After an intensive four days of inspection by the team from ISI, the Independent Schools Inspectorate, we were delighted to emerge with a fantastic overall grade '1', the highest p…
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Hi guys, Just back from my holidays- sorry I haven't blogged for a while. In today's English class we're going to look at some vocabulary mistakes that students make in my class …
Practise your vocabulary with this quiz... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/improve-your-english-try-vocab-quiz/

Hi guys, Hope you all had a great weekend. It's been true English weather recently. It will definitely be nice for the Olympics of course. So here's the London quiz that I wanted…
Try out this intermediate London quiz... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/improve-your-london-knowledge/

Hi guys! We're going to do another fun London culture quiz. Answer the questions and see how many you get right: London quiz questions. 1. In which big park in London can you fi…
Another London culture quiz... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/improve-your-cultural-knowledge-london/

Hi guys! This week I thought it might be nice to do a few quizzes on London, so today we're going to do the first one on places in London. So, here goes... See how many you can g…
How many can you get right?... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/do-london-culture-quiz/

Hi guys. So we’ve got to the end of the blogs on basic English tenses. We’re going to talk about the final tense and then review what we’ve done. 11. Conditional with would A…
A quick review of English tenses and the conditional. https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/improve-your-english-and-review-tenses/

[caption id="attachment_1586" align="alignleft" width="126" caption="Jan Ball"][/caption] Hey guys. This week and next week we’re going to talk about the 11 big verb tenses. We’re…
Improve your English! Learn the present tense and present continuous forms... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/english-present-simple-and-present-continous/

AHHH!!!STOP MAKING MISTAKES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE!!! It's not called past difficult!!! It's easy!! Many English students, even advanced ones, make mistakes with the past simple, but…
Rules about using the past simple. Regular and irregular verbs and explanations about pronunciation. https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/ice-your-line-english-school-lesson-1/

Five useful IELTS exam tips from our resident IELTS expert, Jan Ball: Make sure that you are comfortable talking about yourself and your life. In section 1 the IELTS examiner w…
IELTS exam advice: speaking section of the exam, what examiners look for and how to prepare. https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/ielts-exam-english-tips-speaking/

IELTS vs Cambridge First Certificate and Advanced Exams A question I often hear from students; "I want to take an English Language Exam but which one should I take? IELTS or…
"I want to take an English Language Exam but which one should I take? IELTS or Cambridge First Certificate (FCE)/ Advanced (CAE)"... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/2012/01/ielts-and-cambridge-exam-comparison/

Islington Centre for English's Director of Studies and Cambridge Examiner, Vanessa Lister BA DELTA, offers the following advice for the Speaking part of the First Certificate Engli…
Islington Centre for English's Director of Studies and Cambridge Examiner, Vanessa Lister BA DELTA, offers the following advice for the Speaking part of the First Certificate English (FCE) exam: https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/cambridge-first-certificate-exam-advice/

Hi all IELTS course in London students!  Here's a word-or-two of advice:  always aim to book your IELTS exam place 5 weeks in advance.  Places get booked up very quickly and stude…
Here's a word-or-two of advice: always aim to book your IELTS exam place 5 weeks in advance... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/ielts-exam-applications-advice/

There's more to an English School than just studying! Social and cultural events are a great way of improving your spoken English, making life-long friends and discovering London's…
There's more to an English School than just studying! Social and cultural events are a great way of improving your spoken English, making life-long friends and discovering London's secrets... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/english-school-social-programme/

The mean average overall IELTS exam result in 2011 at ICE was an excellent 6.5.  Scores ranged from 5.0 to 8.0 and is based on scores from both evening and day courses.  This is a …
Average IELTS exam result in 2011 at ICE was an excellent 6.5 on day and evening IELTS exam courses... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/ielts-exam-course-results-ice-london/

New, revised Legal English evening course for the ILEC exam start date is  September 10th 2012.  The course is 12 weeks in length and runs every Monday and Wednesday evenings fro…
New, revised Legal English evening course for the ILEC exam start date is February 20th... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/legal-english-course-ilec-exam-london/

Experience our Business English Courses for a free one-hour taster at 12.15pm and 3.30pm on the 24th January 2011.  Put your name down at reception to reserve your place on this fr…
Experience our Business English Courses for a free one-hour taster at 12.15pm and 3.30pm on the 24th January 2011 https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/business-english-free-open-day/

New start date for Business English day classes at the Islington Centre for English from 3.30 to 6.30pm is now Monday February 13th.  Students can study 15, 20 (both pure Business …
New start date for Business English day classes from 3.30 to 6.30pm is now Monday February 13th. https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/business-english-day-courses-london/

The ICE Business English Evening course is now gearing towards the Cambridge BEC Higher & Vantage Exams.  The course runs every Tuesday and Thursday from 6.30 to 8.30pm.  Student…
The ICE Business English Evening course is now gearing towards the Cambridge BEC Higher & Vantage Exams https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/business-english-courses/

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It has been a wonderful few months with some new teachers, some new students and some new courses (Business English and Legal English to mention two great developments).  Courses f…
It has been a wonderful few months with some new teachers, some new students and some new courses... https://letslearnenglish.org/blog/end-school-term/