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Young Learners have a choice of five centres and three different teaching programmes:
1 At Bradfield, Epsom and Tonbridge, you'll prepare for the Trinity College Graded Examinations in Spoken English.
2 At Rugby, there is a more intensive version of this course with 30 lessons a week.
3 At Sevenoaks, you'll follow a General English course, covering all four language skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking.
When you arrive at Heathrow airport, you'll be met by our staff and taken to your chosen centre by private coach. At the end of the course, we'll take you back to Heathrow and see you safely through the check-in procedures. A taxi transfer service can also be arranged at an additional cost.
Your first task will be to take an English test. This will either be written or oral, depending on the course you've chosen. The results will determine which class you should be placed in.
From here on, your progress will be monitored regularly by teachers and your Director of Studies. At the end of the course, you'll get a certificate graded on the level of your progress.
Trinity College London has been assessing abilities in listening and speaking English for over fifty years. Its examinations are internationally recognised.
At our Bradfield and Epsom centres, you prepare for the examination in grades 1-8; at Rugby and Tonbridge, grades 1-10. These grades are aligned to levels pre A1-C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
The examination is entirely based on your conversational ability and, from the word go, you'll be carefully coached towards achieving the required level.
You'll have five lessons each morning, five days a week. In lessons 1-3, you'll focus on conversational and interactive language tasks. In lessons 4-5, the emphasis is on topics required by Trinity for their examination (subjects like global warming, fashion, festivals, music, shopping and travel).
At Rugby, in addition to morning classes, you'll have lessons on two afternoons a week.
Whichever teaching programme you choose, you'll practise one-to-one interviews so that, by the time the examination comes around, you'll be perfectly comfortable and confident.
There are up to six levels of tuition, from beginners to advanced.
Over five mornings a week, you'll have 20 lessons of 45 minutes each.
Each morning is split into two sessions. The first is based on course books. The second concentrates on oral work where, working in small groups, you'll build up confidence and fluency.
Over the course of the week, all four language skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking - are thoroughly covered.
We’re as selective about our teachers as we are about our schools. We insist on them being friendly, fun to work with and easy to relate to.
They’re all native English speakers holding internationally recognised teaching qualifications – as required by the British Council. Usually, they’re in their twenties or early thirties and will already have had teaching experience in language schools abroad.
There is never any shortage of things to do outside the classroom.
In the afternoons, teachers and specialist staff will organise a whole host of activities for you.
If you're keen on sport, there's volleyball, tennis, badminton, basketball, squash, table-tennis, football, softball and swimming.
If you prefer to do something more creative, all our centres have classes in arts and crafts, photography, dance, aerobics and other skills.
Then in the evening, you'll find there are all sorts of entertainments - ranging from discos to karaoke; from talent shows to competitions.
With all this going on, you'll find yourself improving your English without even thinking about it.
This is where you'll really appreciate our schools' locations. You will go on excursions to places like Canterbury, Cambridge, Windsor, Oxford and Brighton.
You’ll also enjoy regular excursions into London. These trips usually include an educational tour of the great museums (British, Natural History, Science or the National Gallery, for example) combined with the opportunity to do some shopping or sightseeing.
All five Young Learner centres are residential. A typical boarding house would have 40-50 students staying there and you'd sleep in a single or twin room, or in a larger room with 3-6 beds. Mixing and making friends in these surroundings comes very easily.
Accommodation is full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and there is a free laundry service for your machine-washable clothes.
Each boarding house is supervised by an experienced Housemaster or Housemistress who is responsible for your personal safety and welfare.
They’re on call 24 hours a day helping to organise every aspect of your visit; looking after your pocket money, flight details and passport; ready with support and encouragement whenever you need it. You won’t have to worry about a thing.
There's one adult in residence for every six students. It’s reassuring to note too, that most of our senior staff work in UK boarding schools throughout the year. Many of them come back to work with us summer after summer.
Three of our centres (Epsom, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge) also give you the opportunity to live with a local family for the duration of the course.
You’ll follow the same teaching and recreational programme as the residential students. But you’ll be encouraged to mix as much as possible with the family. You’ll have breakfast and dinner with them. And you’ll usually spend all day Sunday as well as three evenings a week at their home.
You may be accommodated within walking distance of the campus but more probably you'll travel to school by local bus. To ensure your safety, your host will collect you at the end of each programmed evening activity.
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"I have made a lot of nice friends here and we have enjoyed the English lessons and sports. I have learnt a lot of English."
Yan Ting Cheung, Hong Kong
"The very best teacher in the world is Ed!"
Anton Petukhov, Russia
A typical day
Trinity exam course |
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08.45
09.05
11.05
11.30
12.50 |
Morning meeting
Lessons 1 - 3
Break
Lessons 4 - 5
Lessons end |
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14.15-15.00
15.15-16.00
16.15-17.00 |
Organised sports
and recreation activities |
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| 19.30 |
Evening social
programme begins |
| 22.00-22.45 |
Bedtime depending on age |
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A typical day
General English course
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09.00
09.15
10.45
11.10
12.40 |
Morning meeting
Lessons 1 and 2
Break
Lessons 3 and 4
Lessons end
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14.00-15.00
15.15-16.15
16.30-17.30 |
Organised sports
and recreation activities
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| 19.30 |
Evening social
programme begins
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| 22.00-22.45 |
Bedtime depending on age |
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"I'm learning a lot of things and improving my English. I like the lessons very much."
Vanessa Castagnaviz, Italy
"I played a lot of sports and I made lots of friends. When I come back to my country, I'll miss England"
Ki Hyun Hong , Korea
"It is brilliant fun. The teachers are very nice. I have made lots of friends."
Giulia Nascig, Italy
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