Blog and Student Reviews: Over 50

 A fabulous week in May – spent in Siena. Good food, great conversation, new friends with plenty of laughter and a chance to work on those Italian language skills – perfect! The September course places are filling fast. If you can’t make the dates, then there’s always a choice of other locations or you can […]

Ann Hauser One week Italian course  May Over 50s Course in Siena Before going I was frightened to death! However the experience exceeded my expectations giving me far more confidence in Italian.  Now thinking of doing a GCSE or AS to improve my grammar.

Over 50 course in Nice Ms Rankin 2 weeks I wanted to pick up my somewhat rusty French.  A’level skills more years ago than I care to remember coupled with regular holidays in France didn’t quite add up to the skill level I once had.  So this year I decided to do something about it […]

Brenda Evans Two weeks in Florence Italian for the Over 50s A wonderful experience.  The school was excellent, teachers and staff friendly and helpful.  Visits well organised with expert tuition. 

Carol Sargent Spanish for the Over 50s Two weeks in Nerja The Spanish language course in Nerja was excellent – lots of conversation about topics which the five of us found interesting (e.g. different customs and habits of the Swiss, Germans, Spanish with me representing the UK) and which our teacher Marion also learnt from – in […]

Len Slater    2 weeks Over 50s Course / Nerja On the first day, the applicants for the Club 50+ met each other in the school garden – the new ones feeling a little awkward, the more experienced ones (who had obviously been through similar experiences before) looking more relaxed. One by one, we were called […]

I was hoping for an intensive course with a lot of practice in listening and speaking and ideally a nice friendly atmosphere and some enjoyable tours with like-minded people.  Thankfully I can say that all of these goals were realised! I was exceedingly challenged by the standard of the lessons and it took 2 to […]

Judith 2 weeks: Over 50 Course Nice, France “In a nutshell the Over 50 French course in Nice was fantastic.  Expectations were met in every way.  The lessons were excellent.  I was placed in a lower level as I was having problems the first day, but it was also recognized right away and the class […]