Homestay English courses in England

Heritage English Homestay Courses:
Heritage English is an English language school located on the south coast of England that offers one-to-one or small group homestay English courses for students from around the world. We are based in Lymington in Hampshire, approximately 25 km east of Bournemouth and 17 km south-west of Southampton. We combine top professional teaching standards customised to your needs, with a quality homestay. Live in a friendly, comfortable, caring family environment, and speak / listen to and learn English from morning to night.

Homestay English language courses for Academic / Exam students:
We offer one-to-one, two-to-one or small group intensive immersion language courses for students over 16 years who need to improve their general command of English or who want refresher courses for academic or vocational purposes.

These are followed by accompanied afternoon outings with 25 hours per week of corrected conversation with your tutors or hosts. Courses are individually designed to match your needs and cover:

• Grammatical Syllabus
• Lexical Syllabus
• Communication Skills (reading, writing , listening, speaking)

For students wishing to enter UK universities, or those who plan to take a work placement in the UK, these courses give a boost in the skills and confidence needed to integrate into British society successfully.

English Exam Preparation:
Our team of Heritage English teachers are experienced and trained in teaching the specific skills required to pass all English language exams.

These intensive courses are designed for students who need preparation and revision to pass internationally recognized examinations. 

Our past students have found that a short intensive exam preparation course can make a big difference to their confidence and, most importantly, to their exam results.

Most students on such courses will have some self-study periods as well as formal tuition. However, we can arrange for students to take part in extra afternoon activities of their choice.

Exam preparation courses include:
• IELTS (International English Language Testing System) 
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
• TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
• International Baccalaureate – Guidance in English Module
• Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE)
• Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) 

Business English language total immersion courses (Homestay)
Our intensive English language immersion courses provide business managers and professional people with training to improve their language skills in order to work more effectively in the modern global market.

We are able to design intensive one-to-one business courses to suit individual needs or we can provide small group total immersion training.

We will teach you vital skills such as language for negotiating, telephoning, socialising, emailing and making presentations.

Many business executives need to prepare a presentation or plan a negotiation and we are able to guide them – first in the writing and next in the oral delivery of a specific professional task. Our intensive residential courses can be from 3 days to 3 weeks. 

Our one-to-one business immersion courses cover the following target areas:
- Oral Communication in Business
- English for Business Telephoning
- English for Business Presentations
- English for Meetings
- English for Negotiating
- Written Business Communication
- English For E-mailing
- Socialising - Effective Business Communication
- Cultural Awareness

Student Testimonials:
“The atmosphere of my home stay business training course was very warm and friendly, but also very professional thanks to my two teachers and my lovely host family.

After lessons I spent the evening with my hosts and this was a time when I could relax and learn to make conversation without stress.

In the lessons, we worked specifically on a presentation I had to make to my IT team.

The presentation was a great success and I always present to colleagues in English now."
- Armelle, IT co-ordinator for a chain of supermarkets in France

"I wanted to improve my English, but aimed toward the world of politics and business. And that's exactly what I had. Now I have a very valuable basis that I must not waste, and now I'm really motivated to keep improving my English in Spain. 

The learning method is perfect. I really enjoyed the classes combined with real life. Has the theory and practice every day.

If we also take into account the effect that teachers have shown me and all people who have been there for me, the experience is unforgettable."
- Manuel, a civil engineer and company owner from Barcelona

"I really appreciated the patience of the teachers, how they find the difficulties of the student and win his trust. I like two teachers with different personalities and methods.

I appreciate the possibilities of integrate conversations and give opinions; answers; participation of the life; acquire automatism and facilities to respond; find a reply quickly; to be comfortable in the exchange and to make a company presentation for Saudi with the help of my teachers Celia and Gail.

The host families were top-level. Sam’s family helped me to understand the life in another country - and discover the New Forest.

Other moments: the good integration in local life with differences at the preconceived ideas. At first I did not want to move from Sam’s house, but the experience with David was good in a different way.

He invited me to join friends for dinner in Bournemouth and I was pleased to understand a conversation with four people talking quickly."
- Gilbert Kervenez, works for a French company that supplies water purification processes to plants all over the world 

English language homestay courses for young learners / juniors:
Heritage Young Learners English courses are designed for students who want to improve their English language skills in a relaxed friendly environment during their holidays.

Total immersion means speaking and listening to the English language in formal tuition and social situations 24 hours a day.

We place younger homestay students (12-15 years) with carefully selected English host families who are experienced in looking after young people.

We are very careful to match students with the right host families. We take into consideration the age, interests and needs of students to provide them with the best English language course both in and outside of formal lesson time.

Activities:
Heritage English tutors arrange a programme of lessons, excursions and activities to match students’ interests so that young learners are having fun and learning English during their stay.

Afternoon activities, with corrected English practice, and cultural visits to local places of interest give students an opportunity to experience English culture and customs.