Aston Academy - previously MovingOn Courses

More than I expected, the best place!

I was in MovingOn Courses for four weeks. It is not just a course, it is a complete experience. If you are looking for something real, different, professional and friendly at the same time; If you are really committed to improving your English, MovingOn Courses is the best place, why? 100% English, really 100%, classes with 4 students max, live with teachers, extra activities, no commuting, friendly atmosphere...
4 students (max), in my case we were 2 or 3 students, you can ask for some topic that you are interested in, ask all you need, improve your pronunciation..
The teachers are very professional with a wide experience (because you have more than one, i had four, this enriches your experience), different accents, styles... but well coordinated.
You live with teachers and the other students so, it is not just the classes, you whole day becomes in a class. Lunch and dinner is a time to speak and do some presentations that you have prepared. The food is healthy, tasty and Sonia cooks veeeery well and she is very considered with our preferences or intolerances, there are always fresh fruit avaibable.
In the afternoon there are study trips, you visit different and interesting places while you are learning moooore English, a perfect way to remember at the same time enjoy the open air, normally you finish the trip visiting some special pubs :). This is when we you review your mistakes and any new vocabulary. It is another class

posted 2 years ago

Amazing Experience

Hi Guys, I strongly recommend MovingonCourses in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Their Intensive English course was very useful for me. I lived in a home with teachers and that encouraged me to speak English as much as possible. Meals and afternoon activities are with teachers, so you will speak only in English. This is more than a Super Intensive English Course, it is a Full English Immersion in a family-environment. I stayed there for 2 months and a half and my English has improved a lot.

posted 3 years ago

Amazing english academy, recommended!

I’ve been here for three months during the corona virus lockdown, and I can tell you MovingOn courses is more than just an English academy, It’s a lifetime experience and once you enter in this house it’s definitely going to be your second family.
In a normal day, the classes start at 8:30 a.m. and here there is the first cool thing about MovingOn courses, your room is in the same house as the classrooms are, you just need to go down the stairs and enjoy your class.
The class in the morning are usually three, with three different teacher and other 3 students at maximum. I think having more than one teacher helps a lot because you can listening different accents and different way of speaking. They let you speak as much as possible understading where you need to focus more and designing week after week lessons adhoc for you!
When the morning is over, do not think there is time to switch back to your native language or relax, if you are in this academy you must be aware that the day is literally 100% in english.
At lunch (the same format also for the dinner) is when the real english starts, you will eat with Sonia and Gavin talking about casual topics like news, life, hobbies. There isn’t any better way to use what you’ve just learned, and don’t worry they will always help you, correct and explain your mistakes, just speak and even when you think you have nothing to say they are so amazing in giving you everyday new stimulus!
Sonia is a great cook, the food is always delicious (i’m italian and I have quite high standard) and if you any preference just tell her without problem.
Once a week when the lunch/dinner is over you have to give a little presentation (about whatever topic you fancy) in front of the teachers and the other students, which will challenge your english skills and it’ll train yourself speaking to a little audience.
After lunch, it’s time to begin the study trip, the teachers will bring you to visit interesting places in the area, and again the learning never stops because every place is a good place to learn new vocabolary, and when you learn something in a particular situation that you are in, it’s even more effective! Before returning at home a stop at the cafe or a typical Irish pub will conclude the study trip, here you will play with the new vocabolary in order to revise in a funny way.
Finally if you aren’t exhausted yet after dinner there are also other activies that you can do like visit one of the several pubs in Bangor, go to the cinema (On Tuesday there are cheap tickets) or just hang out with other students and keep practicing.
About Bangor, you won’t be disappointed is a nice town on the sea, with a long long coastal path where you can work out, walk, explore it’s a great scenery! Plus it’s plenty of typical pubs and restaurants and Belfast it’s just 30 minute bt train and the train station is 5 minutes’ walk.
The room was comfortable and spotless with television and desk where you can do your homework. (yes there are also a lot of homework!)
If your plan is to stay for a long period of time, you can decide the work/study option to decrease the costs as I did, Gavin will always find some new job for you.
MovingOn course is a genuine product that works perfectly and I strongly recommend it if you aim to improve your english, the enviroment is relaxed but at the same time very serious about the english language. I feel my english exponetially improved and much more confident while I speak
And now a little extra: I ended up in a problematic situation due the coronavirus, I wasn’t able to go back to home because all the flights to Italy were cancelled, and I’m sure all the other academy would have closed forcing me into an emergency situation, what happened with MovingOn was different though! I was the only student left and they host me for two extra week with a very special price understanding the situation but mostly they had still given me classes, meals with teachers and study trips (respecting the social distancing and rules at time being in UK), they genuinely put people before the business that in these days it’s impressive, I couldn’t have asked for more.
Thank you Gavin & Sonia you’ve been my lockdown and my company in all of this, thank to my teachers Chris and Brian and to all the students I’ve met, it was one of the most wonderful experience of my life and I will remember all of you forever.

