Aston Academy - previously MovingOn Courses

MovingOn Courses

I'm very happy with this immersion course 100% in English and of course with the atmosphere that I felt during these weeks.
In this course your classmates can be Spanish, Italian or other nationalities, but despite this, you won't speak in your mother lenguage at any time, so that you're all day with teachers, also in excursions, meals and classes. 
This is my second year and my level has improved a lot, grammar, speaking and vocabulary. One interesting thing is that if while you're speaking you confuse a verbal tense or you don't know something they correct you in English and they write it on a blackboard or in a notebook, then they ask you to see if you know the thing that you were wrong and if not they helps you to understand it. For this reason it is recommended to take a notebook to write down what you fail and before you go to sleep review where you failed to study new vocabulary.
You can come for a week or whatever you want, last year I had a colleague who was there about 6 weeks I think.
I recommend you this course.

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

Bangor

I was 2 weeks in Bangor and I improved a lot. Only English is spoken and you are strict. The place is very beautiful, the stay there is very comfortable and pleasant . Soni and Karen are very happy and charming. Everyone helps you in everything you need. The experience is very pleasant and if I can repeat it.
Estuve 2 semans en Bangor y mejoré mucho , únicamente se habla ingles y son estrictos en que se cumpla. El lugar es muy bonito, la estancia allí es muy cómoda y agradable . Soni y Karen son muy alegres y encantadoras. Todos te ayudan en todo lo que necesitas. Es muy grata la experiencia y si puedo repetiré.

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

VERY PROFESSIONAL TEAM AND GREAT TIME

The inmersion course helped me to improve a lot in a short period of time. Ideal for busy workers looking for efficiency, but also fun and social networking!!!

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

The best place to learn English

Hi!

I have been in MovingOn Courses for 4 weeks to improve my English.
The first day is always the most difficult because is a big change but Gavin, Sonia, Karen and the other students make it easier, actually, in a few hours with them you feel at home.

I recommend this course because is the best choice to learn English. Why? The total immersion in English.
Every morning (except weekends) there are classes with a few students and the teacher: Karen, Bryan or Amy, all of them are very good teachers.
In these classes you can practise your vocabulary, grammar (especially the phrasals verbs, hahaha), and, of course, your listening and speaking. You are in a very small group, so you will talk a lot and listen your classmates as well.
Between classes you have a small break to go to the toilet or go to the kitchen and keep talking with the teachers while you eat something or take a relaxing cup of tea!
Some afternoons, you can go to the study trips with Karen and sometimes with Sonia too. In these study trips you can know more about the history, traditions and culture of Northern Ireland, or leave Bangor to enjoy the nature and the wonderful landscape of Ireland.

In spite of the other students speak the same language as me, we have always talked in English to each other, and only I can say that I have learnt a lot with them as well. Everybody knows that the purpose of this course is learn English, so nobody talks in other language, only ENGLISH!

About Bangor, is a little village near Belfast and is very difficult hear Spanish or other language in the street so is a very good opportunity to talk in English to local people. Almost all people are very kind and they will try to speak with you slowly If you need it.

And finally, I would like to tell that Sonia is an excellent cook, all the food are delicious and really, you eat very balanced and healthy food!

Thanks a lot for this experience, I hope repeat it soon.
Greetings from Mallorca.

Javier.

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

Experiencia fantástica!

Yo pasé dos semanas en la escuela. Iba con mucho miedo porque mi nivel era muy bajo, pero desde la primera cena Sonia y Gavin me ayudaron a coger confianza y animarme a que me explicara en inglés y oye conseguía decir cosas que no yo pensaba que podía.

Los profesores muy bien, explican fenomenal, yo estuve con Amy y Cairin. Tienen mucha paciencia con nosotros, las clases son muy reducidas y muy personalizadas.

Por las tardes hacíamos excursiones. Sonia y Cairin nos explicaban cosas muy interesantes del país y nos enseñaron lugares preciosos que por nuestra cuenta no hubiéramos ido.

La convivencia con el resto de alumnos muy buena, la gente muy tolerante y respetable.

La verdad es que mi experiencia fue maravillosa, solo tengo buenas palabras. Es una inmersión de verdad y aunque al principio es un poco duro enseguida ves resultados y eso te motiva a seguir.

Espero poder repetir la experiencia.

Un saludo

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

Excelente!

Estuve un mes en esta academia en Irlanda del Norte, llegue con mucho miedo ya que mi nivel de inglés era 0, el primer día fue extremadamente duro pero poco a poco veía como me iba soltando. Las profesoras geniales Karen, Amy y Teal. Ellas tienen diferente nacionalidad y prácticas diferentes acentos. Yo no tengo queja por nada Sonia y Gavin muy amables, la estancia fue muy confortable y mi nivel de inglés subió bastante, solo pude estar un mes y en cuanto pueda volver a irme. Recomiendo 100% esta academia!!!! Lo pase en grande ☺️

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

The best academy

Excellent place to learn and perfect English. I spent a week in an crash course and I improved my English level. I loved the family atmosphere of movingoncourses. It's like being at home. Thank you

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

An amazing experience!

