Berlitz Oxford Language Centre

Are you advising English language students who want to travel to the UK? Promote UK English language courses with confidence. Visit the new information hub for agents and international partners: study.englishuk.com

Are you looking to start your journey into a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace? Here’s an inclusive language guide, highlighting a few central terms and concepts: https://bit.ly/3GlcDOM

Today is International Mother Language Day. As part of a broader United Nation’s initiative to promote the preservation and protection of all languages, today aims to focus on leaving no one behind, especially when learning their first language or mother tongue. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3AbZdCG ⁠
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To “live and learn” means that even when we make mistakes or try something new, we can gain insights and learn from the experience

Do you ever think that something is a “safe bet”?⁠
Definition: A fair assumption.⁠
Example: With her high grades, it’s a safe bet that Lucy will get into her first-choice university.⁠
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Great news for anyone who wants to learn English in the UK!

Good news for students as UK travel rules reduce – Study English with confidence Share: Published 11 February 2022 It’s great news for anyone who wants to learn English in the UK: travel rules reduced today making it easier for students to arrive. For most international visitors, the only requirement is to fill in the simplified passenger locator form before travel. English la...

Are you ever in the position where you need to “call the shots”?⁠
Definition: To make the decisions. ⁠
Example: As the manager, she got to call the shots.⁠
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Do you ? If so, this is sure to help!

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Are you making a New Year’s resolution? If learning a new language has been on your to-do list for a while, there’s no better time to open your world than now.
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Here are some Christmas traditions from the Berlitz world

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Merry Christmas from Berlitz 2021

One of the greatest joys of the season is to say thank you.

Before we all take a much-deserved break, we would also like to wish all of our staff, students and colleagues around the world 🌍 a very Merry Christmas!🎄

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Happy Holidays from Berlitz EMEA!

Communicating and being understood can bring comfort and creates a sense of belonging. It breaks down barriers, forms connections and opens your world.

Has language ever made you feel at home?

Welcome to Oxford

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Berlitz in Oxford

The Berlitz Language Center is right in the centre of Oxford, located in a beautiful Georgian building on the main street. Combine a quality Berlitz learning experience with a stay in one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the UK.
One of the main advantages of an intensive language course with Berlitz Oxford is that students can step out the front door and immediately start to practice the language they have been learning in the classroom. Oxford is a diverse, international city and it’s the perfect place to practice not only English, but many modern languages – a friendly, small city where every student gets the opportunity to speak all day, every day – in restaurants, museums, pubs, shops, on the bus. 🗣️ Everywhere!

👨‍🏫️ Center facilities
8 spacious classrooms | Wi-Fi with tablets and smart screens | reference library | relaxed and convivial learning spaces | kitchen

Oxford

In addition to the famous university, which makes Oxford one of the world’s most well-known centers of learning, the city has a lot to offer: It is historic, beautiful, safe, clean, and easy to get around. Right in the heart of southern England, it is close to important cities such as London and Birmingham, as well as being near stunning countryside and interesting places to visit. With its many lovely university colleges, its world-class free museums and art galleries, its rivers, parks, and gardens, and its traditional pubs, Oxford is a fascinating and vibrant city in which to learn and practice your language skills.

Top 3 things to do in Oxford

– Visit one or two of the 38 historic Oxford University colleges, for example Christchurch, as seen in the Harry
Potter movies, or Magdalen with its lovely deer park.
– Go punting on the River Thames or River Cherwell (bring your champagne and strawberries, and don’t fall in!).
– Take a guided tour of Mini Plant Oxford where a Mini is made every 67 seconds.

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Today is International Literacy Day, and this year’s theme is “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide”. The shift to online learning due to the pandemic highlighted a divide in terms of connectivity, the ability to engage with technology and more. Learn what steps are being taken to ensure inclusive technology-enabled literacy; leaving no one behind https://bit.ly/3iP0SqO.

Are you learning a language and having trouble with the “small talk”?

Definition: polite informal conversation usually about unimportant matters.

Example: During the business trip, we made a lot of small talk before discussing the project.

We are ready to welcome international students to study English in the UK, whenever they are able to travel. Find clear information about UK Covid-19 travel requirements on the new website: bit.ly/2RFDt0o

👉 Develop your intercultural skills

🌍 For many managers and leaders, international and intercultural cooperation is already a part of daily working life. Our Berlitz intercultural training can support you with the resulting challenges you may be facing.

Our portfolio of options ranges from preparing you for international postings, to intercultural competence training, to safety and security trainings. All seminars can be delivered in German or English, as live face-to-face trainings or in our virtual training rooms.

The Berlitz webinar series will be comprised of 60-minute teaser training designed for business professionals, HR and Training and Development leaders who work with colleagues or customers from different cultural backgrounds locally or globally. Each webinar in the series will feature examples and tips to help businesses operate more effectively as our trainers will introduce you to our virtual offer.

Register for our August webinars 🗓️
📌 August 16 - German for beginners
📌 August 18 - Intercultural Competence Workshop
https://events.berlitz.eu/

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Improve your French speaking skills with a Berlitz language course brought to you by our experienced Oxford teachers.

This course is aimed at Intermediate speakers who to practice their conversational skills in a small group environment.

The course will be delivered in-person at Berlitz Oxford, 131 High Street, Oxford

✉ message us to reserve your place
🌐 book your place via our website

Ever think a game, exam, project or business deal is “in the bag”?

Definition: you are certain you will get or achieve something.

Example: After my interview I thought the job was in the bag.

Where is this statue located?

Have you ever forgotten about something because it “slipped
your mind”?

Definition: to forget or overlook
Example: Sorry I forgot your birthday, it slipped my mind.

Are “ums”, “ers” and “like” a habit we can’t break or is there more to these filler words than meets the ear? Find out here. https://bit.ly/3sf4JPk

Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? For as long as we've had language, some people have tried to control it. And some of the most frequent targets of this communication regulation are the ums, ers, and likes that pepper our conversations. These linguistic fillers occur roughly 2 to 3 times per minute in natural speech. So are ums and....

🎬 Berlitz Film Club 🎬
Have you started learning Spanish? Learning through film makes learning a language fun and easy! A movie that combines thriller, comedy, horror and drama is “La comunidad” or “Common Wealth”, where a real estate agent finds 300 million pesetas in a dead man's apartment. This is when her troubles with his neighbours begin…
Watch the trailer here: https://bit.ly/2QofZMo

Common Wealth (2000) | Trailer Common Wealth (Spain, 2000) by Álex de la IglesiaMOTELX - LISBON INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTIVALMember of the International Federation of Film Producers A...

Head over to the Experience Oxfordshire website for a whole list of cool stuff to do in this summer. You can study with us at Berlitz Oxford Language Centre too!

📚 Improve your English language skills while on holiday in Oxford, join a part-time or intensive course at Berlitz Oxford Language Centre, the perfect way to immerse yourself with our language and culture, book now ➡ https://bit.ly/3iWlOwM

These three words are homophones – words that are pronounced the same but are spelled differently and have different definitions.