Great English learning program for career-driven students at the prime location in London
Beatleweek is here! 🎸 🎶
26-AUG-2021 | International Beatleweek started on Wednesday. 70 bands from over 20 countries are performing live on the Cavern’s three stages all day, every day (with a different band on every hour).
READ MORELearn English in London – best museums for students
Every summer, Verbalists Education & Language Network’s students explore the depths of secret London and wander around the top London museums and attractions while attending the famous English learning program My LONDON. With more than 1,000 galleries and museums in London to discover, this city offers the perfect opportunity to our students to develop their skills and learn new things outside the language classes.
My LONDON – Turning English Language Learning into a Memorable Experience
English language learning while experiencing all the sights, sounds and spirit of London
READ MORENIKE Tennis & English Camp – We talked to our students and coach about their experiences
Nike Tennis & English Camp – Last summer, we visited our students at Bisham Abbey, which is one of England’s top tennis venues.
READ MOREMy teacher training in London
31-OCT-2018 | English Language Teacher Training: Laura Zanella from Trento, Italy, approached us with a need to improve her English language teaching skills and to earn a teaching certification. Laura’s testimonial may be helpful if you are thinking of furthering your ESOL teaching career.
READ MOREManchester City Football and English School – Mateu from Spain: Everything was perfect!
Student Testimonials: Mateu & Manchester City Football and English School
12-AUG-2018 | Mateu from Spain joined the Verbalists Language Network this summer and attended Manchester City Football and English School.
Continue reading “Manchester City Football and English School – Mateu from Spain: Everything was perfect!”My LONDON language travel tours and fun workshops
Every summer, Verbalists Education & Language Network’s students explore the depths of secret London and wander around the top London museums and attractions while attending the popular My LONDON program. Well, we thought it would also be nice to prepare the list of the things to do in London for our students who will be taking English courses in London during the springtime.
READ MORE300 Spartans storming London underground – one of the best flash mobs
One of the best flash mobs happened last year about this time when the army of Spartans were spotted on the Tube around London. Clad in just leather pants and capes, they brandished their spears for the entertainment of their fellow commuters. READ MORE
UK FAM Trip: Champions League, The Beatles, Oxford education – Verbalists bring Manchester City Football Academy and other essentially British destinations closer to you
26-FEB-2016 | Last week, PRODIREKT and Verbalists representatives enjoyed the privilege of being one of the select few companies to be invited to an exclusive Manchester City Football Language School VIP event, organized by Experience English, the leading UK educator.
We also used this opportunity to pay a visit to our other partner schools, making this 10-day FAM (familiarization) trip a real island adventure. With a tight schedule, we toured 5 UK cities in 10 days, quite fascinating, to say the least. What made it so? Read on…
READ MOREOne amazing summer, learning English and playing tennis, at the Nike camp
The Nike Tennis Camps in the United Kingdom offer the ultimate combination of athletics and fun.
26-JAN-2016 | By offering a perfect mix of match play, drill work, strategy sessions and on-campus and off-campus activities, our young players create memories to last a lifetime at these junior summer tennis camps! The last year’s photo album (below) gives you just a taste:
READ MORENIKE Tennis Camp – learn English and play tennis with the best
Who knows sports dynamics better than one of the world’s best recognized sports brands? Who understands language learning needs better than one of the most popular language networks in the world? The Verbalists Education & Language Network is proud to represent for yet another successful year the NIKE tennis camp for young learners between 10 and 17 years of age.
READ MOREFascinating Oxford at the crack of dawn
It’s midway through the summer at Oxford and the students have gone home for the holidays. This got us thinking about what a completely deserted Oxford might look like, so we got up at the crack of dawn to capture the sights and sounds of an empty city.
Here’s how the dreaming spires look first thing on a summer’s morning…
Continue reading “Fascinating Oxford at the crack of dawn”UK rejected half of EU doctors for poor English
A shocking 45% of the doctors who applied to work in the UK were barred after failing to prove their English-language skills.
About a year after the EU’s freedom of movement rules were amended to require medical doctors to pass a language proficiency exam in order to practice medicine in an EU member state in the doctor’s non-native language, a shocking 45% of the doctors who applied to work in the UK were barred after failing to prove their English-language skills.
Doctors from non-Anglophone EU member states must achieve a sufficient score on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in order to receive a license to practice medicine in the UK. Out of all the applicants, 779 were rejected. According to the UK’s General Medical Council, only one-third of 245 Italian applicants passed the English requirement; 40% of the 174 Greek applicants passed; and less than a quarter of French applicants earned a license to practice medicine in the UK. Polish and German applicants proved to be the most competent in English, with 69 of 114 Polish doctors and 53 of 79 German doctors scoring at least a 7.5 out of 9 on the IELTS. The IELTS is widely considered to be more challenging than other popular English proficiency exams, such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).
The recent language requirement, which came about after a German doctor administered an overdose of painkillers killing a patient in the UK in 2008, aims to ensure that the language barrier never interferes with a patient’s right to appropriate medical care.
English favourite – Spotted dick
Spotted dick
They’ve tried calling it “sultana sponge” and “spotted Richard”, but why? It’s always been spotted dick! This soft suet sponge studded with currants is even better smothered in custard. And it was served at Hogwarts. Must be magic.
Steam this traditional British pudding until well risen and firm (no laughing at the back, please), then smother it in warm golden syrup and custard. Yum READ MORE
Manchester Christmas markets, spectacular!
Manchester Christmas Markets from a helicopter – taken by the National Police Air Service
The new Garden Bridge over the Thames will cost £150 million
Following Transport for London’s (TfL) tender for proposals to improve pedestrian links across the river, Heatherwick Studio and actor and campaigner Joanna Lumley have developed an idea for a new pedestrian ‘Garden Bridge’ across the River Thames; a scheme to connect North and South London with a garden.
READ MOREMob Football, a Forerunner of Modern Football
Mob football was chaotic, violent, local and almost rule-free. Yet this medieval game helped shape the football codes we know today.
READ MORENo more “mind the gap” in the new London trains
Last week, London unveiled the new cars to the public for the first time, and when the trains finally hit the tracks starting in the mid-2020s, they’ll bring an appreciable list of improvements to riders.
With the new design, you’ll be able to walk the entire length of the train, which frees up lots of space that was wasted just from closing off individual cars in the past. The entrances are now all evenly spaced and feature double-wide doors, which means it should be a lot faster to get on and off the trains. And you won’t have to “mind the gap” anymore: the cars are all shorter, which makes the trains more flexible and able to come much closer to the platform edge. READ MORE
The British Dialects – an Excellent Vocal Tour
The major native dialects of English are often divided by linguists into the three general categories: the British Isles dialects, those of North America and those of Australasia.
The United Kingdom is probably the most dialect-obsessed nation in the world. With countless accents shaped by thousands of years of history, there are few English-speaking nations with as many varieties of language in such a small space. Dialects and accents vary amongst the four countries of the United Kingdom, as well as within the countries themselves. READ MORE