Language Specialists International (LSI), Portsmouth
LSI Portsmouth 
Language Specialists International has over 25 years experience offering high-quality and competitively-priced English courses in General English, Intensive English, Professional and Business English, and IELTS exam preparation and is located in Portsmouth, on the beautiful south coast of England.
At LSI, we are proud of our excellent resources and facilities; both educational and recreational. In mid 1997, LSI bought and fully converted its outstanding new building into what is certainly one of the most impressive language training facilities in the U.K.
Significant additional investment was made in 2008/2009, upgrading facilities to an even higher standard.
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Prices / Courses and Accommodation
- General English Language Course, 22.5 or 30 lessons per week (50 minutes per lesson), 12 student max. per group
| Number of weeks: | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW Season prices: | ||||||
| HOMESTAY* + GENERAL COURSE | £650 | £950 | £1,250 | £1,850 | £2,450 | £3,465 |
| HOMESTAY* + INTENSIVE COURSE | £750 | £1,100 | £1,450 | £2,150 | £2,850 | £4,015 |
| GENERAL COURSE ONLY | £420 | £605 | £790 | £1,160 | £1,530 | £2,085 |
| INTENSIVE COURSE ONLY | £520 | £755 | £990 | £1,460 | £1,930 | £2,635 |
| HIGH Season prices (11/6/12 – 31/8/12) | ||||||
| HOMESTAY* + GENERAL COURSE | £710 | £1,040 | £1,370 | £2,030 | £2,690 | £3,800 |
| HOMESTAY* + INTENSIVE COURSE | £830 | £1,220 | £1,610 | £2,390 | £3,170 | £4,460 |
| GENERAL COURSE ONLY | £470 | £680 | £890 | £1,310 | £1,730 | £2,360 |
| INTENSIVE COURSE ONLY | £590 | £860 | £1,130 | £1,670 | £2,210 | £3,020 |
We have 48 bright and well-equipped classrooms, an excellent student self-access centre and an extensive teacher resource centre.
There is also a large student recreation area with snooker, pool and table tennis and a warm and welcoming student cafeteria on the second floor and, on the ground floor, there is “Le Café Parisien”; a restaurant serving excellent coffee and delicious food!
Self-Access facilities
LSI believes that self-access study is an important part of your course. We are very proud of our state-of-the-art Self-Access Centre which contains TV and video, an audio-active language laboratory and small library, a suite of multimedia complex with internet and color printers.
LSI has also developed an excellent package of Self-Access Study modules which can include Listening Skills, Pronunciation Development, Business English Skills, and British History & Culture. Moreover, if you have your own area of interest, our Self-Access Supervisor may well be able to provide you with relevant study materials.
Portsmouth
Portsmouth, famous for its 800-year maritime history, is one of the most interesting cities on England’s beautiful south-coast. Portsmouth’s Historic Naval Dockyard is one of Britain’s leading tourist attractions welcoming over one million visitors a year and includes Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, the world’s first iron warship, HMS Warrior, King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose and the Royal Naval Museum. Portsmouth is also a thriving seaside holiday resort with a fantastic range of entertainment, cultural and sporting facilities.
The school is located in the heart of Portsmouth and in the very best area of the city; next to the main shopping centre, library and railway station, theatre and restaurants, and yet is still within walking distance of the beach and sea-front.
There are excellent communications by road and rail to London and its airports (approximately 75 minutes from Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport and only 20 minutes from Southampton Eastleigh Airport), and by sea to mainland Europe.
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- General English
22½ study hours per week: 17½ contact teaching hours plus 5 hours of optional self-access study (maximum 12 students per group)
- Intensive English
30 study hours per week: 17½ hours in General English group –plus- 7½ hours in Intensive General English group (maximum 10 students per group) –plus- 5 hours of optional self-access.
Accommodation with a native family
To gain maximum exposure to the language, we encourage students to stay with one of our carefully selected English Homestay. Homestay Accommodation is on Half Board Basis (breakfast and dinner during the week, all meals at the weekends). Students normally arrive at their Homestay Accommodation on Sunday and leave on Saturday.
At LSI, we are proud of our ability to recruit the very best host families; this is helped by the fact that, in this beautiful and historic city of 200,000 people, there are very few other language schools.
- Accommodation is at students’ disposal from the Sunday before beginning of course until the Saturday morning following end of course.
- Not included: airfare, airport transfers, course materials, medical insurance
View the LSI website: http://www.lsi-international.co.uk/