posted 4 years ago

A great experience

I'm very satisfied with the English course and I hope to do a new one in the future.
I think I've improved my English level a lot.
Amazing teachers, in my case, Chris, Brian and Sonia...thank you!
I've been very comfortable in your guest house.

posted 4 years ago

Eureka

I took English classes in Moving on Courses with my teenage daughter for one week.
I can assure you that my child was enjoying stay in this academia and it change her approach to use of English language to more practical. She has told me a lot of times, that she wish her education would be organized this way: only one thing at a time, full immersion, friendly atmosphere and no grades (yes, child can learn something without grades, eureka!).
Honestly, I recommend this academia for young learners too.

posted 4 years ago

Movingoncourses!!!!

Just arrived from Bangor!!!!Great Experience !!!! I’ve been studying English for a week , living with Sonia and Gavin , Bryan and Cris more than excellent teachers giving us classes until lunch , and during lunch classes continue , then study trip with Sonia , 2 per week, nice visits to different interesting places, don’t forget to take a notepad !!!!!, afterwards coffee time in a cafe to speak about visit and check new vocabulary, very helpful !!Beautiful Unique experience as no other offers, you will discover Sonia ‘s healthy cook!!!Confortable Hotel room , I’d say it worth every penny you invest in learning English!!! Thanks all the MovingOnCourses team , I hope to see you soon !!!Federico.

posted 4 years ago

great place for total immersion in English language

I was in the Academy MovingOn for 2 weeks. This is in Bangor a little, lovely and friendly town near to Belfast in Norther Ireland. The immersion in the English language is total so I could improve my level and gain confidence. Gavin and Sonia are the hosts and they are lovely, friendly, funny and smart guys. They have a lot of experience teaching English for foreign students, so they have different ways for teach you English. You are all day interacting with the professors, so you are learning English in each situation even if you don't realize. We took the breakfast, lunch and dinner together, so we were learning all day plus the formal classes and the study trip made it tiring but very productive!!!
In the academy I met other students and professors like Cris and Brian. Both are very good teachers. Brian is also a very kind person, very educated and with whom you can have interesting conversations on many topics.
I think that is a excellent place for to learn English and I have recommended to my friends.

posted 4 years ago

MovingOn Courses: SIN FACTURA NI CERTIFICADO.

Me entristece profundamente tener que escribir esta reseña pero tras haberles pedido en 4 OCASIONES hace ya 3 MESES mi factura por una estancia de dos meses allí (un dineral)y no haber recibido absolutamente nada ni yo ni mis compañeros con los que coincidí allí varias semanas me queda avisar a todos aquéllos que esten pensando en ir que tengan en cuenta lo sucedido. Les dije no pocas veces que necesitaba esos documentos para justificación de gastos y algún tipo de certificado para incluir en mi CV puesto que lo que me llevó alli fue mejorar mi inglés para mejorar mis posibilidades de encontrar trabajo ya que estaba en situación de desempleo. Asumo pues que me han tomando el pelo y doy por perdidos dicha documentación. ¿Qué se puede pensar de una academia de inglés que no da ni factura ni certificado?

posted 4 years ago

100 % IMMERSION ENGLISH, EXCELLENT

After two months of total immersion in MovingOn Courses, I can say that my English has improved.
I wanted to boost my English, so I thought of doing an intensive course and what MovingOn Courses (Northern Ireland, Bangor), offered I found it very interesting.
The days are so intensive, from 8:30 am in the morning until night you are in direct contact with English, every day you are immersed in the language, even when you are in bed, you are thinking of how I can say this sentence…., remembering vocabulary…
Afterwards, attending the classes daily, you can put in practice everything you learnt with the teachers, students and local people.
Although, you share the same language with some students, we always speak in English to each other, at home, having a coffee, a beer, going for a walk….For me, this is the key to improve. During my stay, I have just spoken in my native language with my family on the phone.
During the week, there are the study trips, they are effective and useful, you learn a lot at the same time you are visiting a new place. The landscape around Bangor is beautiful. Belfast is very near around 20 km and you can enjoy going out in the nightlife.
The life here is like a family. It have been very comfortable and I thank Sonia, Gavin and Karen for their hospitality and all of the team of teachers for their kindness and professionalism. Sonia is an excellent chef, she cooks delicious food!!!
I really recommend MovingOn Courses if you want to improve your English and Thank you very much for this great experience !!!

posted 4 years ago