We are pleased to announce to all our customer from outside EU that on 9th July 2010 English UK has won its case in the High Court against the last Home Secretary’s decision to raise the level of English which students must have before they can get a UK visa to learn the language here.

All students applying for a General Student Visa should be at CEFR Level A1 (elementary) or higher, and capable of following a programme of study at CEFR Level A2 or higher.

This is a considerable success on behalf on English UK and their members, and a decision that places the UK back in a market-leading position to welcome long-term applications from all over the world.

Once again… great music for free in London this week-end.

The Music Village is Europe’s longest running festival of world cultures.

Sat 10 - Sun 11 July, 1 - 9pm
The event returns to Hyde Park, the capital’s most popular green space, for the festival’s finale.

Groups and soloists performances include: Pakistani qawaali, Irish folk, Afro-beat, Romany violins, Transylvanian jazz-rock, Bengali arias, Voodoo R&B, Ethio trad, Steelband & calypso, and Zimbabwean jit-jive.

Time can fly and it is never enough to do all you thougth before your journey. So, plan your priorities, especially if your visit is for a short time: make a list of all the things you MUST do!

Here are some more popular tonguetwisters to practice your language skills with your friends and have fun!

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
And chuck as much as a woodchuck would
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

A twister of twists once twisted a twist;
A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.

Picasso major exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in Kings Cross:  “Picasso: The Mediterranean Years (1945-1962)” until August 28.

With a focus on Picasso’s most intimate works, “Picasso: The Mediterranean Years” will provide an important contrast to Tate Liverpool’s exhibition “Picasso: Peace and Freedom.” Between these two exhibitions, visitors to Great Britain in the summer of 2010 will have an extraordinary opportunity to explore the public and private faces of this peerlessly multi-dimensional artist in the 1950s.

And if you need accommodation in London, Dinwiddy House is just round the corner!

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I’m sure she sells seashore shells.

Maybe today you had the chance to watch a spectacular parade at the Horse Guards…

or maybe during the last days you just walked through Green Park and was wondering what were all that British Flags for…

…well, today is the official Queen’s Birthday and the ceremony to celebrate the sovereign’s birthday is probably the most spectacular of London’s annual traditions.

Here are few English short tongue twisters to start with:

- Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter “T”.

- Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.

- Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.

- I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.

- I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

- How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

Check the words you don’t know to increase your vocabulary and try to repeat them many times with your friends and as quick as possible to improve your pronunciation: have fun!

Buy a Street Map – there are good value ones that fit in a pocket or
handbag.

Another tip from the Answer English team.

Today is Federica’s birthday. She has been a pleasure to work with, from her cups of coffee to random italian phrases and spinning classes. From all of the Answer English team we wish her a great birthday.