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Steven Spielberg talks
about filming on Dartmoor
World famous film Director Steven Spielberg gave an exclusive interview to the BBC the morning after the London Film Premier of his amazing new film WAR HORSE. A large part of this film was made in Devon and on Dartmoor and in the interview Spielberg said of Dartmoor "There's no place like it in the world. I realised I had 3 major characters (as well as Joey the horse and actor Jeremy Irvine) the third is the landscape". Mr. Spielberg has also said that he has never seen such an abundance of natural beauty. Read more about the filming of War Horse on Dartmoor here.
TIS Dartmoor Guide Nick Wotton takes our students for beautiful walks on Dartmoor almost every Sunday and a visit to TIS gives you the opportunity to see this incredible landscape for yourself.
Dartmoor has inspired many great writers and Arthur Conan Doyle was staying in Torquay when he wrote his most famous story the Hound of the Baskervilles. This story tells the tale of a huge, fierce dog that terrorises Sir Henry Baskerville in his Dartmoor home. It's a spooky story!
Scientists have just confirmed that the Kents Cavern jawbone is between 44,000 and 41,500 years old.
TEN - The English Network meet in Hungerford (click on the picture for full size)
The English Network is a group of schools in England who work together and recommend each other.
All TEN schools are independently owned and managed and pride themselves on the high standard of service they give to their students and clients.
New Intensive Courses in General and Business English
Following our highly successful 15 hour morning classes in General English (click here for more information) we have now added an afternoon class of 15 hours per week in Business English with a maximum of four per class (click here for more information).
Intern Marion Serre has made 3 great videos about TIS. She has really captured the spirit of the school.
Marion Serre from France has been working at TIS as an Intern for 3 months with us at TIS - studying English and making three short video films about the school.
Each film is short and gives you a quick idea of how it is to be a student at TIS and live in Torquay. You'll see some of our students, our class and meet some of the TIS staff too.
Well done Marion
SPECIAL OFFER FOR 2012
Click here for details of our Special Offer on Intensive English Plus and Bed and Breakfast at Club TIS in 2012.
Friday 29th of April 2011 and TIS students watch the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton - the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. We all raised our glasses in celebration and ate cake.
A wide range of age groups are expected all year round at TIS.
We notice each year that in the months from January to June and October to December we get more and more "students" booking who are in their 40's, 50's and 60's.
However, this pattern is now appearing in the summer too. In the summer of 2010 we had an 82 year old at elementary level who stayed with us for a full 8 weeks - so don't be nervous, you will find others in your age group here as well.
Cambridge BEC Preliminary, Vantage and Higher Preparation Courses are available as Options classes for 2012.
Write to BECNEWS@tisenglish.co.uk for more information on availability.
For more information on Examination courses such as Cambridge FCE, CAE, CPE and IELTS click here (opens in a new window).
Summer FCE and CAE courses now available - check the exam pages and downloads.
Torquay International School is a founder member of English UK South West the association of British Council Accredited English language services in the South West of England. This association was launched in September 2009 and grew out of English in Devon of which Torquay International School was also a founder member.
We are members of the following organisations and accreditations:
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