Category: Portsmouth

Dancing her way to the CE...

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...

The Queen’s Platinum Ju...

This year we celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee from 2nd June 2022 to 5th June 2022 – the meant that we had 2 extra days off in the week (Thursday and Friday) to congratulate and celebrate th...

Work hard and play hard! At LSI/IH Portsmouth, it’s not all about studying; we also care about your social life while you are in the UK. As many students have returned to the UK for face to face cou...

The Pros and Cons of Choo...

When researching student accommodation, there’s so many options out there to choose from. From on-campus to city centre locations, full-board to self-catering - it can be difficult to find something...

5 Common Idiomatic Expres...

English speakers use a lot of idiomatic expressions; there are 1000’s of them! – Figurative language is a great way of adding interest and nuance to what we want to express. It’s indeed true tha...

Pantomimes in England

You may have heard of the theatrical tradition of pantomime in England which is usually performed in the UK around Christmas and New Year. Today’s idea of the English pantomime grew out of a melting...

How to Speak English Flue...

Many of our students want to know how to speak English fluently and confidently. For some people, this goal simply seems impossible. Every student is different, but the truth is that with the right st...

Bonfire Night

In this blogpost we’re looking at Bonfire Night! Perhaps you’ve heard of it before? This post is going to look at what Bonfire Night is, some of the history behind it and how Bonfire Night is ce...

Why do English language s...

LSI/IH Portsmouth / IH Portsmouth is ranked the joint number one English language school in the UK, it is located in the lively and historic university city of Portsmouth, by the seaside. It has lo...

Victorious Festival Ports...

You might have heard us mention Portsmouth’s Victorious Festival once or twice and perhaps wondered what it’s all about? Well, we spoke to two Swiss LSI/IH Portsmouth students, Birgit and Mike, ab...

Essential Things to Do in...

For international students, Portsmouth is such a great city to visit and Portsmouth in the summer is even better! As restrictions are starting to ease and the sun is shining down on us, we wanted to...

Spring in Hampshire!

After a long winter of cold, dark and lockdown, it feels good to be outdoors again. Spring has arrived in the UK and the country is becoming green once more. Portsmouth is situated in the county of Ha...

Life is becoming more nor...

With the success of the UK’s vaccination programme, restrictions are easing, and more and more things are going back to normal. Pubs are now open for drinks outside, people can meet in...

Roadmap out of Lockdown �...

As of 12th April 2021, we hit our 2nd biggest milestone in the easing of restrictions here in the UK. The Government Roadmap is a series of planned dates for getting life back to normal following ...

A tale of two Spice Islan...

Portsmouth's Famous Resident Leaves “Spice Island” is a nickname given to the old part of Portsmouth, as well as the Island of Zanzibar given to both for their contributions to the trade in spi...

Having a Very Crafty Chri...

Christmas Crafternoon Here at LSI/IH Portsmouth we pride ourselves on running a varied and interesting social programme (https://lsi-portsmouth.co.uk/social-programme/). When our intern, Dana asked...