Well, we kept warm during the winter by showing some large groups of Italian teenagers how to get Out There and use their new language with real people. And now it is spring with summer just around the corner, we will have a very big announcement to make soon, but in the meantime, check this out.

EXCLUSIVE limited allocation of single and twin rooms at International Students House (ISH) this summer during July and August - first come, first served! - We are lucky to have secured an allocation of 15 singles and 10 twins at this great residence just ten minutes walk from the school at Great Portland Street (zone 1). Included in the ISH deal is continental breakfast, cheap bar with big TV screens, full social programme, Internet cafe, gym and restaurant. There is even a nightclub at weekends and the residence is 'the' most international, convenient and cost effective place to stay for language students in central London. Book now to avoid disappointment!

Singles (incl. continental breakfast) 180 per week
Twins (incl. continental breakfast) 150 per person per week

Before and After - Over the summer we shot some video of clients during their placement interviews and before they followed their EOT course in London. We then we videoed them again during a similar interview, just before they left to go home. We call them our Before and After videos. Most students were on very short courses of between two to four weeks. Everyone who took part gave us written permission to use their clips and we hope to be able to put these and all of the others on the website soon. Thanks to everyone for playing along with us!

See if you can identify any improvement in the English of Jakob, Eri and Florent? Click on the links below.

Jakob , Czech Rep. 2 week course
Before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5P0aDWTOWs
After: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSF1pkfvIyA

Eri, Japan. 4 week course
Before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syRPo3piBls
After: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNrUYkrehQk

Florent , France. 2 week course
Before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RNKBbG_IvM
After: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sytvOODa1zI

Did they really mean to say that? a new feature where we find and display people having communication problems.

>> Eat pork or die <<
Liberators make friends in Iraq

US marine corps are introducing sensitivity
training to their soldiers in Iraq. They're
starting to wonder if such things as the
troops' slogan t shirts might not be such
a good thing. Our favourite tees include:

* "Eat Pork Or Die" (in English and Arabic)
* "Shrine Busters" (which show burning
minarets, some with unit logos.)
* "Napalm. Sticks Like Crazy."
* "The road to Paradise begins with me."
(Usually in Arabic, often with sniper's
crosshairs)
* "Guns don't kill people. I kill people."

Courtesy of Popbitch http://www.popbitch.com

Where are we?

Languages Out There c/o UIC,
Language House,
76-78 Mortimer Street,
London, W1W 7SA,
UK.

Heres a map:

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/audio/languages

We got some great press for Spanish Out There with a really big article in the travel section of The Independent newspaper, you can read it here:

http://travel.independent.co.uk/europe/article605829.ece

Get Out There and learn

http://www.languagesoutthere.com/