I couldn´t improve my level of english in Spain and that was the reason why I took up a course in Aston Academy during 10 weeks. This course provides a full experience in another country and a real immersion english course.

The academy is in Bangor, a village where you can find many facilities such as cinema, shops, coffeshops, pubs, good walks close to the coast, some hills around... The house is also good situated, and the rooms are clean and comfortable.

A highlight was that I spent all the time speaking in english because I was living with three different teachers, and from Monday to Friday, two more came to teach us. They are from different countries what was a really good feature for improving my listening. As the course is in an english speaking country, in my spare time I practised my english as well.

Moreover, the price was also good, I consider it the best value for money due to the food is included, the number of students per class (maximum 4) and the wide range of posibilities they offer.

On the whole, I would definitely recommend this course to everyone who is thinking about learning english abroad. For me, it was the best way to improve my english.

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

Immersion course

This is an excellent course for beginner-intermediate level students. The guesthouse is cosy and the teachers are great. The total immersion idea is wonderful, and students can improve their English in a safe and encouraging environment. The food was really good, and the atmosphere was very nice.

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans

My experience

ENGLISH
On 1st of October in 2017, I went to Moving on courses in Bangor and I stayed for one month in the Northern Ireland.
My first day was a little difficult because I was very nervous and I didn’t know If I would be able to understand them, for example, when I arrived and I asked the ticket clerk in the train station for a ticket and I didn’t understand anything, because the Belfast people have a strong accent and I had a very low level in English.
When I was in front at the hotel I was very nervous, but when I arrived Gavin and Sonia was waiting for me and they explained everything to me about Moving on courses and they prepared a special dinner and during the dinner I met with Luis (the other student).
My first class was with Amy, she is very friendly and I liked her class a lot because I could understand a lot of the words and the class was very interesting and fun.If a had some questions or I couldn’t understand her, I could ask her without any problems.
Then on Wednesday I had my first class with Teal and I liked it too, because she was very friendly and she is very patient similar to Amy. With Teal you can listen a different accent because she is from Canada.
Two days during the week, we had a trip with Sonia, Karen or Roberta. We went to different towns near to Bangor and we went to visit the important and beautiful places in Belfast. During the journey in the car, we were playing a game and we practised our speaking a lot.
When we arrived, they explained all the history of that place and after that, we went to a pub and we reviewed all the vocabulary that we learnt during the trip.
At lunch and dinners we were speaking with Gavin and Sonia and they corrected our mistakes to improve our English.
The last day in Moving on courses I noticed an improvement because I could understand the Belfast people and I improved my speaking a lot.
Nowadays, I continue to keep in contact with them because for personals reasons I needed to return to Barcelona but I continue my classes with Amy, Teal and Karen by Skype.

ESPAÑOL
El 1 de Octubre de 2017 fui a Bangor (Irlanda del Norte) a estudiar inglés durante un mes.
Mi primer día fue bastante difícil, iba con miedo de no saber si podría entender el acento que tienen los irlandeses del norte. Por ejemplo, cuando llegué a la estación del tren, no pude entender casi nada de lo que me decía el taquillero. Debido a que tenia un nivel de ingles bastante bajo y el acento de aquella persona era bastante cerrado.
Cuando estaba enfrente del hotel me puse bastante nervioso, pero cuando decidí entrar Gavin y Sonia me estaban esperando y me explicaron todo el funcionamiento de MovingOnCourses y además me prepararon una cena especial para que conociera a los demás estudiantes que estaban allí en aquel momento.
Mi primera clase fue con Amy, ella es muy simpática y me gustaba mucho hacer clases con ella porque habla de una manera para que todo el mundo la pueda entender y tiene mucha paciencia con los estudiantes. Además, no tenía miedo de preguntarle si no la entendía, porque no tenía ningún problema en repetirme o en buscar otra manera para expresarse más sencilla.
El miércoles tuve mi primera con Teal, ella también es muy amable y simpática, igual que Amy. Gracias a Teal puedes escuchar un Acento procedente de Canadá y asífamiliazarte con los diferentes acentos.
Dos días a la semana realizábamos excursiones por los diferentes pueblos cerca de Bangor e íbamos a Belfast, Donde allí Sonia Roberta y Karen te explicaban la historia de Irlanda del Norte y podías Practicar mucho tu expresión lingüística en inglés. Después de la excursión íbamos a un bar donde revisábamos todas las expresiones que y el vocabulario que habíamos aprendido durante el viaje.
Durante las comidas y las cenas, estábamos con Gavin y Sonia donde les escuchábamos hablar ingles y nos enseñaban a hablar correctamente.
El último día que estuve con ellos pude apreciar una gran mejoría en mi inglés, sobre todo tenía mucha facilidad para entenderles y para poder comunicarme con ellos.
En la actualidad por motivos personales tuve que regresar a España, pero continúo realizando clases de inglés con Teal, Karen y Amy vía Skype.

Publié 6 Il y a ... ans