Language course English in Eastbourne

St. Giles

Learn English in Eastbourne at our partner school, St. Giles. Located in an elegant Victorian building with a large garden, St. Giles Eastbourne is just a few minutes away from the area’s best beaches, and 10 minutes away from Eastbourne’s town centre.

Key features of our partner English school in Eastbourne:

  • 20 classrooms 
  • Study area with library
  • Student bookshop
  • Student café with garden and terrace
  • Minimum age: 16 years

Social Programme

St. Giles offers its students a full range of activities to compliment their English course in Eastbourne, these include:

  • Bowling
  • English tea party
  • Pub quiz
  • Cinema evenings
  • Weekend excursions to London, Brighton, Cambridge, Scotland and Bath  

Please click here if you're looking for English courses in Eastbourne for junior students aged 14 - 15.

Intensive (Morning)

Learn English in Eastbourne by taking an intensive English course. The intensive English course in Eastbourne consists of 20 lessons per week at different levels, and focuses upon the following:

  • Improving your spoken English to make you a clearer and more confident speaker
  • Developing your English listening and comprehension skills
  • Learning and reviewing basic English grammar
  • Everyday English
  • Reading practice and comprehension

Minimum age is 16 years.

Intensive (morning) - beginners

For complete beginners, the school offers an intensive course of 2 to 4 weeks in which participants get to know the basics of the English language. After a course for beginners, you can participate in the other courses as well, which have a minimum level of A1.

Minimum age is 16 years.

Intensive (Afternoon)

Learn English in Eastbourne by taking an intensive English course. The intensive English course in Eastbourne consists of 20 lessons per week at different levels, and focuses upon the following:

  • Improving your spoken English to make you a clearer and more confident speaker
  • Developing your English listening and comprehension skills
  • Learning and reviewing basic English grammar
  • Everyday English
  • Reading practice and comprehension

Minimum age is 16 years.

Intensive 28

Learn English in Eastbourne by taking an intensive 28 English course. The intensive 28 English course is much the same as the standard intensive course, but allows you to learn more in a shorter space of time. The intensive 28 English course in Eastbourne consists of 28 lessons per week at different levels, and focuses upon the following:

  • Improving your spoken English to make you a clearer and more confident speaker
  • Developing your English listening and comprehension skills
  • Learning and reviewing basic English grammar
  • Everyday English

Minimum age is 16 years.

Cambridge Exam

The Cambridge Exam preparation course in Eastbourne lasts 6 - 12 weeks and consists of either 20 or 28 lessons per week. During the course you will be prepared to take the Cambridge Exam, the most widely accepted and well-known English as a foreign language qualification.

To read more about the Cambridge examination course please click here.

Minimum age is 16 years.

Teacher course

The TEC (Teachers of English Course) is a teacher development course for non-native teachers of English who want to update their teaching methodologies, as well as improve their English. The course consists of 26 lessons per week. Participants develop and explore aspects of teaching methodology and techniques, and learn to assess and utilise a variety of teaching aids and resources. The main elements of the course are:

  • Language development
  • Background to language learning and teaching
  • Different methodologies for teaching
  • Classroom management and practical teaching skills
  • Lesson planning
  • Teaching aids and resources
  • Observation of experienced teachers

These courses are designed to be very flexible, and can be adapted to suit the specific needs of the participants. We can also arrange closed group courses for groups of teachers travelling together at any time of year.
Your level of English should be at least level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to take part.

Minimum age is 16 years.