Reception will be closed during the following dates:

PLC - Friday 23rd December 2011 to  Monday 2nd January 2012

SLC - Monday 19th December 2011 to Wednesday 4th January 2012

CLC - Monday 19th December 2011 to Thursday 5th January 2012

Daytime classes end on Friday 16th December 2011 and start again on Monday 9th January 2012

Any urgent calls will be answered on 02392-732213 (PLC) during the Christmas period.

The Principal, David Tompkins, is pleased to announce that the UK Border Agency has awarded us the coveted Highly Trusted Status (HTS) as our Sponsorship rating.  This means that the UK government correctly recognises our College as being fair and trustworthy when we issue Student Visa Letters & CAS’.  We were previously A-rated, but the new system has increased checks on language schools to eradicate illegal immigrants posing as students.  I am pleased to say that our honesty and integrity as a company has been recognised.

Our superb Cambridge Exam evening classes start on Monday 12th September.  The courses will run in all 3 UK branches until Weds 7th December (13 week courses).

 We will be running FCE, CAE, CPE & IELTS classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 18.00-21.00.  We may also run lower level General English classes if there is demand.

Register now to secure your place!

Congratulations to all students who passed a Cambridge exam taken at Portsmouth Language College!  Here is a Results summary:

CPE (8 Candidates) - 2 B’s; 6 C’s (100% PASS RATE!)

CAE (23 Candidates) - 1 A; 5 B’s; 11 C’s; 5 Council of Europe B2’s; 1 Fail (74% Pass Rate)

FCE (28 Candidates) - 1 A; 5 B’s; 11C’s; 10 Council of Europe B1’s; 1 Fail

Many thanks to all students and staff who participated in the 2nd Annual TEG Football Tournament last Saturday.  Here are the results:

Men’s Tournament - First Round
Canoe Lake (PLC) 1-0 Pichulis (SLC)
A-Team (PLC) 1-1 CLC United (CLC)
Los Rodrigues (PLC) 0-0 Canoe Lake
Pichulis 0-1 A-Team
CLC United 2-1 Los Rodrigues
(Pichulis Eliminated)

Semi-Finals
CLC United 0-2 Canoe Lake
Los Rodrigues 0-2 A-Team

Men’s Final
Canoe Lake 0-1 A-Team (after extra time - Golden Goal!)

Ladies’ Match
PLC Girls 1-1 SLC Girls (PLC Girls won 1-0 on Penalties)

Here are the dates for the FCE & CAE exams we are holding in Portsmouth Language College in August:

FCE - Speaking Exam - Sunday 21st August (between 10.00-13.15)
          All other papers - Thursday 25th August (from 09.30)

CAE - Speaking Exam - Sunday 21st August (between 14.15-17.30)
          All other papers - Thursday 25th August (from 09.30)

REMEMBER WE ARE RUNNING PREPERATION COURSES ON MONDAYs & WEDNESDAYS from 18.00-21.00 NOW IN PLC & SLC.  You can join ANYTIME.

Valencia Language College began teaching students on Monday this week.  The Principal, David Tompkins, was proud to open the doors for the first time.  VLC currently has 4 freshly decorated classrooms (with a fifth planned soon) and a very spacious reception and student area.  Come and visit us soon!

www.valencialanguagecollege.com

info@valencialanguagecollege.com

Tel: (+34) 96 384 34 05

VLC Flyer - Front Page       

Our new branch in Valencia opens next Monday. If you are currently in the UK and want to study English or Spanish in a very nice environment, …why not try VLC? It will have the same organisation as our current UK branches - except the weather will be much warmer!

Maybe you are a Spanish ex-student of PLC, SLC or CLC and are in Valencia or you know someone there - please mention us.

Here are the contact details: Calle de San José de la Montaña 16, 46008 Valencia (Tel: +34 96.384.34.05).

The Director of Studies is RACHEL EDWARDS (who used to work in SLC and the recptionist is LUIS (who used to study in SLC).

For Prices etc, please click on our new (nearly complete!) website www.valencialanguagecollege.com Once again, if you can just click on it anyway to increase our Google rating, I would be very grateful!

One more thing, dformer students of SLC, PLC or CLC will receive a 10% discount and no enrolment fee in 2011.

Thanks for your support!

The Tompkins Educational Group becomes international in June this year when we open in Valencia, Spain.

Our first branch outside the UK is situated close to the centre of Valencia in a pleasant residential area.

The Director of Studies is Rachel Edwards, who was a popular and successful teacher in our Southampton branch last year.  She is now living in Spain’s 3rd largest city, Valencia.

More news to follow…

This Summer, PLC, SLC & SLC are running extra Summer Evening courses. We will be offering the following courses in each branch:

- Elementary (A1)
- Intermediate (B1)
- FCE (B2)
- CAE (C1)
- IELTS (B2-C2)

These will be special 8-week courses running from Monday 4th July – Wednesday 24th August.

We are offering a special offer of £249 for 8 weeks (including FREE coursebook).

The classes will run on Mondays & Wednesdays from 18.00-21.00.

FCE and CAE students will have the option to take the external Cambridge exam at Portsmouth Language College on Thursday 25th August. Exam fee is not included.

These courses are ideal for students in England over the Summer who want to add a bit more lesson time onto their daytime course, and hopefully, return home with a n international qualification!

Contact Reception for more details.