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FREE ARRIVAL TRANSFER OFFER EXTENDED until January 2019

We are pleased to announce that the FREE ARRIVAL TRANSFER offer will be extended for courses starting before 31 January 2019. This may be by shuttle bus or by taxi, depending on flight time and which London airport. The promotion will be available for all new individual enrolments on courses starting before 31 January 2019. […]

NEW: Hilderstone College promotional videos

We are delighted to announce the launch of two brand new Hilderstone College promotional videos (90-second montage and 3-minute video with student interviews and comments). The videos were filmed in Broadstairs this summer with the participation of staff and students. We hope you like them and welcome your comments! See the shorter, ‘montage’ video here. […]

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Tessa Woodward

We are delighted to announce the news of a special award presented to Tessa Woodward, who many of our readers will remember as a key member of the teacher training team at Hilderstone for many years.  Tessa retired from Hilderstone in 2016 but has remained active in the profession, editing the Teacher Trainer and maintaining […]

Instant CoursePricer now available on our website!

We are delighted to announce a new tool on our website, which makes it very easy to see the price of a course.  Just enter the dates and a few details and you will, in a few seconds, see a full price quotation for the course details you have entered. It’s easy to use.  On […]

NEW! Online direct booking fee calculator

Check out our new direct booking fee calculator on our website, to check the cost of your Hilderstone College course quickly and easily. Simply click on the link below: http://www.hilderstone.ac.uk/courses/CoursePricer.html

A Discussion-Based Approach to Reading Comprehension – By Rachel Connabeer

A Discussion-Based Approach to Reading Comprehension There is an adage I remember from my schooldays which was along the lines of ‘you get as much out of a text as you are prepared to put into it’. Lunzer (1979, p.18ff) provides seven reasons why reading may be more demanding than listening. Point six seems to […]