Hello everyone,
As every week we have a visit to a School. This week we were in British Study Centres London which in near Baker street and close to Bond Street.
This school belongs to a group, having school in Brighton, Oxford
and Bournemouth. They offer courses for Adult Learners (from 16 on) and Young
Learners (from 8 to 16).
We have met Santi who works as marketing manager in the
school and he has showed us around.
Tell us more about
the history of the school...
British Study Group has a long path, they started in the 50s
as a family. At the beginning they did correspondence courses being the biggest
group in England, later they founded schools, the first one was West London College,
however this school doesn’t offer English courses.
It was in 1996 when the English School were founded. The
first school was in Oxford, the second one was in Brighton in 2002, the school
in London opened in 2004 and the last one in Bournemouth in 2009.
How is one lesson in
British Study Centre? Do the students need a book?
Yes, we use a book which is included in the course price,
this means the students don’t have to buy an extra book or pay more for the
book. Furthermore, the teachers also use photocopies in the lessons for doing
exercises or theory.
All our teachers are native speakers.
The building where the school is settled
Do students need to
take a level test before enrolling a course?
Yes they have to take a level test but the first day they
come to the school not before. You can start every Monday and
when you start you have to do a grammar test with 40 questions all of them
multi options. Then, you have to do a short writing and to finish we speak with
you to test your speaking level. The good thing of this test is that for example
if your level of speaking is higher than the grammar you will go to a different
lesson depends on the level, therefore you will not be in the same level for
everything, we place you in the correct level for each part.
However, we don’t offer beginning courses or proficiency
courses.
How many students do
you have per classroom?
The maximum 14 students, but the average is 11.
This is the library
Do you have exam
preparation courses for IELTS, Cambridge, TOEFL, TOEIC, etc?
Yes of course. We offer this kind of course. IELTS is very popular for Universities. For Cambridge
we only offer FCE and CAE, not PET or CPE. However, if a student wants to
prepare the PET exam we give him extra material. Besides we have what we call
study centre which is open from Monday to Friday and where you always will find
a teacher to help you and more material for the exam preparations. Therefore students
can use it even if this is not included in the course price, it is for free. It
is recommended for TOEFL and TOEIC exam preparation.
What we normally do for TOEFL and TOEIC is a combination
between the general lessons in the morning and 2 private lessons for these
exams in the afternoon per week.
One of the classrooms
Do you have a social
programme or extra activities for students?
Yes, we have a football team and we plan minimum 3
activities per week, sometimes we have 4 or 5 and in summer we have activities every
day. We think they are important as it helps the students to know the others deeper
and therefore they have a better integration.
In summer for example we have a party in a boat which is
very popular. We also visit the tourist places in London and organise parties
in the school such as the international food party in which students bring
typical food from their countries.
The cafeteria
And the last one, why
do should choose British Study Centre?
There are a lot of schools in London and in UK, but we have
gained experience during these years which is important in order to offer a
good quality and service to our students. Another important point for me is the
average of the age, here the average is between 20 and 25. Also our students
come from different countries, having in the school 92 nationalities, so you
will meet people from all around the world.
The party on the boat
If you want to know more about the offers and prices of this
school contact us at: education@polarchoice.com
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