Studio - Cambridge English Language School

Courses at all levels

Our Intensive English courses and our Language and Activity Programmes are available at all levels from Beginner to Advanced. You will be tested on your fi rst day and placed in one of the six main levels shown below. (We usually have classes at many more than six levels, but these are the main divisions).

The teaching

Our teaching methodology is based on up-to-date techniques and 56 years’ experience:

• Success-oriented curriculum at all levels
• Dynamic, interactive teaching
• Clearly focused lessons
• Personal attention
• Wonderful international atmosphere, with students from every corner of the world
• Personal tutorials (private meetings) with teachers (Intensive English Courses)
• Courses from 2 to 50 weeks in duration

More than 150,000 people have studied with Studio Cambridge. Their success has been achieved thanks to a dedicated team of qualifi ed and experienced teaching professionals, and a curriculum which challenges you to achieve your personal best.

Superb location

For more than 800 years, renowned throughout the world as a centre of learning, Cambridge is an exciting place in which to live and study, all 12 months of the year, and it is just 45 minutes from central London by train.

Great activities and friendships

Whichever course you choose, there will always be a full programme of social, cultural and sports activities and excursions. All our centres have a relaxed and friendly international atmosphere with students from some 80+ countries.

Personal care and attention

At Studio Cambridge you will be treated with understanding, in a fair and attentive manner and as an individual. Your success, satisfaction and personal well-being are our main responsibilities.

Why Studio Cambridge?

We are one of the longest-established English language schools in Britain. We have been part of Cambridge's educational scene for 56 years and we are well known and respected in the Cambridge community. Our size is also important. We typically have some 200 - 250 students taking the Intensive English courses at any one time. This is an ideal size because it allows us to provide:

• Classes at the appropriate level
• The opportunity to meet people from many different countries -more than 80 nationalities in a year
• A full range of social, cultural and sports activities
• Our personal attention

We offer two locations:

During the academic year (September to June) Classes are held at our main school, at Salisbury Villas, Station Road. We are just 10 minutes' walk from the centre of town and 400 metres from the main train station, with frequent service to London and other parts of the UK. Our school, in impressive 19th century buildings, has:

• 22 classrooms
• Learning Centre (with library, computers, multimedia facilities)
• Free Internet access and e-mail
• WIFI (Wireless Internet)
• Studio Caf‚
• Garden
• Activities Office
• Customer Services Office

During the summer (July and August) Classes are held at the renowned Hills Road Sixth Form College (HRSFC). This is one of the most respected schools in Cambridge. It was the fi rst college in the UK to be awarded "outstanding status" by government inspectors. HRSFC is just 10 minutes' walk from our main school and has excellent, modern facilities. These include:

• 18 classrooms
• Computer suites with free Internet access and e-mail
• Cafeteria
• Garden
• Activities Office

Student Ages

Student Ages The minimum age for participation in our Intensive English courses is 16 years. However, at certain times of the year, we run our Sir George Language and Activity Programme at our main school in Cambridge. If you are aged 19 or more years, your classmates will not be younger than 16 years. If you are aged 16 to 18 years, some classmates may be 14 to 17 years of age.

Student life

Your personal well-being and your enjoyment of life outside the classroom are as important as your lessons. We offer:

• The assistance of our Customer Services Department with trained staff and qualified Welfare Officer
• An emergency 24-hour telephone number
• Student Identifi cation card
• Our weekly Activities Programme

The Activities Programme

Our Activities Programme is an important part of student life. It includes at least fi ve activities each week and encourages you to continue to use the English you have learned in class. All activities are included in the fees. There are no additional costs except for food at restaurants, for example.

Excursions

We organise full-day excursions at weekends to Britain's most interesting places: London, Stratfordupon- Avon, Warwick Castle, York, Bath, Salisbury, Stonehenge and more. Two-day excursions are also off ered to Scotland, Wales, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Visits to the London theatre are a popular evening activity. Excursions and theatre visits have an additional cost.

Travel to the continent of Europe

Cambridge is just 50 kilometres from London's Stansted airport. There are regular, and very inexpensive, flights from Stansted to many major cities throughout Europe.