BLC Blog

Due to the recent success of the English language evening classes, we are pleased to confirm dates throughout 2012.

Would you like to perfect your English skills for business? Need to improve your English to get a job? Or perhaps you would like to learn conversational English in order to meet people in Bristol? Or maybe you need to gain a certificate to demonstrate your level but don’t have the time during the day?

Whatever the reason, the BLC has a class for you! We offer evening classes to fit around your busy schedule, whether you are a busy working professional, parent or someone who would like to learn a new skill.

With classes on Tuesday and Thursdays from 6-7.30pm you can choose General English: a fun, practical course, Business English: focusing on real-life business situations and vocabulary, or the Cambridge FCE or CAE exam course: useful if you want to work in Europe using English.

The dates and prices are as follows:

10th January for 10 weeks - £300

3rd April for 10 weeks - £300

18th September for 12 weeks - £350

If you would like to find out more, go to our website or call now to book a class: 0117 929 2233. You can also apply online. We look forward to welcoming you to BLC.

Gavin is our Social Programme Co-ordinator and he recently got back from a trip to Japan to help the people affected by the Tsunami. He talks about his experience:

“I spent two years teaching English in Japan. The people, culture and history of Japan has given me so much, and for this reason I felt it was only right that I try to give something back. I chose a project through a good friend of mine with the YMCA and raised just over £1000 to fund my trip by selling paintings online.

The experience was emotional, incredibly heart-warming, inspirational, frustrating, enlightening, I could go on. Trying to communicate my feelings to people who lost so much was very difficult. The spirit and strength of character that the people of Tohoku have is humbling to say the least. I met some incredible individuals along the way. It is an experience I will carry with me always.

There is still so much to be done in that part of the world. The biggest immediate problem facing them is social breakdowns amongst communities, as hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed and people have been relocated to temporary housing, living with new neighbours from different parts of the affected areas.

Essentially the people of Tohoku want the world to learn its story, and not forget, that the struggle to rebuild is still very much alive.”

Gavin with Yamazaki san