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Language Studies International (LSI), also known as LSI Education, is an international company with its registered headquarters in the UK. LSI specialises in the provision of language training to students on study abroad programmes. The company currently runs 14 language schools and operates in the UK, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France and Switzerland offering general and specialised language courses in English, French and German. History Language Studies Ltd was founded in 1965 by an ex-army education officer, who opened the inaugural language school in Kensington, London in premises previously occupied by the Thai Embassy. A few years later the company was purchased by the Thomson Corporation, former owners of The Times and Sunday Times magazine, who expanded the company adding a second school in Paris. Both schools provided one-to-one tuition in a range of languages to private individuals. In 1970 Language Studies Ltd was bought by the Immanuel family. The new owners relocated the London school to Oxford Street and recognising a niche in the market began providing language training to large corporations and government departments. New mini group courses, ‘Group 5’, were set up in larger premises opened in Hampstead in 1975 and a few years later in Brighton. In the late 1970s Language Studies (or Language Studies International as it became known in 1987) began to focus on ESL teaching and the provision of study abroad programmes . In 1980 LSI started a joint venture with The Two Cities Club in Zurich, Switzerland and in the same year opened the first US school in Berkeley, California. According to Language Studies International's CEO, David Immanuel, LSI was one of the first British language schools to expand into North America and to offer study abroad programmes with a homestay option. This decision to expand into the North American market was prompted by the availability of cheap ‘walk on’ air fares offered by the airline TWA. "I thought that this might be the time for young Europeans to diversify from UK schools when preparing for the [Cambridge] FCE and so it proved when we opened in Berkeley, California,".LSI opened a school in Christchurch in New Zealand in 2006 but following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake many buildings in the surrounding Central Business District were designated as unsafe, preventing access to the school. Students were relocated to the school in Auckland but the long term viability of the school was severely affected causing the permanent closure of the school in 2011In September 2016, following a partial merger with LTC, LSI acquired additional school premises in Brighton and closed down the LTC schools based in London. Language training for juniors In 2012, in response to growing demand for language programmes for juniors, LSI developed specially adapted programmes targeted at younger learners. Following the success of the initial programme run at the London Hampstead school, the programme was rolled out to include all US and Canadian schools and Cambridge offering both residential and non residential options to students. Some ESL schools, including LSI, have also rolled out Family programmes to cater for the recent demand in family language courses where both parents and children can study in age appropriate classes in the same location. References External links Official website LSI Canada Website LSI Independent Sixth Form College . Discover the International Languages Studies popular books. Find the top 100 most popular International Languages Studies books.

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  • The First Dissident synopsis, comments

    The First Dissident

    William Safire

    One of America's foremost political columnists ties the Book of Job to the news of the day in a provacative exploration of how we can reshape politics by following Job's empowering...

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    Noise Uprising

    Michael Denning

    A radically new reading of the origins of recorded music Noise Uprising brings to life the moment and sounds of a cultural revolution. Between the development of electrical recordi...

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    Hunting El Chapo

    Andrew Hogan & Douglas Century

    A blend of Manhunt, Killing Pablo, and Zero Dark Thirty, Andrew Hogan and Douglas Century’s sensational investigative hightech thrillersoon to be a major motion picture from Sonych...

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    Islam

    Huston Smith

    The world's premier authority on religious traditions presents a concise and timely guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Islam.Drawn from his masterful presentation of ...

  • Western Civilization to 1500 synopsis, comments

    Western Civilization to 1500

    John Chuchiak & Walter Kirchner

    Master Your Coursework with Collins College OutlinesThe Collins College Outline for Western Civilization to 1500 covers all major events from the earliest known civilizations of Eg...

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    From There to Here

    Joe Bennett

    From Willingdon to Lyttelton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirty Joe Bennett is the author of countless columns, over twenty books, and now, at long last, a me...

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    Introduction to Psychology

    Ann L. Weber & Joseph Johnson

    Master Your Coursework with Collins College OutlinesThe Collins College Outline for Introduion to Psychology provides students with a detailed overview of basic psychology coursewo...

