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Masako C | 3 Dec 2011, 13:55 My stay in Edinburgh I took a one-week course this November because I want to improve my English, especially speaking skill. I stayed at Rosanna’s house which is located in a good residential area in Edinburgh for a week. My teacher, Rosanna, and her children are all kind and friendly, and I had a great time during my stay. Edinburgh has a lot of places to go, so it was very good to spend the week both learning English and visiting many attractions in Edinburgh. After three-hour lessons in the morning, Rosanna and I went to the city center by bicycle and visited Edinburgh castle and the National Museum of Scotland, etc. She also took me to Arthur’s Seat (a hill near the city center) and a not well-known but beautiful garden near the hill. From the top of the hill, we can have a panoramic view of the city and the scenery was very nice. Conversations during these excursions were beneficial as well as her lessons. In addition, she took me to her son’s school concert. Students’ performance was very nice and it was very interesting to know a part of the UK’s school life.I really enjoyed my stay in Edinburgh and I found this course is a good way to learn English. I’m glad to have had this great opportunity. Thank you very much for everything, Rosanna!

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Masako C | 3 Dec 2011, 13:51 My stay in Edinburgh I took a one-week course this November because I want to improve my English, especially speaking skill. I stayed at Rosanna’s house which is located in a good residential area in Edinburgh for a week. My teacher, Rosanna, and her children are all kind and friendly, and I had a great time during my stay. Edinburgh has a lot of places to go, so it was very good to spend the week both learning English and visiting many attractions in Edinburgh. After three-hour lessons in the morning, Rosanna and I went to the city center by bicycle and visited Edinburgh castle and the National Museum of Scotland, etc. She also took me to Arthur’s Seat (a hill near the city center) and a not well-known but beautiful garden near the hill. From the top of the hill, we can have a panoramic view of the city and the scenery was very nice. Conversations during these excursions were beneficial as well as her lessons. In addition, she took me to her son’s school concert. Students’ performance was very nice and it was very interesting to know a part of the UK’s school life. I really enjoyed my stay in Edinburgh and I found this course is a good way to learn English. I’m glad to have had this great opportunity. Thank you very much for everything, Rosanna!

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Pier Filippo | 25 Nov 2011, 11:12 Flying in English lessons with Kate My name is Pier Filippo. I stayed with Kate for two weeks. I came to England to improve my English for my work and for my hobby. My hobby is flying. I’m from Italy. I had lessons three hours a day and at the end of the lessons my head was full. At the finish of the course I enjoyed my improvement. I used part of my free time to fly from Panshanger Aerodrome over St Albans and the Olympic White Water Centre with Peter, Kate’s husband. We took a lot of photos.

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Lucilla Santucci | 20 Nov 2011, 21:49 A week in Cardiff By Lucia and Lucilla
We stayed near Cardiff with a really friendly family for a week in August 2011. They were very nice and welcoming; they allowed us to feel at home and helped us to improve our fluency. We enjoyed visiting the surroundings: Barry beach, Llantwit Major; Cardiff historical centre and harbour and we had very nice walks along the amazing cliffs. Kathy helped us to widen our vocabulary and our knowledge of daily common language. All was really enjoyable. We can recommend them to you if you can spend only a short time to improve your English, you will appreciate your staying as precious.

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Ana Torres | 1 Nov 2011, 00:27 My stay in Bath with Sarah Rees 2011. I stayed in Bath with the Rees family from May to June 2011.
They were all very nice and kind with me.
I enjoyed a lot the lessons with Sarah, it was very fun, interesting and I moved up from Upper Intermediate to Advanced very easily.
She showed me around Bath and we went to very interesting places like The Roman Baths, The Jane Austen Museum, The Georgian House and visited great places like Hay where we went to the Book Festival, Chichester, and Stonehenge (my favourite!).
I had an amazing time with Sarah and her family.
And Bath is a very beautiful and interesting place, it has a lot of places to go: museums, coffee shops, stores and nice parks where you can have relaxing walks and beautiful views.
I'd really like to go back to Bath someday and deffinitely stay with the Rees family again!
Thank you for your hospitality. I will never forget this amazing experience!!
Love,
Ana Torres.
(Mexico)

