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Hello The final cafe for all learners will be on Monday 18th July 10 -12 and it will be a celebration. Please bring food to share and there will be games and prizes to win! If you are in the beginners group the classes will continue for a few weeks after this – we will… Read more

Hello everyone We had some great visits to South Hill Park this week so thanks to everyone who came along and hope you enjoyed the trips. We will be back at the Open Learning Centre next week as usual. South Hill Park: The room we DID NOT SEE! The Haversham is used for Civil Ceremonies:… Read more

Last week we talked about Ascot and here are some videos about it: Also some videos for our beginners to support their learning: This week we are visiting South Hill Park on Monday and Thursday – please remember to go there instead of going to the Open Learning centre. The morning cafe sessions will meet… Read more

Hello This week we are continuing to look at local places of interest, and next week we will be visiting South Hill Park for both cafe sessions on Monday 20th and Thursday 23rd June. We will give you full details about the trips during this week’s sessions at the centre. Here is a video about… Read more

Hello and happy Jubilee weekend! We are on a half-term break at the moment and the cafe will restart from Monday 6th June. Here are two videos to help you keep learning English… From Monday we will be running a separate class for beginners to learn English, on Mondays from 12.30 – 2.30 pm, and… Read more

Hello everyone The cafe has been very busy recently as we have been welcoming lots of new students. To meet the needs of beginners learning English, we are starting ESOL lessons and a cafe session for beginners after half-term, from Monday 6th June. The new beginners lessons will be every Monday from that date, 12.30… Read more

Hello If you are a beginner level student, please note that after half term – from Monday 6th June – we will be running a beginners’ lesson every Monday from 12.30-2.30, with a cafe session every Thursday to support this, from Thursday 9th June (12.30 to 2.30). You will need to attend these sessions instead… Read more

Hello Hope you have been enjoying the lovely weather this weekend. Here are some videos to help with your English: Happy watching!

Hello Hope you had a good bank holiday weekend. Here are some videos to help with your learning: For beginners – words to do with the house, clothes and furniture: For the middle and higher groups – uses of some and any: For the advanced group, the passive voice: The cafe will run as usual… Read more

Hi everyone Welcome to the Summer Term and we have already had two busy sessions with lots of new members! A couple of points to note: Monday 2nd May is a bank (public) holiday so there will be no cafe session then. You can come to the Thursday session next week even if you normally… Read more

Hi everyone It’s the Easter holidays but that’s no reason to stop learning and practising your English! Here are some helpful videos: Using your phone to help learn: For middle and higher level learners And finally, a video about Google Translate: Hope you find these helpful!

Hi everyone The Spring celebration was a great event so thanks to everyone who came on Monday this week. It’s now the Easter break so there will be no cafe sessions until Monday 25th April. The link below will take you to a video which explains how to record your voice on an iPhone. This… Read more

Hello Some useful videos this week to help you with your English: A couple of videos for beginners: We hope you enjoy these videos. Remember, the final cafe session this term is on Monday 28th March and it will be a celebration with food to share and games to play. Please come if you can… Read more

Hi everyone Hope you are enjoying the lovely spring weather we are having at the moment. Just a reminder, Monday 28th March will be our spring celebration at the cafe when everyone is welcome. We will restart the cafe sessions after Easter from Monday 25th April, 10 – 12 as normal. Message from Carolyn Stocker:… Read more

Hello Here are some videos to help you with your English – as usual they are aimed at different levels. Also please note that Monday 28th March will be the last cafe session this term, and it will be an Easter celebration with food to share, a free raffle with prizes to win and games.… Read more

Hi everyone This week we will be talking about numbers in the beginners group: Advanced Learners: Use your English: think about trying another course Bracknell Open Learning Centre 2 d  ·  “The trainer was fabulous, the best first aid course I have been on”, “Loved the smaller group, good course, friendly, informative, very happy”, “Very knowledge…… Read more

Hello everyone Hope you had a good half term holiday. Here are some videos which support the topics we covered this week – Valentine’s Day and Pancake Day. There are also two basic videos about the months of the year and days of the week.

Hello everyone It’s now half term so just to remind you there are no classes next week. The cafe sessions will start again from Monday 21st Feb. In the meantime here is a very useful video with lots of basic phrases to help you have a conversation: Keep practising your English and see you soon!

Hello everyone Next week is half-term so there will be no classes on the 14th and the 17th February. This week we are continuing to look at likes/dislikes (beginners), and health (the other groups). Here are some videos that you might find helpful: ADVANCED GROUP: Watch the video drama called THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. THEN, look… Read more

Hello everyone Here are a few videos to help with your learning: ADVANCED STUDENTS: a really important video on “reductions” (speaking English like a native). It shows you how to understand sentences with reduced words: have/of/etc. Please note this lady is Australian, so some differences in pronunciation, primarily in the “of” reduction. British English would… Read more

Hi everyone The topic for this week is health and safety generally and online. These videos will help you prepare: Also here are a couple of simple videos you might find useful:

Hi everyone and happy new year! We will be starting the cafe sessions again next week, from Monday 10th January. We will be talking about New Year traditions and customs – these videos will help you prepare:

Hi everyone Hope you are all well and looking forward to Christmas. Unfortunately we have had to cancel the Christmas event planned for this Thursday, 16th December, because of the new Covid restrictions. So there will be no cafe session this Thursday. We are hoping to be back in the centre from Monday the 10th… Read more