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    Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs

    Iain Provan

    The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’' context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each pass...

  • International Love synopsis, comments

    International Love

    Eric Morasch & Aika

    Opening the door to love in English, Spanish, and Japanese. This is a small textbook to help study simple phases about love, everything from hello to I love you.  The phases a...

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    No Borders

    Jorge Ramos

    From his childhood days in Mexico, to his experience of censorship in government–owned Mexican media companies, his student years in LA, and his early beginnings as a journalist in...

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    Gender Equality and Quality of Life

    Marta Warat, Ewa Krzaklewska, Anna Ratecka & Krystyna Slany

    This book engages with a critical perspective on gender equality and quality of life. It provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical and methodological frameworks for explorin...

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    Oracle Bones

    Peter Hessler

    A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler expl...

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    The Other Face of America

    Jorge Ramos

    Immigrants in America are at the heart of what makes this country the most prosperous and visionary in the world. Writing from his own heartfelt perspective as an immigrant, Jorge ...

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    The Crusader

    Paul Kengor

    Based on extraordinary research: a major reassessment of Ronald Reagan's lifelong crusade to dismantle the Soviet Empire–including shocking revelations about the liberal American p...

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    Waiting to Be Heard

    Amanda Knox

    Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit, as seen in the Nexflix documentary Amanda Knox.In the fall of 2007, the 20yearold college coed left...

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    Seek

    Denis Johnson

    “Johnson writes with a fervor that can only be described as religious. Seek is scary and beautiful and ecstatic and uncontrolled…he elevates the mundane to the sublime; he boils th...

  • Spanish for the IB MYP 1-3 Phases 3-4 synopsis, comments

    Spanish for the IB MYP 1-3 Phases 3-4

    María Blanco & Gonzalo Vázquez

    A conceptdriven and assessmentfocused approach to Spanish teaching and learning. Approaches each chapter with statements of inquiry framed by key and related concepts, set in a glo...

  • Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Economics 2nd edition synopsis, comments

    Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Economics 2nd edition

    Paul Hoang, Margaret Ducie, David Horner & Steve Stoddard

    Exam board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel: IGCSESubject: EconomicsFirst teaching: September 2018First exams: Summer 2020This title is endorsed by Cambridge Asse...

  • Romans synopsis, comments

    Romans

    Douglas J. Moo

    The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each pass...

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    Kenneth Burke on Shakespeare.

    Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies

    Kenneth Burke on Shakespeare. Edited by Scott L. Newstok. West Lafayette, Indiana: Parlor Press, 2007. Pp. 1, 308. This book, published in 2007, has already gained wide recognition...

  • The Art of Controversy synopsis, comments

    The Art of Controversy

    Victor S. Navasky

    A lavishly illustrated, witty, and original look at the awesome power of the political cartoon throughout history to enrage, provoke, and amuse. As a former editor of ...

  • United States History to 1877 synopsis, comments

    United States History to 1877

    Light Cummins & Arnold Rice

    The Collins College Outline for United States History to 1877 starts with the founding of the country and continues through the Civil War and Reconstruion. The colonial era, the co...

  • Social capital, migration, ethnic diversity and economic performance synopsis, comments

    Social capital, migration, ethnic diversity and economic performance

    Adnan Efendic, Bojana Babic & Anna Rebmann

    This interdisciplinary book brings an empirical evidence that social capital is an important building block in the reintegration processes, migration challenges and economic dynami...

  • American College Slang synopsis, comments

    American College Slang

    Amy Gillett

    Learn the slang and idioms spoken at today's colleges and universities in the USA and other English speaking countries. This guide to American English slang and idioms teaches over...

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    The Twittering Machine

    Richard Seymour

    A brilliant probe into the political and psychological effects of our changing relationship with social mediaFormer social media executives tell us that the system is an addictionm...

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    Black Like You

    John Strausbaugh

    A refreshingly clearheaded and taboobreaking look at race relations reveals that American culture is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mixa mongrel. Black Like You is an er...

