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Dancing her way to the CELTA: Lyna’s stor...

    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...

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Portsmouth – What to See What to Do

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...

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Videos: A Variety

We love capturing the fun. Below are some of our fun clips or go to our YouTube channel.  There are many more on our YouTube channel.

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Videos: Help with Pre-Sessional Writing

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. (more…)

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Cheerleading, Venezuela and Portsmouth Student Union!

  A while back we had the loveliest student at LSI/IH Portsmouth from Caracas in Venezuela. Carlos was initially studying General English before moving on to complete his Cambridge Profici...

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Day One at a New School – Letter from a Newbie

Teachers reading this will know the feeling the day you start at a new school: Will I understand the systems? Will they be friendly? What resources will they have? Will I fit in? ... We asked a new ...

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The 15 Best Things About Portsmouth

  Those of us who live in Portsmouth know very well that it is a city unlike any other, a crowded island city on the South coast, with easy access to London or France. It is very easy to...

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Having Fun at LSI/IH Portsmouth

  Mug Painting Our Social Programme is often full of exciting, fun and loud activities! From singing loudly at karaoke, to listening to live music at local venues or enjoying f...

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How to Improve your Academic Writing Tip – No. 5

Here's another great tip from Robyn, our Pre-sessional Director of Studies, explaining why punctuation is so important when writing for academic purposes.

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Didn’t They Do Well! DELTM, English UK and Cardiff.

We couldn't be more delighted to be able to congratulate Lea Brophy - The Vice Principal, Lewis Richards - Director of Studies (Exams) and Sue Hodgson - Assistant Director of Studies and Social ...

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How to Choose a Pre-Sessional Course – the 10 Importan...

In this video Robyn, our Pre-sessional Course Director explains the 10 important things you need to check for when deciding where to study English before you go to university.

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The 10 Best Reasons to Come and Study at LSI/IH Portsmouth.

We have spoken to students, and we have spoken to teachers, but this week we are talking to the Directors about what makes LSI/IH Portsmouth such a special place to study. W...

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Pre-Sessional Writing Tip 4 – Using Hedging Language

The fourth in our series from the fabulous Pre-sessional team - this time focussing on using hedging language.

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The Leaving Do

Some photos from a very sad Thursday evening.

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Really Sad to Say Goodbye To Simon.

We are seriously sorry to say goodbye to Simon, who works in the administration team.  Simon has helped our students with their course applications and queries from our overseas partners. Simon...

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Bye Bye Amelia

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More Exam Writing Tips – from the LSI/IH Portsmouth Pr...

The third in our fabulous series of exam writing tips from the pre-sessional team - this week features the lovely Ed! Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, to make sure you don't ...

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Videos: A Variety

We love capturing the fun. Below are some of our fun clips or go to our YouTube channel.  There are many more on our YouTube channel.

Read more

 

Videos: Help with Pre-Sessional Writing

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. (more…)

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More help with English Writing – Video 2

The second in our series of Pre-sessional writing tips to help with writing in English.

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