We hope everybody enjoyed our visit from Bracknell’s Mayor, Mayoress and Deputy Mayor today. It was a unique opportunity to meet them. Please note :Last Language cafe session – festive party/bring and share food at 10am Thursday 16 December. This is for all students. Monday students can come twice during that week! Start of new… Read more

Hello, here are some useful videos to watch to learn some everyday English phrases:

Hello The Language Cafe will be closed the week of 25-29 October because it is a school holiday that week. It will start again from Monday 1st November. Here are some useful videos to help you with learning English: Best wishes Julie and Carolyn

Hello We’re very pleased to announce that the Language Cafe will be reopening in the Open Learning Centre from Monday 13th September. As before there will be two sessions a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, from 10 – 12. You can attend one session per week, and we repeat Monday’s session on Thursday. The session… Read more

Hi everyone For this final week we shall continue discussing holidays – please bring us some photos to share if you have some. The final session for this term will be on Thursday 15th July. We will hope to be back in the centre from September – we will post more details later in the… Read more

We will be talking about holidays, so please bring along any interesting stories and photos about your favourite holidays. We are going to discuss holidays and travel in the UK and abroad so here are some videos to help you prepare: These videos have more advanced vocabulary:

Hello! Some exciting news – next week we are going to meet at Bracknell’s Arts Centre – South Hill Park. This will be instead of the Zoom sessions, so we will be able to meet in person! The trips will be on Tuesday 29th June(for the Monday group, and we will team up with another… Read more

This week we will have different topics for Monday and Thursday. Monday’s topic is the dentist. These videos are about going to the dentist. Please watch them to prepare for Monday’s session. Thursday’s topic is job interviews, and we will be looking at how to answer tricky questions you might be asked. All Thursday group… Read more

Hello Next week we will be talking about employment in the UK, including different types of jobs and job hunting. If you need help with CVs, interview practice or job applications, we have a job club at the Open Learning Centre on Thursdays. Please ask Carolyn or Julie for more information or book an appointment… Read more

After the half-term break we will be talking about understanding road signs and other signs that you might see outside. Please watch these videos to help prepare for the sessions: Basic Level: Talking about travelling by different means. Please note: the pronunciation of “route” in British English is totally different from American English. Also, in… Read more

The week beginning 31st May is a half-term holiday, when schools are shut, so there will be no Language cafe sessions that week. We will start again from Monday 7th June.

Hello Next week we’ll be talking about the Royal Family, so here are some videos to help you prepare. Think about the following questions: What is your opinion about the Royal Family?/Who is your favourite member of the royal family and why?/Do you think we should have a royal family nowadays?/ Does your country have… Read more

Hello Next week’s topic is all about medicine and illness. Here are three videos to watch which will help you prepare: We hope you find these videos helpful!

Hi everyone This week we’re talking about the environment, and here are the videos: See you on Zoom!

Monday 3rd May is a Bank Holiday here in England, so there will be no session that day. The session on Thursday 6th May will run as normal, and we will be looking at the UK government and the recent news story about supermarket cake brands. These videos will help you prepare: Please look up… Read more

Hi everyone Hope you had a good Easter break. As we are continuing the Language Cafe on Zoom, here are the videos you need to watch to prepare for next week. We will be talking about May Day, which this year is a Bank Holiday on Monday 3rd May, so there will be no session… Read more

Our next topic is Easter, and here are some videos to watch: The one below has no commentary and is set to music. Which bonnet (Easter hat) do you like best? What Easter symbols do they use in the hats? The language in the video below is quite advanced, and there may be some vocabulary… Read more

Hi everyone, We will finish our virtual tour of the UK by looking at Northern Ireland. Here are some short videos to help you prepare: This one is very short, with no commentary: This one is also about the whole of Ireland, and has subtitles but quite complex language: This is a fun watch as… Read more

This video shows lots of things to do with Scotland, with no words but lovely music so is suitable for all learners: This video uses simple language to introduce Scotland, so is for all level learners: The video below is narrated by an American man and he talks quickly so it may be quite difficult… Read more

Hi everyone Continuing our virtual tour around the UK, next week we will be looking at Scotland. Here are some videos to give you a taste of this part of Britain:

Next week’s topic is Wales, and here are some short, interesting videos which tell you about this region of the UK: Hope you enjoy watching these videos, and look forward to seeing you next week!

Next week we will be talking about the census, which is happening soon. This is a link to the main website which has lots of information about it: https://census.gov.uk/ Here are a couple of short videos you can watch to give you more info: See you next week!

Hello This video is for the advanced group students to watch for next week’s session, following on from what we were talking about last week: See you next week!

Hi everyone, Next week is the half-term holiday so there will be no Zoom sessions. But don’t worry, we’ve found some interesting videos full of ideas to inspire you: Here is one about the origins of Valentine’s Day: This tells you all about how to make pancakes, which we traditionally eat on Shrove Tuesday (Pancake… Read more

Topic: TV and Radio. Please watch this video about the evolution of TV. We are going to discuss our favourite TV/radio programmes during this week. Please come prepared to share your views about films/soap operas/series/documentaries, reality TV and much more Please also watch this video about the invention of radio:

All Students: please note that the Spring Half Term Holiday is Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2021. There will be no classes during this week. For anyone who wants to keep practising, there are some great online courses available to improve your English, whatever your level. Lots are free or very cheap. Try… Read more

Hello everyone Next week we’ll be talking about the USA, including some general facts about the country and recent events. Here are two short videos suitable for all level students to help you prepare for the session: Here are two videos which are for the Thursday students, which are a quick look at US politics:… Read more