course you are welcome as one of the family.

A family walk on the Somerset levels
with
Brian, our student Daniel, Lewis, Millie, me, Sophie, Ellie and Ed.







                                    

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