About Your English Retreat
Lessons
20 hours of General English lessons over 4 - 5 mornings.
A small group size to ensure plenty of involvement and focused teacher time.
A variety of interesting topics and all skills areas (reading, writing, listening & speaking) with an emphasis on conversation and pronunciation.
A small group size to ensure plenty of involvement and focused teacher time.
A variety of interesting topics and all skills areas (reading, writing, listening & speaking) with an emphasis on conversation and pronunciation.
Accommodation
You'll be spending the week living with your English teacher and a maximum of 5 other students in our beautiful, country retreat house on Dartmoor. This 'homestay' environment will give you total English immersion and the best opportunity to practise your English. The house comprises of two shared rooms with one shared bathroom and two private double rooms with private ensuite bathrooms.
*Additional supplement for private rooms
Activities
Afternoons will include a mixture of planned activities and excursions such as paddle boarding, cycling and trips to nearby locations; depending on the final schedule of the week.
You'll also have plenty of free time to enjoy your surroundings or simply sit back and relax.
You will have the chance to explore the local area, sample some traditional food such as the famous Cream Tea and practise your English with local people in a relaxed and friendly environment.
Food
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be cooked at home on your language retreat and eaten together allowing for total immersion into the British culture.
Breakfast will be provided in a buffet style with various offerings while lunch will range from light meals to a typical English 'packed lunch' depending on the day's schedule.
Dinner, the main meal of the day, will be cooked during the evenings and will provide an opportunity to join in and help or sit back and relax. Meals will be typical English homemade dishes and will include a dinner out on your last night of the trip.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about the retreats or any doubts about your English level, please contact us and we will be more than happy to answer any queries and provide more information.
For help with travel to the language retreat, please let us know where you'll be coming from and we will happily help with planning travel arrangements.
Quick Facts
- Friday 24th September - Friday 1st October
- Check in from 4pm
- Check out 10am
- The retreat house is located on the East of Dartmoor National Park
- South Devon, England
- Travel (flights, trains, transfers etc) to and from the retreat is not included
- Contact Natalie to talk about getting to the retreat and/or if you would like a transfer from a local train station
- 20 hours of General English lessons across 4-5 mornings depending on schedule
- 7 nights
- 2 x shared twin rooms with a shared bathroom
- 2 x private double rooms* with a private ensuite bathroom each *extra supplement
- Beautiful large open plan kitchen with breakfast table & fireplace
- Separate lounge for reading & relaxing
- Separate dining room
- Outdoor hot tub with views of Dartmoor
- Beautiful gardens with covered patio for dining
- Cycle hire & bike ride
- Paddleboard hire & tour
- Yoga class
- Vineyard tour & tasting
- Visit to Exeter
- Visit to Topsham
- Visit to Shaldon
- Visit to Totnes
- Afternoon cream tea
- Dartmoor walks
- 7 breakfasts
- 6 lunches
- 7 dinners including dinner out on the last night of the trip
- light snacks / refreshments between meals
- See sample food
- A welcome drink on arrival
- A glass of wine with dinners
- Tea, coffee & non alcoholic drinks will be available all week