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Ana Torres | 31 Oct 2011, 23:22 My stay in Wales with Marco and Vicky 2011 My name is Ana (22). Im from Mexico.
I stayed in Tongwynlais, Wales from the 27th March to the 14th May 2011 with Marco and Vicky.
They were very warm and friendly and always making sure I was ok and I was having a good time. It really felt like I was at home.
When studying with Marco it felt like time flew because the lessons were so fun and interactive.
And we did a lot of fun activities like visiting Tongwynlais Castle, having a nice walk around Cardiff Bay, eating fish and chips in Penarth, having a Royal Wedding tea party with Vicky and her friends and my favourite one: the special mexican presentation and dinner I cooked for Marco, Vicky and some friends to show them the mexican culture and practice my speaking at the same time!
It's really one of the best experiences I've ever had in my life!!
And Wales is such a beautiful place with a lot of things to see and do.
Im glad I had the oportunity to meet Marco and Vicky, they are
If i had the chance I would deffinitely stay again with them!
Thanks for everything!

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Alvaro E | 20 Oct 2011, 12:58 My stay in Edinburgh with Rossana I´m going to talk about my staying in Edinburgh with living learning English in Rossana´s house. I arrived on Friday the 15th of June with my parents and I stayed in a hotel in the centre of Edinburgh and I visited some important and amazing places there on the weekend. The 17th of June Rossana picked us up from our hotel to her house. I stayed there one day putting my clothes in my wardrobe and watching some interesting English´s programmes on TV. With respect to my lessons I have done different grammar activities, some reading, listening, speaking exercises and two or three writings in order to prepare the First Certificate exam. During my staying in Edinburgh I have done some excursions like going to San Andrews with Rossana´s family, I went to a beach in a small and beautiful village near Edinburgh, and I also been to a mountain close to the city, and I have been in an Edinburgh tour with Rossana. I have done some different activities with Rossana´s children like going to the last Harry Potter´s film. In conclusion has been a very good experience and I had improved my English. Regarding the family environment I was so happy with them. Thank you so much to Rossana and the organization for help to me during the fifteen days in July.

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Angela S | 20 Oct 2011, 11:55 A great stay in Bournemouth These last three weeks I’ve been living in Bournemouth. It is a peaceful village at the south of England, it has a beach, a shopping centre, cinemas... I’m a fifteen years Spanish girl and I’ve made a one-to-one course with the family Stocker, my teacher was Daniel. They live in a house in a big neighbourhood that has parks, schools, some shops like Tesco express... I can say the food is great. Maybe if you are not get used to eat vegetables and those things, it can seem too “healthy”, but anyway you can go out and eat at McDonalds. But then you will see that vegetables are better than you thought they were. Apart from the classes, we have done some activities to improve my English. I have watched a lot of films and TV series as well, and it really helps to learn some vocabulary and know how the people really speak (colloquial expressions). We also have gone for a walk a lot of times to practise my spoken English, like once we went to Poole’s park. I went to de swimming pool too. On Sunday, I went to a service at a church twice during my stay. I went with my friend Marta that was also doing a course here. Then we usually went shopping and had a walk down the town centre. In conclusion, I’ve had a good time here as I’ve also improved my English.

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Chiara Pagnotta | 20 Oct 2011, 11:00 My Stay in Bristol My stay in Bristol (4 – 16 Sept) was an extraordinary experience for learning English and because of the human connection that has existed between my teacher, her family and me. My teacher had the great ability to never get bored and adapted the lessons to what I need and asked her. The lessons were funny and two-way. She has put a lot of patience and love in her work. The whole family (and their friends) were very positive and friendly and gave me the possibility to express myself and gave me lots of attention. In my teacher’s house there was privacy for being quiet or studying and it was in a very good position, near the centre. I felt comfortable and very happy!

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Charles Nin and Pol Hernandez | 11 Oct 2011, 09:38 Fun in Dunbar learning English Hello, I'm Ines from Sevilla (Spain).I was in Dunbar, in Jackie's house. She has a nice house and her son is very friendly. We went to Glasgow and the Kelvingrove art museum, to Edinburgh to the musical Fringe Festival, we went to many harbours on the Scottish coast. I visited a farm shop. I also went to a Highland Games which was a lot al fun. Some others students from Germany and Spain came to Jackie's house one evening for a pizza party. I was in Dunbar for 3 weeks, but it's not a short time to learn English because you're speaking and listening all day, so you can see your improvement in 1 week. Jackie took me to visit her friends so I heard a lot of everyday speech which is better than books!

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Eduardo Garcia | 10 Oct 2011, 16:34 My time in England We visited London(Tower Bridge, London Eye, Standford Bridge...). I think I have improved my English overall. I learned how to play snooker with Paul. The family was great and I had fun.

