Portsmouth – What to See What to Do
Portsmouth Accent If you would like to know more about the Portsmouth accent have a look at this blog. Click here. Best Place to Visit Portsmouth was recently recommended as a top place to vis...
Our Fab New Facebook Banner
Our New Facebook Banner Recently we asked our social programme organiser for General English; Catt to have a go at re-doing our banner on our Facebook page. We had a little chat with her after. ...
The Linguaskills Test is coming to LSI Portsmouth
Linguaskills is coming to LSI Portsmouth From December 2019, LSI will be offering the possibility of taking the Linguaskill test at LSI Portsmouth. The test, which is from the University of Camb...
Watch TV to Improve your English Listening – with Jack...
Listening to the TV for your English Of the four communication skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing), many people find listening to be the most challenging. With listening you have to t...
Reasons to be a TEFL teacher
Passport to Paradise There are many many reasons why people choose to become TEFL teachers. It has to be said it is rarely because of the salary ;-). The thing about TEFL teachers is that they ar...
What is going on with Brexit?
As some of you might know the big talking point in the UK in the last few years has been ……. Brexit. Brexit is short for British Exit from the EU (the European Union). In 2016 the UK held a re...
How Pinterest can unlock your English
It’s been nine years since Pinterest first came on the scene and in that time, thousands of the most gorgeous images have been posted onto the platform. People love using Pinterest ...
Learn to Think in English – Learning Tip from Caroline
Thinking In English Perhaps one of the most difficult things to do when learning a language is to try and think in that language. It really isn’t that easy to do! However, it’s not impossible a...
Looking for Teachers to join our team
We are unexpectedly looking for some new teachers to join our team. More details here
Can you Unlearn Learning? The Problems with Learning Languag...
Should you Unlearn in order to Learn. Recently a teacher here at LSI Portsmouth came up with an interesting idea to discuss when talking about the process of learning. Unlearning learning. The...
Is Cultural Knowledge and Language interconnected?
Culture and Language One of our teachers recently wrote this article questioning how cultural knowledge fits in the language learning process. It's a nice follow on from an article on the BBC and...
Where to go in Portsmouth and Southsea
Our Favourite 8 places to visit in Portsmouth 1. Gunwharf Quays Looking for a nice place to go shopping? Up for some bowling with your friends? Or do you just want to have a drink with y...
Easy Way to Improve Your English Vocabulary – with Nic...
How to Improve Your English Vocabulary On your language course at LSI Portsmouth, you will come across lots of useful phrases, expressions and vocabulary, language which you will, of course, wish t...
Three Reception Managers – Three Fantastic Women!
We think LSI Portsmouth is a great place to work and we are proud to have employees from all walks of life! So many people here have interesting stories to tell, have been on fabulous ad...
Some of our favourite pubs in Portsmouth
Did you know that Portsmouth has more pubs per square mile than any other city in the UK? It's true. We don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but what it does do is give an excellent ...
Vocabulary and Songs – Learning Tip to Improve your En...
How to Improve your English Most of us enjoy listening to music, an enjoyment which can help to improve our English. So, how exactly can it help us? One of the reasons why we like music is not ...
Living and Working in Portsmouth – An Insiders Guide!
My Experience in Portsmouth A while back Sandro Rogger came and studied and worked with us for a while - and wrote the following ;-). I was given the opportunity to spend one month at LSI Portsm...