British traditions: English homes, palaces and castles, antiques, London
Lifestyle: Cookery, wine, shopping, fashion
Gardens: The English garden, trees and wild flowers, flower arranging
Sport: Golf, tennis, football, rugby.

We offer other special interest areas, too! Please ask us if your own special interest is not included.

If you would like to learn with your own personal English teacher who also happens to have the same leisure time interest as you, then this is the course for you!

Intensive work on developing skills in English includes time spent using your shared special interest as the context. What more enjoyable way could there be to improve your English?

There are two leisure interest-related visits or activities each week with your host teacher. This simply makes your learning all the more relevant and enjoyable.

Your host teacher assesses your level of English during the first session and establishes with you your needs and priorities; related both to your general learning of English and to your particular interest. The proportion of lesson time that is devoted to working with your particular area of interest is also discussed.

You and your host teacher review your course and your progress as you go along but there is always a formal review half way through the course.

Our Director of Studies or another EJO representative either telephones or visits you to check that you are completely satisfied with your course.

Your host teacher works with you on speaking, listening and understanding and you focus on the particular learning needs and activities that you have identified as your priorities.

Most students need to develop their skills in the correct use of English tenses. This is fundamental in the effective learning of the language. They almost always need to work, too, on prepositions and vocabulary and on pronunciation, stress and intonation.

We use relevant, up-to-date course books with their associated audio-tapes and resource material associated with your shared special interest.

The daily routine and timetable is discussed between you and you host teacher. This is an example of a typical weekday on a twenty-hour-per-week Palaces and Castles Special Interest course:

Here are some examples of the types of interest related activities previous students have undertaken on their special interest course:

Silvia, a personnel assistant from Geneva with a passion for entertaining, took a course with cookery as the special interest component. With her host teacher, she visited a local restaurant where she met the chef, talked to him about his menu and watched him prepare dishes. Silvia also went to a local food fair, talked to exhibitors, watched some demonstrations and tasted some sample food. At home she prepared traditional English dishes with her host teacher.

Philippe, a company executive from Orleans with a love of fine wine, took a course with wine as the special interest component. His teacher-accompanied visits were to a local wine production company where he learned all about wine production in the UK and to a specialist wine seller. He also went to a wine-tasting evening with his host teacher.

Ryotaro, a businessman from Tokyo who is very keen on golf, took a course with golf as his special interest. His teacher-accompanied visits were to two courses, one extremely famous, where he had the opportunity to play a round of golf. He also had the opportunity to meet other fellow golfers in the clubhouse afterwards.

• Comfortable accommodation and all meals in the home of your host teacher
• Living as part of the household during the stay
• Introduction to the local area
• Your chosen number of hours of English tuition each week (20, 25 or 30)
• Testing and Needs Analysis and a course designed to meet your individual needs
• Lesson content related to the interest you share with your teacher
• Two half-day visits related to the chosen interest you share with your host teacher
• Use of up-to-date course resources
• The opportunity to learn in a real English environment
• The support of the EJO Director of Studies
• Excursions as arranged if booked in advance
• Course report, including suggestions from your host teacher for further study after your course
• Certificate of Attendance

The following are at additional cost:

• Travel from and to your own country
• Meeting on arrival and travel between point of arrival and departure in the UK and host teacher’s home
• Expenditure associated with any local outings and visits outside the two interest-related visits/activities
• Your travel Insurance (EJO can make arrangements for this if asked to in advance)

Complete an enrolment form (copy in our information folder or online at www.ejo.co.uk). Return it either to your appointed agent or to EJO by email or fax to (+44 1428 751944). If you have any queries, please contact your agent or EJO on +44 1428 751933.

You let us know:

• which course you would like to take
• when you would like to come to England
• how long you would like to come for
• any special learning priorities or other requests or questions you may have

• answer any questions you may have
• send you a profile of a host teacher we believe will be suitable for you
• progress your booking