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Antonio Luengo | 13 Mar 2011, 12:07 MY STAY IN STREET When I came at Street I was quite worried. I am an adult and is no easy go to people un known home. In few houres I felt like my own home. I think this month has helped me for improve my English, and althoght I have to learn a lot, I gave a very important step thanks to Carol and her husband, Brian.

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Handan H | 20 Feb 2011, 18:17 seven days in london is too short I just came back from course in London which was just remarkable! I have to say those seven days were just great fun for me and also good lesson of English. Lessons were adjusted to my needs, everyday talkings helped me to understand my pronunciation mistakes. Also I had enough time to discover London on my own. My teacher acompained me while sightseeing Tower of London, London Eye, London Bridge etc.

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annie Robic | 4 Feb 2011, 21:55 One week in total immersion I come from France and I am not a teenager! (I am 48 years old). I needed to improve my English’s understanding and I chose an immersion stay. I stayed in Bristol in Lesley`s home for 1 week. I really enjoyed the days with her and her family. Lesley’s family has been very kind to me and I have felt at home. Every morning I have had four hours of lessons and in the afternoon I visited the town of Bristol. Previously, I went twice in Bristol for my job and I knew already some of places of this town. This week, I have visited the boat Great Britain and the zoo. Even if animals from the zoo don’t speak English, I should you visiting this zoo. The prairie dogs are irresistible! In Bristol’s buses I found always somebody to help me for not missing the bus stop. People are friendlier in Bristol as Liverpool. 20 hours of course per week: I think that is the maximum This week in total immersion with individual course has been more profitable than one month in a group course.

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Inimarea Nicoleta | 27 Nov 2010, 16:40 My first visit to the UK Hi. My name is Nicole. I'm from Italy. I spent three weeks in St Albans with Kate and her wonderful family. I visited London twice and once Cambridge and I met many wonderful people. I'm glad I had this experience. Bye, bye.

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Kate Hargreaves | 7 Sep 2010, 12:14 My stay in Tintern Hello my name is Nuria. I’m twenty years old. I’m from Santander in Spain. This is my first time in England and Wales. I have been staying one month in Tintern, near Bristol on the border of England and Wales. My family have treated me well, and we have made many excursions to beautiful places. My teachers were Susan and David. They were great. My improvements in English are thanks to them. They have a little girl, Sorcha, to whom I have much love and have enjoyed playing with. I loved climbing the Black Mountains, the views were amazing.

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Renate Westram | 6 Sep 2010, 15:52 English training in Bath My name is Renate and I come from Germany. I stayed in Bath at Sarah Rees home from 11.10.2009 to 18.10.2009. To improve my English with the help of "Living Learning English" was one of my best decisions in my life. The individual, one to one training was very good for me to improve my English knowledge. I also liked very much the various creation of the lessons. Also the discussions with Sarah's husband and her two daughters helped me, to loss my inhibitions in speaking. In addition the sightseeing tour in Bath and the hiking tour around Bath made this week to an unforgettable time for me. Thank you very much Sarah !!!

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Carlos R | 3 Sep 2010, 17:29 St Albans with Crickfamily I am leaving tomorrow in the morning. I have just been here for a week and it was the first time I have visited the UK, but it has been enough time to realise that I have really liked it. The family is really great, all of the members and very friendly. I have visited London twice, one day with Hannah and Claire to see Notting Hill Carnival ( it was really funny) and other day with Peter to see the most typical places in that town. I also went with Kate to Cambridge, and we saw most of the colleges, St Mary' s Tower and more places. To sum up the trip, I think it's a great experience for everyone who wants to learn English. The food is good at least in this house, the opposite as my friends had told me in Spain and the house is really beautiful

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Elisa Graeve | 14 Aug 2010, 12:17 My stay in Dunfermline Hello, my name is Elisa G. I live in Germany near Dusseldorf! I had a great time with the MacLeans. We went to the belladrum festival in Inverness and we had a great time there. We stayed at a lovely cottage. After the festival was over we drove to Mellon Udrigle. This is a small town at the seaside! We did not spend much time at the beach because the weather was not very nice at all. We also visited Loch Ness but we did not see Nessi.What a pity! I had a very nice time here! I loved playind with Eilidh and Ruaridh in the sea and on the trampoline. I will miss you both!

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pau oltra | 13 Aug 2010, 12:04 STAYING WITH MARTIN Al principio tenia muchas dudas porque mi ingles es muy pobre, pero una vez aqui, Martin me ha ayudado mucho en todo momento, no solo en sus clases sino durante todo el dia, un proferor 24h. Me he sentido como en casa! Me han tratado muy bien y he podido conocer y aprender muchisimas cosas. Ha sido una experiencia maravillosa!

