The Language of Music All teenagers love music – they may not all like the same genre of music but they they can all tap their foot to the rhythm of their favorite song! Shake, Rattle and Roll Using percussive instruments in the ESOL classroom can help students with pronunciation , intonation, vocabulary, self-confidence and...
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Another Successful English Language Residential Immersion Course!
Institute Saint Joseph Returns! We were very happy to welcome another group of young ESOL learners from Le Havre on their annual English language residential immersion in The New Forest last week. What a fantastic week we had! We are lucky to have an exceptional facility where we can run our residential courses, Foxlease, in...
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Beautiful people and A Beautiful Place – Learning English was a Dream !
Discover the Art of Learning Again in The New Forest! What a pleasure it was to help Monique from Paris to live her dream of learning English in England! Monique had taken her retirement in June 2018 and one of the things on her bucket list was to re-visit her English language training by enrolling...
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
There are so many English exams that you can choose from. It really depends what you need a certification for. However, the latest exam The OET is specifically designed for the healthcare profession and having had a look at the exam, it appears to do what is says on the tin. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists,physio’s, podiatrists,...
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Institute Saint Joseph – Short but Sweet!
In May 2017 we welcomed a group of young learners from France on a short educational trip to The New Forest. The group arrived late on a Wednesday evening on the ferry from Le Harve. A coach was waiting to transport the 27 students and 3 teachers to the beautiful venue of Foxlease in Lyndhurst....
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Keeping Up To Date
“Keeping the blog up to date is really important” I was advised……about a year ago. Hmmmm…I have to admit that I started the New Year with a promise to myself. I would up date the blog and keep regular posts as well as log regular updates on social media. So far, I have failed at...
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Business English for Finance is a success for Gonzalo
On his arrival Gonzalo was a B2 upper intermediate student with a desire to attain C1 level for studying at London School of Economics. He stayed with a family in Lymington and had daily one-to-one lessons with two teachers over the time he was here. It was a tough and very intensive timetable for a...
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Swiss Business student is delighted with immersion training: “It was perfect – better than expected”
This photograph shows our latest client on Friday evening driving the motor boat of Miles and Susie, his hosts from Milford to Lymington for a celebration drink in the town. It may look like fun, but Thomas was tired after a week of intensive lessons Monday to Friday with just one afternoon free on Wednesday....
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Strawberries, cream tea and champagne!
Denis, who had 2 weeks of one-to-one intensive immersion English lessons with us in February, came back last week for a short holiday to show the area to Carlos (right) They enjoyed their stay very much, despite the sudden cold weather we had! They visited the city of Bath, then Winchester Cathedral before dropping in...
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