Lyna and Director of Studies Lewis Richards with Lyna’s CELTA certificate
Our lovely student Lyna from Ukraine celebrated the arrival of her CELTA certificate this week after passing our Oc...
Portsmouth Accent
If you would like to know more about the Portsmouth accent have a look at this blog. Click here.
Best Place to Visit
Portsmouth was recently recommended as a top place to vis...
Below are a set of really useful videos from Robyn and the team to help with your Pre-sessional writing skills. To see more tips go to our YouTube channel.
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This month we are having a challenge with our students - the Recipe Challenge.
On our Facebook group and on Instagram we have asked the students to write up their favourite recipes.
This is grea...
New Year’s resolutions come around every year, and every year we all promise ourselves we are going to: go to bed earlier, eat less sugar, go for a run every morning or possibly stop an annoying bad...
It’s Valentine’s Day once again! Some people hate it, some people love it. Some people avoid it all together! Where did it all begin? Let’s discuss…
The History
The day gets its name fro...
Types Of Business English Students
Business English? Business Teaching? what is it? Is it any different to ordinary teaching? If so, how?
When new teachers follow the CELTA programme, generally ...
So here we are in 2018 - A very Happy New Year to you unless you are a spambot ;-)
One of the 'pleasures' of managing a blog in today's competitive market is keeping all the rubbish off the site....
Another Amazing Year at LSI/IH Portsmouth
Here we are again, at the end of the year, wondering where it went. Well if you cast your eyes over the pictures and scan the text below, you’ll see a ...
As the year winds down, and students and teachers all start to leave for the holidays, we thought it would be nice to have another look at some of the great pictures from a few of the social events th...
Many countries around the world where Christianity is the predominant religion have a patron saint and the United Kingdom is no exception. However in the UK’s case, there is not one but four pat...
PAs And Secretaries: Studying English In Portsmouth (Hampshire)
You have succeeded in getting the job as PA to the boss of a large company. You used your best English and you beat many other candid...
Why We Love The NHS
If you ask any group of British people which institution they are most proud of, most would probably say the NHS, the abbreviation for the National Health Service.
Founded in...
How to Improve Your IELTS Score and Have Fun, ask Gino.
Ask any teacher and they will tell you that each and every student is special in their own way. Each one in the class makes their presence fe...
Our Vice Principal Lea Brophy and our Senior Marketing Executive Emma Hoyle have just returned from an intensive but very successful trip to Russia, where they were able to create many new partnership...
We have revamped our group on Facebook to become an English club.
Here at LSI/IH Portsmouth we love the English language. Our aim is to give our students the best experience they can have while...
When trying to decide where you want to study English in the UK, we understand it can be a little overwhelming. With so many cities to visit and so many schools to choose from, how do you ...