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Specialties
All our courses are intensive and practical. Our clients are mature, motivated adults (minimum age 18) and class sizes are small. Our aim is to give you relevant skills that can be applied immediately.
If you require English language training that is truly focused on the particular needs of business, then you have come to the right place. All our business courses are intensive, dynamic, practical and skills-based.
Our Voice Training programme is designed for both native– and non-native speakers of English. This training can help individuals to focus on reducing an accent, speak with greater clarity and confidence and improve articulation.
Our trainers are very experienced — and they recognise that not all businesses are the same. So our courses are flexible enough to reflect the needs of participants.
Whatever your language or experience level, our objective is always the same: to give you the skills and confidence to use what you have learned immediately and effectively.
History
Established in 1912.
The London School of English was founded in 1912, which makes us the longest-established Accredited English language school in the world.
When we started, the world was a very different place. Not many people travelled to learn other languages. A lot of the work was individual tuition. We also taught other languages. But even then our aim was to offer a personal service. Indeed, our founder started the school because he felt that the teaching style in the school in which he had been working — the only other language school in London — was mechanical and unimaginative. The London School of English was created to put people first.
Gradually the school expanded and in the 1950s we were seen as a leading member of what was starting to grow as an area of activity. The government of the day could see that some regulation of the industry would be worthwhile and started an inspection scheme. We were the very first school to be inspected and one of a small number of schools to be recognised