Durham School of English

UNO at the pub! Can you spot the cards?

Wharton Park is a lovely place to relax. It's a 5 minute walk from the school.

Many thanks to the staff at the Oriental Museum, who helped us with this week's English in the Community class.

Here is a photo from last November. The cathedral was illuminated for Durham Lumiere - the UK's largest light festival.

Happy New Year!
Here's our website guide for English learners.
Hope you find it useful!

Free Websites & Apps for English Learners 2024 Welcome to interactive presentation, created with Publuu. Enjoy the reading!

Snowy Durham!

Many thanks to Ross Johnston .media_ for allowing us to use this amazing photo.

This means:
to try very hard to get something you want.

Examples:
"We fought tooth and nail to get the route of the new road changed."

"We fought tooth and nail to get the contract."

About you:
When did you fight tooth and nail for something?

A huge thank you to Gianna for her amazing present - a mug with our school logo. Wow!

Durham market place is a 5-minute walk from the school.

Matteo at Beamish 🚋 ☔

Practice makes perfect!

The amazing view from the top of Durham Cathedral.

"Drop the ball" is an idiom that means to make a mistake or miss an opportunity.

"The government has dropped the ball when it comes to schools."

"I admit that I dropped the ball but I'll fix it."

"How did you forget to call him? You really dropped the ball."

A shopping street in the centre of Durham. Perfect for those last-minute souvenirs.✨️

Our two Italians, Gabriele and Geremia, outside York Minster.

We love graded readers. Choose short stories and non- fiction books at your level. Great for building vocabulary and learning language patterns.

This is one of our favourite photos - Neto and Abdulramen on the walls of York.

🐌 ✉ A snail mail box. People used to use these to send letters. 😉

Another cafe-filled shopping street. This one goes down to Elvet Bridge.

Our favourite little coffee shop. ♥ ☕

Another beautiful day in Durham! ☀

Here's Sarah from the UAE in Bishop John Cosin's library, a 350 year old library hidden in the heart of Durham. Looks just like Harry Potter's Hogwarts!

Today we are saying goodbye to Bishop Ribakare of Rutana Province, Burundi, who has been studying with us for the past 6 weeks. We wish him well in his many projects.

Students from 4 continents in one small class! Pontien (Burundi🇧🇮), Ruben (Portugal 🇵🇹), Laura (Colombia 🇨🇴), Sophia (China 🇨🇳) and Sarah (UAE 🇦🇪).

Here is a picture of our lovely students, Marina (left) and Kinga (right). They finished their semi-intensive general English courses last Friday. 📚🇬🇧

We use this expression to say we are completely sure about something.

Example 1

• Are you sure you had your phone with you when you left the office?

- I'm absolutely positive. I remember putting it in my bag.

Example 2

- I saw Harry Styles at a fancy restaurant today.

• Really? Are you sure it was him?

- I'm absolutely positive. Many artists goes to that restaurant.

Registration for our 2023 English courses is now open. Contact us for more information and take advantage of our early bird offer. 📚🇬🇧👨‍🏫

This week our students explored the beauties of Durham. Did you know that Durham is home to one of the world’s first World Heritage Sites? (Durham Castle)

The picture by the river, from left to right we have Kinga from Hungary, Camila from Chile, Thanh from Vietnam, Marina from Brazil, and Laura from Columbia. 😁🇬🇧🙌🏼

At Durham School of English, we focus on the student as a whole, personalising learning to meet different needs and providing an extensive extra-curricular programme of activities. We continue to innovate and use technology to enhance the student learning experience.