what is Wessex Study?

Wessex Study is a teaching programme for individual adult foreign students who want to study English with an experienced and qualified teacher in a village setting while staying with a host family in a nearby city. This combination of 1 : 1 study and family living is called "homestay."

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What does a typical week look like?

After breakfast with your host family we will  pick  you up and take you the 13 km to Abbotsford, the 500 year old house in the village of Thorverton, near Exeter in Devon, where tuition takes place on five days of the week.

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If you choose the standard 21 hour timetable you will have three 60 minute hours of lessons in the morning and one-and-a-half hours  in the afternoon, with morning coffee break and lunch in the house. After lessons  you will be taken  home  by  car.  You  will  have  your  evening meal  with the family.

Here  is  a typical example  of your  working day  if you follow a full-time course, although naturally the details will be adapted to your own needs and wishes.

8:30                   Pick up from your host family

9:00 - 10:30       Grammar

10:30 - 11:00      Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30      English for special purposes

12:30 - 13:30      Lunch

13:30 - 15:00      Conversation, listening, social English

On  one  day in the  week  you will go on  a local excursion  of your choice; Sunday and one afternoon are free for you to explore the countryside and relax. 

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What does it cost?

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The cost of a standard 21 hour course is £700 per week, including accommodation and meals in a host family. Please see the details page for further information.

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