Francois Dhoury

Hi,

My name is Francois, I work for Sairp Composites and I need English to talk to my clients in the United Kingdom. My problem was oral comprehension. My target was to have a conversation without having to ask the person to repeat.

This week was very rich for achieving my objectives. The lessons were exactly adapted to my needs and my job. Having 2 teachers was a nice experience. Gail was a very good teacher. Celia gave me confidence and a very nice feeling about what could happened during the week. David, my host, took care of me as if I was an old friend of him.

The one-to-one is the very best method to learn. Speak, hear, think .. dream in English. Since Sunday is very tiring - but so constructive.

My advice to future students is .... GO ON !

Francois Dhoury, St. Jean de Braye - August 2010

Business student from France

Geraldine works in the Quality Control department of a pharmaceutical company in the North of France. She needed to improve her English for meetings with inspectors and control officials as well as meeting clients from overseas. This is what she said about her one-week course with Heritage English:

"I achieved all my objectives- improved my oral expression; asking and answering questions; describing my job and my company; explaining procedure flow charts; having a better understanding and use of English tenses. I also increased my oral comprehension and my vocabulary.

One to one is the best method to improve your English level. English lessons are in compliance with our requirements and teachers can take time to explain you and adapt lessons with our level. Out of lessons you can practice what you have learned.

Celia and Gail adapted the lessons about my needs and organised nice afternoon visits, meeting people and experiencing life in the UK.

One week is too quick. I miss that we haven't enough time to work on written reports, emails ...

A Big Thank you for all

Geraldine

Angelika reports on her second course

Getting Ready for Cambridge University? Piece of Cake with Heritage English!


After having had a wonderful time with Heritage English last year I travelled through UK with my parents for 2 weeks. During this journey I happened to visit Cambridge, its world renowned university and the beautiful colleges. It was love at first sight; I knew I wanted to study Social Sciences there even though the application process is exceedingly daunting and the places immensely fought after. Although my grades are of the high level that Cambridge demands, I still had to improve my English in order to be able to compete with the elite of British students.

This was when Heritage English came into play. My objective of this year’s stay was to raise my written style to a more academic level which is required for university essays. The other goal I wanted to achieve was practising interview techniques and framing cohesive and concise arguments and answers to difficult interview questions such as “If 'Humanitarian Intervention' is acceptable, why shouldn't Europe invade the USA to stop it using the death penalty?”

Despite the fact that the amount of lessons comprised not more than 15 hours in total, I perceived the progress I made each day. Rebecca Nunn, my teacher, was competent and helpful in every way, challenging me, criticising, praising, making me see awkward sentence constellation and extending my academic vocabulary. At the end of the course I felt confident both in written and oral expression and well prepared for the tasks that still lie before me.

Additionally, I was able to see old friends and acquaintances again. I was even allowed to accompany April, my lovely “sister” from last year, to school and gain insight knowledge of the British school system and life. But not only did I meet up with everyone that has grown dear to me since last year, I also got to know new faces: I came to stay with the big Hobby family, and after only one week it felt as if I was already part of their family!

In conclusion, I can only repeat what I said last year: The programme that Heritage English has to offer is well-rounded, including fun time and intensive work, and is extremely flexible, suiting everybody’s special needs. No matter if you are a Business English student, a teenager who wants to brush up their English while having a great summer time or someone like me; this organisation will succeed in providing you with whatever you want.

A big thank you to everyone who made my stay as fantastic as it was!! (all members of the Hobby, Morrell, Thom, Nunn, Lincoln and Steggell families)

Angelika

IELTS Preparation Course - Huran

Huran came to us this summer for four weeks. He was a brilliant student who made the most of all the opportunities he had to improve his English. Here is the message we received on his return to Cyprus:

Hi miss , I hope everbody is ok in your home :D

After my all experiences in England , I feel more confident and have a more self-esteem to speak and show my English . After my 1 month course , I can decide which form of language I should use in different places to explain situations . It made my communication with other people easier as I can describe myself easily .
It was a great advantage to stay with a family , as I was able to learn daily speaking between members of family and know them . The lessons were specially designed for topics that I was weak , and help us to move forward on my English correctly . Self studies apart from daily lessons were also important and homeworks help students to repeat subjects which they studied in the morning . Activities apart from lessons that were took place in the afternoon were spectacular as well . Different types of historical places and museums are visited and new vocabuary words can be learned .
Meals were also delicious and lovely , as members of family gathered during supper , it was a good time to observe culture differences easily . Shopping was also different topic that I was interested and I need lots of time to shop and observe goods , my host family help my transport and online shopping whenever I want . I am very happy to live with new people and share lots of things with them . And my brother and cousin who are 15 and 14 respectively looking forward to attend same type of course in the future . Moreover , location of the House is also brilliant as we can walk everywhere easily . I like the weather in South England and if I have a choice I would like to live their instead of other parts of England as it is very clean and quiet . The citizens who live their is very friendly and smiling all the time . This made me feel confident during my stay .

A message from a dog!

This message from a dog was sent to us by a student called Torsten from Germany. Torsten had a 2 week immersion with Heritage English. He stayed with Debbie Cummings and her dog Oscar and the rest of Debbie’s family. He was taught by Toby and Becca. He has written his testimonial in the words of Oscar, the dog!!
Hi, my name is Oscar. I’m Debbie’s dog. Debbie was Torsten’s host mother during his two weeks’ stay at our house in July. Torsten is 17 years old and he comes from Germany.
Gail dropped him off one Sunday evening and we immediately became good friends. Soon he and me shared his sandwiches. And he was a good person to play with. It was obvious that Torsten really enjoyed staying with us, i. e. me, Debbie, Lyndon, Ashley, Grandpa and all the family. One day we went to watch a football match, then we went to the beach, the other day we had a barbecue at Debbie’s sister’s house. But Torsten did not only come here for pleasure. He came here to improve his English and was taught by Toby and Becca who took turns to collect him every day. There were three lessons in the mornings and various activities (e. g. museums, sports, cinema) in the afternoons so that he could practise his English all day long. There was a good mixture both of formal language teaching and instant usage – and Toby and Becca were the right sort of people. And - according to Torsten -it didn’t feel at all like English lessons back home. One day he even talked English to his mum when she was on the phone. Total immersion at its best. Unfortunately, sometimes there was homework for Torsten so that he could not play with me straight away. However, he managed to squeeze it in between me and the Football Championships on TV. Hadn’t I experienced it myself I wouldn’t have thought so but watching TV can contribute enormously to enlarging one’s command of a foreign language.
On departure Torsten was provided with a record of lessons and activities (for his parents) as well as recommendations for further study. I hope Torsten is enjoying the remaining weeks of his summer holidays. And I’m sure he is missing us –especially me. Of course, we must not leave out Debbie who did a real good job making him feel at home at our place. I wonder whether he’ll want to come back some day…. . And I’m sure it was worth all the emails between Gail and Torsten’s mum.