We interview David King in Language Link

Today we visit Language Link, a school which is placed between 2 tube stations: King’s Cross St. Pancrass and Euston Square.  

The outside image of the building it is interesting as it is like the Victorian era, however the building is even older.

We met there David King, operations director.

Thank you for the interview David, can you tell us more about your position in Language Link?

Well, I am delighted to talk to you. I have several jobs here. First, I am the manager building I have to care of everything is working. I train the teachers and I teach too. I like teaching.

In the school’s entrance with David and some students 

And among all of these responsibilities, which one do you prefer?

I like doing all of them. Sometime I have to be teaching all the time and I get bored. I like to change.

 What can you tell us about the history of the school?

Language Link is a big organisation. We have 120 schools around the world, mostly in China, Vietnam and Russia, even in Uzbekistan.

Everything starts in 1976 in London where we currently have 4 schools. This school in Euston, the one we are making the interview, was open 18 months ago.

What is going on inside a lesson of Language Link?

Good question, because this is really important. The first thing I have to say is that we work so hard to make people feel comfortable. When new students come, you have to make sure of they meet everyone and if they have any question or doubt, we attempt to make them feel relaxed.

Another thing I have to say is that it is really important that students make progress and improve their English.

We are delighted to help the students with everything they need to progress.

Student’s room

You tell us that one of your tasks is to training the teachers. We want to know more about it.

We make a lot of training here in Language Link, we make it here, in Pekin and Vietnam where we are the agency with the highest number of students taking formation. Also we make it in Russia, where we highlight our formation online.

We have 30,000 people who are taking the training with us trough an independent association which we have called TOEFL Express. We also train in CELTA people who their mother tongue is not English but they teach English in their countries.

We have created studentships for that, so if some European teachers are interested, they can check our webpage.

With us their English will improve and enjoy their time in London.

David shows us one of the rom.

Why do you think is a good choice to pick up Language Link?

The most important is the feedback that we have from the students. I remember a Japanese student who came for 4 weeks and when she left, she was crying because she said we have become her family.

We make sure that we know the level of the students. We teach them well, we have a good location, either you come by bus or by tube it is easy to get here.

From a cultural point of view, this zone is fantastic, there are 13 different museums.

This was eveything. 

The cafeteria of the school

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Language Link 6 Duke's Road London WC1H 9AD

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