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beatrice zagato | 6 Aug 2010, 23:04 Things I have learnt about English and the English - if you want to walk outside in the rain you will probably be offered an umbrella but not necessarily the company of your host. - in the opinion of my host's mother, I chose the wrong family as she has been speaking English much longer than my teacher.

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Artur Safaryan | 29 Jul 2010, 11:47 Liverpool Experience It was great her. We were visiting many interesting places in Liverpool and learning language. We have visited many museums , the Cavern and Albert Dock. Some days we played tenns or football. We also visited Liverpool beach in Formby where we went sand dune jumping and played football and volleyball .The house is by a Wallasey beach. During the lessons we were doing some excercises and sometimes quizes. It was very interesting visitng museum , playing games and having fun. I really enjoyed the time I spent here.

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Ines K | 29 Jul 2010, 08:22 One week in Sandwich Staying one week with Cathie and her son and daughter it's been a fantastic experience. Me and my brother enjoyed really much! Apart from the classes we went to some trips: we went to the beach, to the cinema, to Dover Castle... and even to a JLS concert! We also showed them how to play Spanish cards, they're really liked it! But the most important thing about our stayed here is that they made us feel that we were at home. I'm sure that we will miss them a lot :)

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Ruth Paulig | 26 Jul 2010, 18:54 English in London I really enjoyed my stay here because it seems like to be at home. The family is lovely and nice, London is fantastic and my English has improved more than I expected. If there is an opportunity I would like to stay here again! I recommend it to everyone because it is a new experience and makes you able to know different lifestyles and habits.

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Ruth Paulig | 26 Jul 2010, 18:49 My stay in London I think it was a really good experience. We did a lot of things and my English really improved. The family was so nice and friendly. I think I can’t tell someone what we did during these two weeks because we did so many things it was really fantastic. We were very lucky being in this family because Dave, Carmela and Leo are very very lovely people and Guilia was a really nice girl and I hope I will see her again. Thank you for everything. I recommend it to everyone, really.

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Ines Ignasse | 26 Jul 2010, 12:31 OUR DAY IN LONDON Last Friday (23rd July) we went to London with our tutor. first of all we bought clothes in Abercromdie and Fitch and had our photo taken with a muscular man! After that we went to madame Tussaud's where we had photos takenof us with Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Leonardo di Caprio, Johnny Depp etc! a lot of photos! It was really fun and cool! We then did the attraction "Scream" where real actors who we thought were wax models scared us! We were very scared but it was a funny experience. We ended up the visit with going in mini London taxis and learning a bit about the history of London. All in all an enjoyable but tiring day!

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Elizaveta Okun | 24 Jul 2010, 12:11 My perfect course with Aga in Bournemouth I came to Aga and Daniel’ s house for half- term holidays. It was just one week and it was the best holidays in England. Their house is really nice and big. They have amazing food! Aga, she is an amazing cook! She can cook everything! Really, believe me she can cook many international dishes and all food is fresh, nor from a microwave. I promise! Daniel and Aga have a baby. Their baby is very cute, his name is Joshua. He is not loud, he is always funny and he is laughs a lot. And he never cries! Yes i know! This is amazing! Moreover, Aga and Daniel are very nice people. Daniel he is very funny, he can makes jokes from your every word! And Aga she is caring for everyone. I would like to come back to their house again because they lives in very nice town – Bournemouth. Where is the beach, sea and good shopping.

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Abdul Rahman | 19 Jul 2010, 11:31 Abdul in Leven I'm staying in Leven for four weeks to practise my English.I'm enjoying myself. I've visited a lot of places.

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JB Borja and Eloise | 17 Jul 2010, 13:23 English in Malvern Our stay in Malvern was very interesting and pleseant. We did lots of visits and shopping. We improved our English and we got to know each other.

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Carmen sanguesa | 16 Jul 2010, 17:54 MY STAY IN WALES I spent 2 weeks in Bangor on Dee with Lynne and Stan. It was an enjoyable experience in a lovely village. I visited Chester, the North Wales coast, the World Heritage Site (Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal), and, of course, I have learned a lot of English! In the area there are a lot of lovely walks and plenty to see and do. The Tedfords are very kind and welcoming, Lynne is a very good cook and our lessons have been varied, very enjoyable and a lot of fun.

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