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Tucked away in St Michael’s Street in the centre of Oxford, CIE is one of the lesser known language schools in Oxford. Established in 1974 the school has recently experienced considerable growth, and although we have been able to honour our commitment to offer tuition in small groups, we have had to hire rooms outside our main building in St Michaels Street, and to find more and more host families.
Accredited by both the British Council and by the British Accreditation Council, we offer General English, Business, Pre-Boarding and Foundation Courses to juniors, pre-university and university students, and to older adults. The Pre-Boarding course is very popular with international students who wish to join a British boarding school.
We give introductions to, and advice on, boarding schools. Equally popular is the Foundation Course in Business Studies which offers entry to British universities. We also offer a very popular summer programme, combining English lessons with social activities. This takes place at Lady Margaret Hall. Throughout the year we also provide a programme for international university students who wish to combine academic work with an interesting cultural experience.
In September we entertain 160 students from Hosei University at University College. The letter below gives an indication of how the school is viewed. “We applied to CIE by recommendation of English teacher who already visited this college with the group of young students...everything was organized excellent and even better then we could expect, everything – host families, accommodation, meals, the college and its friendly teachers, excursions and various activities. And of course convenient location at the centre of the city is also one of the merits ….. our company would apply to CIE again without any doubts, because I know that I can entirely entrust children to CIE and be sure that everything will be well-organised”. Russian tour operator.
The reference to “host families, accommodation, meals” shows how important host families are. We are always on the look out for caring host families who offer half board Monday to Friday and full board at the weekend, and who talk to the students. We offer host families generous payment. If you would like to become a host family please contact either Karen or Max on 01865 202238.
By John Hudson, Principal
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