Bath Spa to Shakespeare’s Stratford

Relax in natural waters from the Ancient Baths, explore Shakespeare’s home town, and enjoy river cruising. This will be a fascinating insight in to history alongside your learning.

Course Details

  • Arrive by 2pm on Day 1.

  • This allows the classes to be interactive, whilst ensuring the teacher is able to support each individual.

  • On this programme you will experience both history and beautiful scenery. Starting with a morning at Stonehenge before settling in to historic Bath, you will travel on to Swindon, where you will find out about the railway history. From here, travel on to Shakespeare’s Stratford and enjoy the scenery of the Cotswolds.

Course Overview

  • Experience both history and beautiful scenery. Starting in historic Bath, travel on to Swindon, where you will find out about the railway history. From here, travel on to Shakespeare’s Stratford and enjoy the scenery of the Cotswolds. These locations have a rich history. Taking its name from the Baths built by the Romans, the city of Bath has been a wellbeing destination for almost 2,000 years. Stratford-Upon-Avon was home to William Shakespeare (born, lived and buried here), his house and school are here to be visited, and Swindon has a proud railway history.

    Visit our blog to find out more about Bath’s Roman Spas, Swindon’s railway history and Stratford’s William Shakespeare.

  • 7.5 days. We want you to focus on your studies and leave all the rest to us! The price includes:

    ✔ All food & drink

    ✔ Centrally-based accommodation

    ✔ Activities

    ✔ 35+ hours of teaching

    ✔ Assessed presentations and personalised reports.

  • A busy week of immersion activities, social and cultural events which will include:

    ✔ An evening at the world-famous Stonehenge.

    ✔ Explore Bath by walking tour with views.

    ✔ Prosecco on a river boat cruise.

    ✔ Relax with dinner and a Spa package at Bath’s Thermae Spa.

    ✔ Explore Stratford-Upon-Avon by walking tour and river cruise.

    ✔ Learn more about its links with Shakespeare.

    ✔ Finish the week with a picnic in Bancroft Gardens.

  • We want you to experience a range of authentic British food. All food & soft drinks included:

    🍴 Daily cooked breakfasts, lunches and picnics

    🍴A classic British afternoon tea (where you can enjoy delicious teas and treats)

    🍴 Fish & chips

    🍴 A traditional ploughman’s lunch

    🍴 A ‘Full English’ cooked breakfast

    🍴 A Prosecco boat tour along the river

    🍴 Dinner at the Thermae Bath Spa

  • Centrally located accommodation and classroom.

  • Our specialist-designed courses provide you with an opportunity to learn Business English as part of a unique and immersive experience.

    Classroom sessions will include a combination of individual, pair and groupwork, and will develop your technical and receptive Business English skills. Focused around a real life business case study, you will have an opportunity to learn and apply your new skills by presenting financials to a panel of professionals, writing reports, and taking part in meetings. Sessions will be interactive, you will learn to identify the broad range of British accents, comprehend newspaper articles, annual reports, write corporate e-mails, and understand business terminologies.

    Outside of the classroom, our specially selected activities will enable you to experience some of the best features of each local area. From tasty Afternoon Teas, visits to spectacular waterfalls, kayaking across lakes or relaxing in thermal baths, our unique itineraries mean that you will learn in an immersive environment where you can put your new skills into practise whilst making memories that will last a lifetime.

    By the end of our courses, you will have an improved understanding and confidence in writing and presenting in Business English, which will help you to communicate on the international corporate stage and widen your career prospects. Alongside this, your feedback report and development plan along with continued support will help you to comfortably operating in Business English.

    All course packages include: Onboarding, level placement test, learning materials, detailed progress reports, learning development plan, and continued support via access to Grammarly and chat via WhatsApp for 2 months after course completion.

  • Day 1: Welcome to Bath Spa! Become accustomed to your new surroundings with a walking tour of the city of Bath from 2pm. Move on to a prosecco river cruise with your new classmates. Enjoy refreshments from 5.30pm, ready to settle in with orientation, an overview of the week and your first lesson. In this first lesson, you will focus on introductions and some initial presentation practice.

    Day 2: Cultural Immersion, Business Correspondence and Accounting & Finance
    The day’s lessons will start at 9am after breakfast. Each day will cover a range of receptive skills including speaking, comprehension, presenting and groupwork, alongside grammar and applied business English.

    In this lesson, you’ll be able to practise your speaking and listening skills with general conversation activities, before moving on to focus on accents. Here you will have the opportunity to develop your understanding of regional accents with practical experience, including phonecalls and listening comprehension. We’ll then hold a workshop on writing professional e-mails before having lunch.
    After lunch, move on to applied business skills, where you will focus on business correspondence, before spending the rest of the afternoon on finance. Using a combination of groupwork, listening, reading, speaking and presenting - you will cover accounting terminology (including correct use of the language), listen to and answer questions on a financial report, and learn how to present financials.
    After class, take a short break before spending an evening at the pub for an organised evening of discussion groups and food/drinks, where you can put your conversational skills in to practice.

    Day 3: Meetings
    Today’s classes will include applied business skills, including meetings and accounting/finance, with several breaks throughout the day and lunch.
    The lessons will include interactive sessions where you will work in groups on a meeting, follow a case study, develop skills and learn key language to be used in meetings. You will then be given a real case study to focus on financial results, developing your financial skills as you present the key results back.
    Finish class at 5pm, take a short break before enjoying dinner and relaxation with the Thermae Bath Spa package.

    Day 4: Briefings & Reports
    On this day we will focus on more applied business skills, such as briefings and report writing. Here you will be given a number of real life examples, news reports and case studies to analyse and report back on. You will develop your analysis skills and your written skills, as you learn key language to use.

    Day 5: Recommendations, Proposals & Finance
    Another day of applied business skills which will focus on problem solving, giving recommendations, language for presenting, business correspondence and finance. Your task for the final day’s panel assessment will be set.
    Dinner will be provided in the classroom, with the teacher being available until 8pm to support with preparation for the presentations for the next day.

    Day 6: Assessment Day - Panel Presentation
    We will enjoy a delicious breakfast before a morning of assessments. You will be given time to prepare, followed by an assessed meeting and the opportunity to present your case study to a panel. You will be given feedback on your presentational and speaking skills, along with feedback on your use of grammar and language. You will then be guided through developing your individual development plan, for your future learning.
    Celebrate completing your week with a trip to the world-famous Stonehenge!

    Day 7: Departure Day
    Finish off the week by embracing the culture and learning more about Shakespeare's city. Enjoy a River Cruise, a Shakespeare self-guided tour, before finishing with graduation and a picnic in Bancroft Gardens. Depart from 3pm.

FAQs

  • Yes, we take corporate and individual bookings.

  • Our courses are suitable for B2 level onwards. Our pre-course test and conversations will help to determine your level.

  • Our courses are suitable for adults, looking to improve their English for use in a business setting.

  • This will be a busy week of immersive activities, with some light walking. No strenuous physical activity is planned.