KING'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL
2008
LONDON, OXFORD, BOURNEMOUTH - an offer for children, teenagers and adults
KING'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL
was established in 1957. KING'S School is recommended by
British Council and is a member of ARELS. The school offers English
courses for children from 9 years and for adults. The courses may
take place in three cities in Great Britain: London, Oxford and Bournemouth.
In 1998 a new branch was opened in Canada, in town of
Victoria. The courses are available on all levels and give you the
chance to learn general English as well as specialist language
(law, marketing, medicine, journalism, culture and so on.).
The school offers basic courses as well as intensive,
super-intensive and holiday courses (trips, sport classes,
sightseeing and leisure time connected with learning are also
planned). There is also possibility to take part in Business English
courses. You may live with English families or in students'
accommodation.
LONDON
SPECIAL
OFFER: you pay for 2 weeks and you get 4 weeks or take your friend
for free.
(offer available in Autumn 2008 - for more information contact LEXIS)
LONDON The
school is located in Beckenham, a pleasant district in south-east
London, only 20 minutes by train from the centre of London. There
are great sport centres, restaurants and many interesting places of
London near the school.
OXFORD Oxford is one of the best known university
centres in Europe. It is famous for rich tradition and really
beautiful architecture. Students may take advantage from many
cinemas, theatres, discos, pubs and shopping centres. It takes about
an hour to get to London (by train or car). The school organizes
trips in the neighbourhood and to London and also guarantees
recreation and sport programme.
BOURNEMOUTH Bournemouth is a very
well known holiday town on the south coast of Great Britain
(1h30min. from the London airport by car or 1h40min. from the centre
of London by train). It is an ideal place for studies and leisure
time activities. In Bournemouth you can spend your time on
the beautiful sandy beach. There are many recreation centres,
shopping and leisure centres. It is very easy to get to London. The
school organizes trips in the neighbourhood and to London and also
guarantees recreation and sport programme.
TYPES OF COURSES
KING'S School offers courses on all
levels, for different age groups. You will learn in international
groups. On your first day you will take qualification test. KING'S
School offers following courses: - courses for kids (9-15 years)
and teenagers (12-17 years)- combined with the rich sport and
recreation programme - basic holiday courses - (20 or 21 hours
per week), intensive courses (29 hours per week) combined with one
all-day trip once a week - examination courses -preparing
for FCE, CAE, IELTS, GCE, GCSE exams - specialist courses - Business English
and others - long-term courses - 24 or 48 weeks (20 or 28 hours
per week)
ACCOMMODATION
KING'S
School offers the following types of accommodation:
A -
room for one or two persons; you will live with an English family
and have two meals( breakfast and dinner from Monday till Friday,
three meals on weekends)
The
host families are very carefully chosen. "Family" means
a couple with or without children or single persons. The house of
the host family is located near the KING'S School (15-25 min.
walk). The family prepares breakfast and hot dinner for the
student, on the weekends there are three meals. Living with
the family is advantageous for the student as you can speak English
with "your" family all the time and listen to their
talks.
B -
students' accommodation - this type of accommodation is offered by the
schools in Bournemouth and Oxford. Students' houses are located not
a long way from the school (several minutes walk). Students live in
single- or double-bed rooms, they can eat breakfast served by the
students' restaurant. As they may use the kitchen, they can prepare
meals on their own. There is also a TV room and a laundry. Students
who choose students' accommodation may always ask for help the
teachers of the KING'S School.
LEISURE
AND RECREATION PROGRAMME
London, Oxford and Bournemouth are
cities with many historical sites, museums, theatres, famous
buildings, galleries etc. In their free time students may take part
in the trips organized by the KING'S School. There is always a
guide on every trip so that you can talk with him in English. In
this way you will have a constant contact with the English language.
Students do not have to pay for the organization of the trip and the
guide. However, they pay for entry tickets to the museums, galleries
etc. and for the costs of the journey. Trips to Brighton,
Stratford-upon Avon, Canterbury, Bath, Stonehenge, Cardiff, Windsor
etc. are organized. In the afternoon KING'S School organizes group
plays, bonfires, quizzes, tennis and squash plays, classes on the
swimming pool, discussions in the international groups and grammar
classes. Students will not have to additionally pay for the most of
sport classes. In the evenings students can go to one of the discos
recommended by the KING'S School. They may also use very well
equipped library, computer laboratory and multimedia laboratory (e-mail
and the Internet). Every centre has additionally its own sport and
recreation programme. The participants can get the detailed
programme of these events before the course starts.
TRANSPORT
The arrival is planned on
Saturday, and departure on the first Saturday after the end of the
course. Arrival or departure on any other day must be earlier agreed
with College Of Foreign Languages "LEXIS". In the
College Of Foreign Languages "LEXIS" you may buy bus or air
ticket. If you pay additionally, you will be transferred from
the airport or bus station to the place of your accommodation.
INSURANCE
We encourage you
to buy insurance for the time of your journey and staying
abroad. "LEXIS" offers WARTA Travel
insurance for the students in case of an illness or accident.
All the issues connected with insurance for the time of the
journey and staying may be dealt with in the College Of
Foreign Languages "LEXIS".
How
to become a student at KING'S? All the issues
connected with the course, booking, journey etc may be set in person
or by mail in the College Of Foreign Languages "LEXIS" or with our employee. You
choose your course, type of accommodation and other services, and
then you will be asked to fill in an application form, sign the contract
and make a settled payment in PLN on our bank account "LEXIS".
The application form, one copy of the contract and confirmation of the payment
have to be sent to us by mail or fax, so that we receive the
documents 2 weeks before the course starts (persons from other towns
contact our Representative).
Before you leave you will
receive: ˇ confirmation of your
admission to the course together with the special letter to the
border authorities in Great Britain - so that you do not
encounter any problems entering Great Britain. ˇtravel card - if
you start your journey in Warsaw (persons departing from other towns
of Poland contact our Representative) ˇ confirmation of
accommodation booking together with the address, telephone and a
short description of the host family ˇbill for the ordered
services.
Courses
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in Bournemouth
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