English Immersion Course for Adults: Live, Learn and Speak English All Day

You already know that a few hours of class per week is not enough. But even a few hours of class each morning, if you spend the rest of the day in your own language, is still not enough. An intensive course will give you a few more hours of class time, but what about the rest of the day!

An English immersion course works differently. At MovingOn Courses, you are in English all day, every day – and most of that time is spent with your teachers.

An intensive English course gives you more classroom hours. An English immersion course gives you more English — period. At MovingOn Courses, you don’t travel to a classroom, study for a few hours, and then return to your hotel to switch back into your own language. You live with the owner-teachers in their home. You eat with them. You take study trips with them. From 8am to 10pm, English is the only language in use.

The result is around 12 hours of real English practice every day — not just in class, but at the breakfast table, in the kitchen, on trips along the Northern Irish coast, and at dinner each evening. Over the course of a week, that is the equivalent of months of conventional study.

MovingOn Courses is designed specifically for adults. The average age of our students is 42. Most are working professionals — managers, executives, lawyers, doctors, engineers — who need better English for their careers and have realised that conventional courses are no longer moving them forward.

Our students come primarily from Spain, Italy, France, and Saudi Arabia, though we welcome learners from any country. The common thread is not nationality or profession — it is seriousness. Our students are committed to making real progress in a short time. If you are looking for a party atmosphere or a large group social experience, this is not the right course. If you want to leave with noticeably better English and the confidence to use it at work, you are exactly who we built this for.

Morning classes run from 8:30am with a maximum of 4 students per class — though the average is just 2. Your teachers come to Princetown Guesthouse, which means no travel time and no wasted energy. Classes are adapted to your specific needs: your level, your professional vocabulary, your weak points.

Lunch is taken with your teachers. There is a whiteboard in the kitchen. Conversation is guided but relaxed — this is still learning, just without the formality of the classroom. Students who review our course consistently describe mealtimes as one of the most valuable parts of their week.

Afternoon study trips take you out into Bangor and the surrounding area — local businesses, cultural sites, countryside. These are not tourist excursions. They are structured learning experiences with a teacher, focused on using English in real situations, followed by vocabulary review.

Dinner continues in the same spirit. A longer meal, more conversation, more English. By the time you go to bed, you have had somewhere between 10 and 14 hours of English that day — far more than any classroom course can provide.

“Before I decided to attend this immersion course I had expected really intensive English lessons but still, it really exceeded my expectations. It was truly an immersion course — about 12 hours of English a day.”
— Jakub Parys, Student

Most language academies advertise “small classes” with 8 to 15 students. At MovingOn Courses, the maximum class size is 4. The average is 2.2 students per class. In practice, this means you are receiving something very close to one-to-one teaching, within a group dynamic that still gives you the listening and conversation practice that solo tutoring cannot.

One-to-one classes are also available as an option, either as a replacement for group classes or as a supplement for specific needs such as Business English, exam preparation, or professional presentations.

At MovingOn Courses, Sonia and Gavin are not directors who manage teachers from a distance. They are the teachers. They live at Princetown Guesthouse. They cook the meals, join the study trips, and are present from breakfast to the end of the evening. When you book this course, you are booking direct, personal access to the people who built it and care most about whether it works.

This structure is what makes the quality guarantee meaningful. There is no head office. No franchise. No risk that your week will be run by a rotating staff member who does not know the programme. Sonia and Gavin are there, every week, for every student.

“Sonia and Gavin are teachers and owners. It means that students are completely involved in an all-inclusive English experience, from breakfast to dinner.”
— Antonio D’Ermo, Student

The price of your course covers everything. There are no hidden extras, no supplementary fees, and no surprises on arrival.

Included in every course: full-board accommodation at Princetown Guesthouse (your own room with private bathroom), all meals with teachers from breakfast to dinner, morning classroom sessions (17.5 hours per week, with teachers consistently delivering more), afternoon study trips (2 per week outside summer, 3 per week in July and August), all teaching materials, and ongoing feedback and correction throughout every activity — not just in the classroom.

The only costs not included are your travel to Bangor and any optional one-to-one supplement if you choose to add private classes.

Premium English immersion programmes at established European centres such as Ceran (Belgium and France) charge between £2,500 and £4,000 per week before extras, plus VAT. Riversdown House in the UK charges at a similar level.

MovingOn Courses charges £1,470 for one week and £2,785 for two weeks, all-inclusive, no VAT surprises. You receive a comparable or superior immersion experience – smaller class sizes, owner-teacher contact, and full community integration – at roughly half the price or less.

We do not compete on price alone. We compete on results. But we see no reason why serious adult learners should pay twice as much for the same outcome.

Every enquiry at MovingOn Courses is handled personally by Sonia or Gavin. You will not be passed to a sales team or receive a templated reply. Contact us by email or WhatsApp and we will answer your questions honestly, help you decide whether this course is right for you, and confirm your preferred dates.