What's On in September

5th September - Back to school

17th September - French Beginners, The Red Lion, Digby
19th September - Spanish Beginners, Dunston Village Hall

24th September - French Beginners, The Red Lion, Digby
26th September - Spanish Beginners, Dunston Village Hall

26th September - European Day of Languages

Press Release

Read our first press release here:

Learn languages in your local? What a refreshing idea!

A local language company is running language classes at the local pub.

A local pub and language company are working together to bring language learning to the rural community.

French and Spanish beginners classes are being run at the Red Lion Pub in Digby, organised and taught by tutors of HS Language Services of Scopwick, Lincolnshire (www.hslanguageservices.co.uk).

“Many people work in Lincoln and Sleaford and do not want to return again for their evening class. We decided to bring language classes to their doorstep in a relaxed and informal environment,” explains Helen Shaw, founder of HS Language Services.

The courses run at the Red Lion for 10 weeks, starting Monday 17^th September 2007 for French Beginners and Tuesday 18^th September 2007 for Spanish Beginners. They cost £50 per person. All resources are included.

Courses are also running in Dunston for French Improvers and Spanish Beginners.

For further information, contact Helen Shaw on 01526 888222 or helen@hslanguageservices.com

HS Language Services is a local business providing language tuition for local people.

Networking

Today was my first experience of networking. I attended the Lincoln Business Club monthly meeting at Lincoln City Football Ground. It was far more friendly and relaxed than I'd expected and I quite enjoyed it. There was the opportunity for 'speed networking' as well as speakers from different areas of business.
The meetings are held on the last Friday of the month 7 - 9am, so I will try and make as many as I can.

Washingborough and Heighington Classes

These daytime classes will be postponed until the New Year. Watch this space for details!

German Summer School

This last week I've been away in Jena, Germany. Jena is in the Bundesland of Thueringen in the East of Germany. I first went two years ago as a compulsory part of my Open University level 2 German course. It's a beautiful town with a fantastic atmosphere.
Eddie Lawler (Lawler Language Services) now runs level 1 and level 3 summer schools, open to everyone. This was an ideal opportunity for me to update my German skills, so I enrolled on the level 3 course. It was a bargain at £400 (we had to find our own way there) for full board, in a fantastic hotel.
There is a full study programme, with lessons in the morning, and usually a trip out in the afternoon. The course content is optional. We covered Science, the local area, Identity, Architecture and Literature as well as taking trips to Erfurt, Cospeda, the Planetarium and, of course, the local pubs and restaurants.
The thought of going abroad alone to do a course where you know no one may seem a little daunting, but it has been a fabulous week and I have met some lovely people. I would certainly recommend the course for next year (indeed I will be attending it!).

Review your learning experience

All of my courses are listed on www.hotcourses.com. This site now has a facility to review courses that you have attended. If you would like to give feedback on the tuition you have received, please go to http://www.hotcourses.com/review/. If you are having private tuition, feedback is still very relevant, and is listed under French one-to-one lesson for example.
I would be very grateful for any feedback at all, the review should only take a couple of minutes to complete.
Hope you all enjoy the summer.

Myspace

I decided to create a Myspace page, mainly for networking purposes. You can find it here.
I'm still finding my way around though, so it looks a little basic at the moment.