One-to-one lessons for adults in summer
• focus on exactly what you need
• boost your confidence and skills
Your chance to improve your English quickly
Age: 18+
Level: all levels
Length: one week+
Lessons: 10 or 15 or 25 lessons per week of individual tuition
(note: 1 lesson=55 minutes)
If you only have a week or two to spare, this programme allows you to focus directly on your own language development:
- Professional language in your chosen field (business, education, medicine, or travel, for example)
- Academic language for students, undergraduates, and postgraduates
- Personal language for confidence, examinations, travel, and leisure
The course path involves a number of critical stages supported by a tutor from our experienced team:
- Self-evaluation (your “needs and wants”)
- Diagnosis (analysis and targets)
- Monitoring (progress checks and updates)
- Self-study (preparation and follow-up tasks)
- Feedback (continuous learning ideas)
Personal training
A personal trainer, in all walks of life, motivates their student by setting goals and providing feedback. In the same way, your one-to-one tutors at St Clare’s will help you to make the maximum English language progress in the shortest possible time.
Focus on your specific language needs
Our one-to-one lessons allow you to focus directly on your personal English language development in a short space of time. Over the past year, for example, we have built the confidence and improved the performance of individuals from across the world and supported their professional, academic, and personal language needs as follows:
1. Professional language — for business, finance, education, medicine, law
- the language and strategies for good presentations and negotiations
- cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness
- drafting and re-drafting articles for professional journals
Recent trainees: a senior academic (the Netherlands), CEO media company (South Korea), legal adviser (Brazil)
2. Academic language — for students, undergraduates and post-graduates
- note-taking and report writing skills
- presentations for seminars
- SATs: academic reasoning training
- linguistic support for dissertations
Recent trainees: postgraduate student (United Arab Emirates), pre-Masters student (China)
3. Personal language — for confidence, examinations, travel, and leisure
- voice training: projection, intonation and stress, accent reduction
- support for “false beginners” who have a mismatch of reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills
- tips and practice for specific examinations — IELTS, Cambridge Exams, Business English Certificates (BEC)
Recent trainees: accountant (Qatar), retired businessman (Japan), fashion buyer (South Korea), property developer (Saudi Arabia), gap year student (Germany
The course path involves a number of critical stages supported by a tutor from our experienced team:
- Self-evaluation (your needs and wants)
- Diagnosis (analysis and targets)
- Monitoring (progress checks and updates)
- Self-study (preparation and follow-up tasks)
- Feedback (continuous learning ideas)
Our One-to-One team
We have a wide panel of tutors with English language and life skills. You can be sure that the Director of Studies matches our expertise to your personal needs.
Dates and fees
- Arrival days are Sundays
- Students start lessons on Monday after an initial English level assessment
- Minimum stay is two weeks
(note: one lesson = 55 minutes)
Arrival days |
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17 June | 24 June | 8 July |
22 July | 29 July | 5 August |
19 August |
Number of lessons and accommodation options per week | ||||||
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College accommodation (with self-catering facilities) |
Homestay (includes breakfast and dinner every day) |
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One-to-One lessons | Twin Standard | Twin Superior | Single Standard | Single Superior | Single Standard | Single Superior |
10 private lessons | £843 | £892 | £909 | £976 | £843 | £916 |
15 private lessons | £1128 | £1177 | £1194 | £1261 | £1128 | £1201 |
25 private lessons | £1413 | £1462 | £1479 | £1546 | £1413 | £1486 |
Contact the Department
Tom Whitehouse |
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Sales Coordinator |
+44 1865 517331 |
tom.whitehouse@stclares.ac.uk |
Manuela Williams |
Admissions Registrar |
+44 1865 517706 |
manuela.williams@stclares.ac.uk |
Bardwell Road Campus |
St Clare’s Oxford – 18 Bardwell Road – Oxford – OX2 6SP – UK |
Office hours: Monday – Friday 0900-1700 GMT |
Student profiles: Flight attendants from Saudi Arabia
An interview with a group of flight attendants, studying Combination English. Here’s their view of the course, their accommodation and the British accent.
Welcome dinner at Queen’s College
We welcomed our new students in style, and introduced them to Oxford with a dinner at the University of Oxford’s Queen’s College. View the photos.
Looking back at a great summer!
Highlights of the Adult Summer Courses at the International College, including study visits, excursions and social activities.