Why not tell them all about your experience here in the UK?

If your friend enrols on a course of 4 weeks or more at one of our LTC UK schools, both you and your friend will receive a £25 Amazon voucher.

Just tell your friend to mention your name when they contact us!

You can download the flier/postcard on our offers and promotions page.

February during the Greco-Roman time was a period popular with fertility rites. The most well known of these was Lupercalia: a festival local to the city of Rome which usually happened from February 13 -15th. This was quite a barbaric and pagan festival and was banned by Pope Gelasius around 495.

The first provable links  between Saint Valentine and Romance were introduced by the English Medieval Poet Geoffrey Chaucer who wrote in ‘The parlament of Foules’;

For this was on seynt Volantynys day

Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.

[“for this was Saint Valentine’s Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate”]

During the middle ages it was commonly believed that mid-February was when birds started their mating season. A bit unlikely in this weather!

So, dear LTC student, whatever the history February 14th is a great excuse to go and do something fun and romantic with your special person or your friends. Here are some options you can try out in London over the coming week:

Start your afternoon off at  Leighton House; a charming museum designed and lived in by the father of the Pre-Raphaelite painters Lord Leighton.

Take your beloved on a Romantic London sky ride on The London Eye

Try some late night Cabaret and dancing at the wonderfully intimate Madam Jojo’s in Soho to finish off your night.

2012 will move the focus to LTC Brighton, which is undergoing a makeover for its 40th birthday. The school first opened its doors as an Inlingua school in 1972. We don’t know how many students have been taught at Portland Road in 40 years but a conservative estimate would be 50,000, probably many many more.

In the meantime, you can find our 2012 course and price information on this website.

2012 will see the launch of new afternoon general English courses in the new LTC London school, and a new work-experience programme for EU/EEA students also at LTC London.

You can still book courses at 2011 prices if your booking is made, and paid for, by the 31/12/11. This applies to tuition fees only. Accommodation and services will be charged at 2012 rates.

Click here for information on prices for the CELTA teacher training programme at LTC Brighton.

The new school is almost twice the size of our old premises, and is in its own self-contained building. The building is newly decorated and we’ve also invested in new furniture and classroom equipment.

Located over 2 floors the school is now 7000 square feet/750 square meters and features:

• 17 classrooms
• A dedicated computer centre
• A large student lounge
• Student Kitchen

The school is located next door to the University of West London, and to both Ealing Broadway and South Ealing underground stations are only a few minutes walk. This means there is more access to central London and our homestay areas.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be keeping this blog up to date with more photos and information as the various facilities at the school take shape and our students and staff settle into the building!

We’ve also updated our Google Map with details of the new location and the surrounding area.

Check out the Ealing council website for more information on times and very reasonable entrances fees!

We’re very pleased to announce that in September 2011 LTC London will be relocating to a new and much larger building in Ealing. This will mean improved faculties for students and a school with a capacity of 200 students. More information will appear on the website and this blog over the next two months, but for now we’d like to share an ‘artist’s impression’ of the new building as it will look in September.

So if it’s information about the nearest coffee shop to the school for coffee addicts, the nearest place to play tennis for those inspired by Wimbledon, or the location of their homestay, our Google Maps are a great place to start the search for information.

LTC Brighton was the first school to integrate its Google Map into pre-arrival information for this summer. You can find our map at http://bit.ly/ltc-b-map so far we’ve had over 600 clicks.

London’s map can be found at http://bit.ly/ltc-l-map and Eastbourne’s http://bit.ly/ltc-e-map

We’ve just updated all the icons on the maps to make them more user friendly. Happy clicking!

Availability in our schools:

Please check our availability page for updates on availability in July and August.

Residential Accommodation and LTC Brighton:

We also have a few spaces remaining in the residences we use at the University of Sussex. Please see our accommodation pages for more information from 3rd July to 24th July.

Afternoon courses in LTC Eastbourne:

We still have some availability on our summer afternoon English course in Eastbourne.

Our only problem is that they don’t mention what a great place it is for language schools, English courses and of course the home of LTC!