Friday, 12 October 2012

Anisha Thapa welcomes us at LSSE





This week we were in the heart of London, Leicester Square.
In the middle of this square, with its exiting life and its hundreds of tourists, it is placed Leicester Square School of English (LSSE). 
Near the school, there are fans that are waiting for the premiere of a movie and the arrival of their movie stars.


The entrance of the school. The fences in the right are for preparing the premiere of a movie
  


Thank you for the interview. Do you mind if we start by talking about your job in the school?

My name is Anisha and I’m the school Manager. So, I have to do lot of bookings because everything is forward to me. I also work on the School Bookings database of the students, consultations...all of this.


 Then, your work allows you to be in contact with the students, right?

Yes, if they have any problem or doubt, they come to talk to me.


Would you like to be a teacher?

I like my job, however yes. Sometimes I think i would like to be a teacher. Teachers interact with the students even more than me, you meet a lot of people with different cultures and this is amazing. But, I would not like to mix teaching and being a manger.


This is the desk of Anisha and where the interview takes place.



Can you tell us something about the history of the school?

It starts in 1922; we have been working about 20 years more or less. All the classrooms are in the same building. We are a small school with a reduced number of students per lesson and great atmosphere with teachers. That is what we offer.
We are recognized by British Council and we are members of English UK, so we help students in order to have their visas. We offer General English courses, exam preparation courses and also we have social activities which depend on the weather, we visit museums and so on. It is good because if you go with them to a pub, there you are not their teacher; you are their friend, so they talk to you more natural.


How is a lesson at LSSE? What methodology they use?

Well, first of all inside LSSE lessons we teach English, obviously. At your first day you have to take a level test which consists in grammar and speaking. We place you in a class or in another depends on your results. Furthermore, we show them around the zone, where the bank is, the library, the supermarket.... after that you are ready to start your lessons.

Talking about the methodology, our classes are divided by different lesson: lesson of “structure” which is writing and grammar and lesson of communication. The minimum number of lessons per week is 15, having 3 per day: the maximum is 30 lessons per week, having 6 per day.
If you choose 3 lessons per day, you will have 2 hours of grammatical structure (vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing...) and 1 hour of communication (listening, speaking, interaction...).
Altogether, our method is focus on making students feel confident with their English in every aspect, not only one concretely.  

One of the classrooms in LSSE. 



Do you mind if we talk now about the training of your teachers?

Yes, we train them twice per month. Of course, all of our teachers have to be recognised by English UK, have the CELTA certificated and have a graduate degree recognised by British Council.
We give internal training as we have a studies director with a certificated to train teachers, so every 2 month, it depends on the situations, we do workshops and courses for our teachers.


To finish, what does it make different LSSE?

Well, if you want to study in the center of London this is exactly its heart.
The zone is good and the atmosphere as well.  We have students from around the world, maybe in a class you can find 10 students from different countries (our maximum per class is 15 students).
As we are a small school you will always find someone who can help you in a more personal way. This is one of our strongest characteristics.
The other one, just look through the window... we are in Leicester Square, we are near the cinemas where the premieres are showed. In how many school you can see Tom Cruise through their window?
Also, we are not an advanced school from a technological point of view, therefore we are not going to charge you more like school which are.

Thank you, Anisha 

The sights from the entrance of the school. The fences are waiting for the arrival of the Celebrities


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