Wednesday 21 November 2007

What's happening today...?

I thought it would be interesting to let you know about what happens in a typical day at Language in London. It's 0955 now... and the day looks very full.

Firstly, the English lessons all started at 0915. Some of our students are getting a bit nervous because they are preparing for Cambridge exams (First Certificate, Advanced, Proficiency) and the speaking tests are this week.

We are also hosting a workshop today for SOAS, which is one of the colleges of the University of London. The session today is on reading skills for early-years learners.

This afternoon, Caroline, our photographer, is coming to take some more photos for our new brochure and website. The sky is blue and we don't want to miss this opportunity.

Later today, I'm going to be looking at a new development for the online e-learning programme we give to our students. This is one of the exciting projects that Language in London is involved in to make the learning experience better for our students.

At 1800, the evening students will start arriving for their IELTS class and I will be ready to go home and watch the England - Croatia game on the tv!

Hope you have a good day.

Stuart Rubenstein

Monday 19 November 2007

Tandem International at Language in London

What a busy weekend!

This year, Language in London was host to over 20 language schools from across Europe (France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain) and Canada - all members of the Tandem International network. As schools, we all have a common interest in indepence, quality and innovation.

On Friday we had workshops in the morning, where representatives from each school shared ideas on marketing, websites, quality control and European Union initiatives. In the afternoon we invited some agents to visit the school and learn about all the schools.

On Saturday we held our Annual General Meeting and discussed the exciting future of our group.

The best thing about these meetings is that it is a chance to meet other people - friends - who run schools, care about their students and want to offer the best possible language courses.

If you are interested in learning English, Spanish, French, Italian or German... then we probably have the school and course for you. Please have a look at http://www.tandem-schools.com/ and get in touch with the schools directly.

Here are some photos from the event.









Regards,
Stuart Rubenstein