Review of St. Giles International
The first St Giles College was founded in London in 1955 by Paul and Diana Lindsay. Since then the organisation has grown in the UK, USA, Canada and Brazil.
Today, with more than 50 years’ experience teaching English and running schools, the St Giles Group of colleges is one of the largest and most successful international English language training organisations, with a total of eight year-round schools worldwide. Every year an average of 10,000 students, from over 90 different countries choose St Giles for their English language learning needs.
In 2006 we were voted Star English Language School worldwide in the Language Travel Magazine’s Star Awards!
All our UK centres are accredited by the British Council and are members of English UK (formerly ARELS). St Giles San Francisco is a member of the American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP) and its teacher training courses are approved by the California State Department of Education. The teacher training courses at St Giles Brighton, Highgate and San Francisco are all validated by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) and the training courses at St Giles Eastbourne and London Central are validated by Trinity College London. St Giles Vancouver is a member of Languages Canada (formerly CAPLS) and the CEC Network.
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One Customer Review of St. Giles International
Review by Nick Pellatt, July 7, 2010
I completed a Trinity course at St Giles Eastbourne in 2008, and thought I should post a review here as no one else seems to have done!
I had been teaching for two years before taking this course, and of all the things I learnt on the course, perhaps the most important thing was the realisation that I should have taken the plunge and done the course earlier!
I wont write too much about the course itself, that information can be found anywhere, but I will say a few things about St Giles, and my course experience there.
The two tutors worked perfectly well together, with a good balance between their personalities, skills and approaches. I was actually quite inspired by them really, and wished for the charisma of one, and the knowledge of the other. A good team I think.
St Giles Eastbourne is a nice school, conveniently located on the outskirts of the town, small enough for the experience to seem personal, big enough that you get a chance to meet and teach a variety of students in a nice setting.
The only downside, and I should mention one really…is that with a full complement of 12 trainees, the training room felt a little small sometimes. But that really is my only gripe, and its a small one at that.
On that basis, I am going to score 5 stars in the ratings box above in the first 4 categories, but slip to 4 stars on the lesson plan guidance. This is because I personally need more time to think over any changes to my lesson plans…Generally my lesson plans were reviewed in the morning, with changes to be made for my afternoon lesson. I guess I wanted more time than this, but this might be just me…in fact, I think it is just me….
I’ve then given another 5 stars, before slipping down to a 3 star for the job placement. I have given this a slightly below average rating as during the job placement input session we were introduced to a recruiter for ILA. The positions she was offering were for degree holders…and at that time, a number of the people in the room didnt hold degrees, so I felt jobs many of us couldnt apply for didnt really help. I didnt discuss any further options with St Giles, but in fairness to them, this was possibly because I already had work lined up.
Facilities and resources I gave 4 stars, as the training room was a little small as mentioned above.
Overally though…I really enjoyed my St Giles Trinity experience, and couldnt recommend them or the course high enough. Having spent a month learning how to teach at St Giles, I felt a lot better equipped to teach and have improved a lot as an EFL teacher.
St Giles Eastbourne is a great place to take a Trinity course, and is highly recommended IMO!
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