The start of a new year heralds in the New Year's Resolution, well-intentioned declarations to make changes in our lives for the better. Diet, exercise and travel are often popular choices, but did you know that learning a new language is also high up on the list of resolutions?

For many the promises we make to ourselves fall by the wayside within the first few months. If one of your resolutions this year is to learn a language, we've put together some top tips to help you keep to yours

Top Tips

The ISI (Independent Schools Inspectorate) is the main UK government approved inspectorate which oversees the quality of education in private further educational colleges.

Since opening in September 2016, LSI College has received regular visits from ISI, including a recent one in December. The ISI inspectors were full of praise for the college.

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Digital designer Nina Cavell is a popular blogger in her native Germany, regularly posting about her travels and creative projects on her blog 'Be Creative'.

Following her recent Study Abroad trip to LSI New York, she posted her thoughts about New York, New Yorkers and studying at LSI New York on her own blog, and also shared her thoughts with us for the LSI blog.

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New Zealand attracts millions of visitors every year from all around the world. Why are so many people willing to come so far and why is Auckland an excellent place to study English?

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The Bay Area Book Festival, the second largest literary festival in the US, takes place every year in May in Berkeley. The streets of the downtown area come alive with book stalls, pop up food outlets, street entertainers and the many indoor and outdoor venues staging over a 100 shows.

Ensuring the smooth running of such a huge event inevitably relies on good community support. Both this year's event organisers and the City Mayor have praised LSI staff and students for the contribution they made towards the successful running of the 2019 festival. For some students volunteering for the festival had an added benefit.

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As a long-term resident and language teacher at LSI Boston, Marcella Haddad knows the city extremely well. Students often ask her advice about the top places to visit, popular restaurants and bars and the most fun leisure pursuits. But even she would never claim to know the city inside out. However, according to Marcella, taking the time to discover the hidden side to Boston is definitely worth the effort.

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The start of the summer junior camps is fast approaching and our courses are filling up fast. Demand has been high, so much so in Brighton that we've extended the course dates, with the last starting date now being the 19th August.

There have been a lot of changes to our courses this summer offering more choices to even younger students. Find out more on the LSI Blog. The LSI Junior Brochure provides the full list of junior camp locations, plus detailed descriptions of each centre.

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LSI Vancouver hosted a number of educational travel agents in its new location at 806 Homer Street last week, on 24th April, the day before the ICEF workshop. The agents got a brief introduction by Suji Jeong, admin manager, and Kevin Keeler, Director of Studies, about the way LSI Vancouver operates: the courses offered, details about the predominant nationalities in the school, and some useful tips. After the briefing, the agents were shown around in the new LSI Vancouver school.

The school received positive feedback about the amount of natural light pouring into the classrooms; the spacious common area with a kitchenette, and the friendly atmosphere.

After the tour of the school, the group of agents had lunch in the nearby Glowbal restaurant, and went on a sightseeing tour of Vancouver.

We're now coming to the end of a successful third academic year at LSI Independent Sixth Form College. Meet the students and staff and find out what it's really like to study at our sixth form college in our latest school video.