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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On our YouTube channel we have a lot of really helpful videos with tips to improve your English. We have posted some here for you or why not go to our YouTube Channel
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An online English language teacher
Mandana Gavahy
My name is Mandana Gavahy and I have been a teacher at LSI/IH Portsmouth since 2013. I have recently started teaching online due...
After months of waiting and missing our students, we are delighted to announce that we will be re-opening our school in Portsmouth on September 7th 2020! All of our courses will start on Monday...
Looking After Your Mental Health During a Global Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has meant that we have experienced a global lock-down, changing the way we live, work and experience life. W...
What is Sensations English?
Sensations English is a unique English language learning website that delivers lessons featuring topical news videos and written news articles. Based in ...
The IELTS Indicator
The IELTS indicator is nearly identical in structure to the face-to-face IELTS test, it is timed and follows the four parts of the IELTS. Furthermore, IELTS examiners mark t...
What is it like to prepare for a Cambridge exam online? More and more students are choosing to prepare for their exams through the Internet. In this article, we will look at the experiences of one o...
Online English Study versus Traditional Study
In the last few months, online English language study has become incredibly popular. As a result, LSI/IH Portsmouth has launched its own online English l...
Coronavirus and Online Pre-Sessional Course Classes
As you will know by now, LSI/IH Portsmouth made the important decision to move all of our courses online in order to keep our staff, students and...
Update on the Coronavirus/Covid-19 situation - 18th March 2020
Dear partners, students and friends
It goes without saying that these are uncertain times, and things are changing quickly. As we said ...
Top 10 best books to help learn English
World book day is coming, which got us thinking about the best English language books to help learn English. Books are a great way to improve vocab...
Celebrating the National Day of Kuwait
On the 26th of March, a group of our lovely Kuwaiti students put together a celebration of their own for their national day.
Helping to get the celebrati...
A conversation with Ksenia
Recently, I’ve made friends with Ksenia, a successful English language teacher who runs a conversation club in Kaliningrad. We became friends because we both ...
Deniz (back row, second from the right) with his IELTS classmates
We have all read the news stories and seen the images of people becoming displaced and seeking refuge across the world. The Ref...
Top 10 romantic movies to improve your English
Valentine’s day, the day of romance is coming, which made us wonder: What are the top romantic movies to improve your English? Catt and I ...
Vietnamese Students study at LSI/IH Portsmouth
Recently, we had an amazing group of Vietnamese students come to study with us. All of us at LSI/IH Portsmouth were delighted to meet them. ...
We've Been Through So Much
The LSI/IH Portsmouth blog was started in 2012. In that time there have been approx 450 Blogs. They have covered everything from how to improve your English to lovely...
