English in Swansea

Talking about teaching English: How to make your school unique (Free presentation)

2011-08-31T15:56:00.000+01:00

How to get noticed here? Glazgow/Flickr

An English school in the UK is not exactly a rare sight.
There are many English schools, and even in Swansea the competition is quite strong. Recently, we've had to present our school to a visiting group. There were several questions we needed to ask ourselves:
How to present our English courses in a unique way? How to communicate how special we are? How can we make sure that City School of Languages will be remembered as the best English school in Wales?
Read on to find out what we did - and see our free presentation below!

Classroom Rules - how to make them work for you (Free pdf guide)

2011-08-30T16:03:00.000+01:00

This is not helpful :) Zoagli/Flickr

Have you ever been in a class which was really difficult to control? Or maybe you had problems understanding the rules of your English course? We know that feeling. At City School of Languages, we've made it really simple for our students to understand what we expect from them. Read on for our philosophy of classroom management - and check out our free Student Guide!

My learning style is: Awesome - how to learn English with every sense

2011-08-29T17:01:00.000+01:00

"I'm a visual learner. Show it to me."
"No, please, play the CD again. I have to hear it to learn it."
There is a perfect way of learning for each person. If you find it, it will solve all your problems. You'll be able to learn English super-fast, and everything will make more sense...
You were told this, and now you believe this - but what is the truth about learning styles?

How to use Evernote to improve your English

2011-08-26T14:42:00.000+01:00

Here at CSL, we're always trying to find new ways of helping our students learn better. You can read about using mind maps in our lessons elsewhere - but today we would like to show you a way of organising your notes and reading material, online. It's easy and fun - and we've got lots of advice to get you started!

Art and English - how to speak about art [FREE RESOURCES]

2011-08-25T15:41:00.000+01:00

"Energy in the bin, 2011" - Artist unknown.

Our advanced English class have done it again.
Their lesson today was about art, and they've inspired us to do some really memorable stuff. They've managed to revise their art vocabulary in a new and creative way, and tried to describe something which could (maybe, just maybe) be called "art!" Finally, they had a chance to brush up their art knowledge - and donate to charity at the same time.
How on earth did they manage to do all that?

Hello world! Croeso!

2011-08-24T16:54:00.001+01:00

This is our first blog update. City School of Languages - the best language school in Wales - now has its own blog!
What can you expect to find here in the future?