  • Introduction to American Government synopsis, comments

    Introduction to American Government

    Larry Elowitz

    Master Your Coursework with Collins College OutlinesThe Collins College Outline for Introduion to American Government covers all the major events in the creation of both the govern...

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    What Comes After Farce

    Hal Foster

    Surveying the artistic and cultural scene in the era of Trump In a world where truth is cast in doubt and shame has gone missing, what are artists and critics on the left to do? Ho...

  • Swahili in Spaces of War synopsis, comments

    Swahili in Spaces of War

    Alamin Mazrui & Kimani Njogu

    This monograph examines the roles and functions of Swahili in war/conflict situations, and the impact of wars on the destiny of the language. Covering a period of over a century, t...

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    Networked Collective Actions

    Hyunjin Seo

    The summer of 2016 saw one of the most significant citizen protests in the history of democratic South Korea, eventually culminating in the impeachment and conviction of then Presi...

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    Spanish Grammar

    Ana Fairchild & Juan Mendez

    Unlike traditional textbooks, which leave students without a clear understanding of the different tenses and moods, the Collins College Outline for Spanish Grammar is organized con...

  • South Asia Bible Commentary synopsis, comments

    South Asia Bible Commentary

    Brian Wintle, Havilah Dharamraj, Jesudason Baskar Jeyaraj, Paul Swarup, Jacob Cherian, Finny Philip & Zondervan

    A onevolume commentary, written and edited by South Asian Biblical scholars on all the books of the Bible.For the purposes of this commentary "South Asia" was defined as the SAARC ...

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    Abnormal Psychology

    Sarah Sifers

    The Collins College Outline for Abnormal Psychology examines the symptoms, causes, and common treatments of the most frequently noted disorders, including personality, mood, psycho...

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    Revolution in the Age of Social Media

    Linda Herrera

    Egypt's January 25 revolution was triggered by a Facebook page and played out both in virtual spaces and the streets. Social media serves as a space of liberation, but it also func...

  • Found in Translation synopsis, comments

    Found in Translation

    Nataly Kelly & Jost Zetzsche

    Translation. It’s everywhere we look, but seldom seenuntil now. Found in Translation reveals the surprising and complex ways that translation shapes the world. Covering everything ...

  • New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words synopsis, comments

    New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words

    Lawrence O. Richards

    Uncover the Rich Meaning Behind the Hebrew and Greek Words of the Bible Whether you're a pastor, a student, or simply a lover of the Bible, this book helps you get more out of God'...

  • Language and Literature for the IB MYP 2 synopsis, comments

    Language and Literature for the IB MYP 2

    Zara Kaiserimam

    A conceptdriven and assessmentfocused approach to Language and Literature teaching and learning. Approaches each chapter with statements of inquiry framed by key and related concep...

  • Landscapes of Power synopsis, comments

    Landscapes of Power

    Maximilian Lau, Caterina Franchi & Morgan Di Rodi

    This volume contains selected papers from the XV International Graduate Conference, highlighting the latest scholarship from a new generation of Late Antique and Byzantine scholars...

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    Ezra-Nehemiah

    Donna Petter & Thomas Petter

    The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's contextEzraNehemiah chronicles the return of the exiles to Jerusalem during the ...

  • Le Serlado synopsis, comments

    Le Serlado

    Gilles Tolède

    Quelle est donc la raison pour laquelle une partie des élites et des classes moyennessupérieures d'Europe continentale déprécie tant l'idée de nation souveraine ? Le livre ...

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    Atravesando Fronteras

    Jorge Ramos

    Nuestra ""casa"", más que un lugar físico, es un conjunto de recuredos que nos permite comprender mejor quienes éramos, quienes somos, y puede ayudarnos a comprende...

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    English at Work

    Ellen Jovin

    This Grammar Guru will solve the world's problems. Or, at least, help you figure out when to use an Oxford comma. The New York TimesPut your English skills to work for you! This bo...