Most teachers who have to teach English to absolute beginners, find the idea of spending a whole lesson trying to communicate with students who don’t understand a word they’re saying, a bit daunting… But here, at Speakeasy School, teaching beginners …
Not many people know that Robin Callan, apart from developing the Callan Method, also owned a Tea Garden in Granchester, near Cambridge. If you want to understand what it means to be quintessentially British, look no further… Granchester is a …
It’s time to start learning English again! On 20th March, the UK marked one year since the first coronavirus lockdown by holding a national minute’s silence at midday. Over a year has passed since the whole world was shaken …
Our student, Lethicia Julio De Oliveira Ferreira, has recently finished studying with us. She attended one of our part-time afternoon courses. Before she left, we asked her to tell us about her experience of studying at Speakeasy School. This …
Our student, Bruna Guedes, has recently finished studying with us. We asked her to tell us about her experience of studying at Speakeasy School. This is what she had to say: I studied at Speakeasy School for 6 months. I …
Robin Callan is the creator of the Callan Method. He grew up in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. In his early twenties, he went to Italy to teach English in Salerno. He enjoyed teaching, but he thought that the way in …
Don’t let these little things in English trip you up: One common mistake people learning English make is using TOO when they should use VERY and vice versa. Both come before adjectives or adverbs. Both make those words stronger. …
English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. One out of five people can speak or at least understand English. If you speak English, you can communicate with nearly all the people around the world. English is …
Our Student Mariela Duarte Juarez studied with us for a year, starting from the beginning, working her way through to the last books and did her Cambridge first certificate with us, so we asked her about her experience at Speakeasy: …
Why we love being in Chiswick Chiswick is an amazing mix of village and city. Less than 30 minutes from central London on the Tube, the area’s broad clean streets and raft of independent shops and cafes give it a …