English Language Courses

Frisby's College offers a wide range of English Language courses for adults and teenagers. Our English Courses include IELTS, TOEFL and Cambridge ESOL as well as University Preparation Courses and Citizenship / Life in the UK Exam Preparation. We co-operate with various international colleges and universities.

Frisby's College is accredited by ABLS accreditation. We are also an official training centre for INTESOL Teacher Training Courses. Our linguists are members of various professional bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Linguists.

Frisby's College is located in Great Yarmouth on the East Coast of England. Great Yarmouth is one of England's most popular seaside resorts. The College is located in the town centre, only a 10 minute walk from the beach.

Excellence in English since 1995

Formerly Frisby's School of English, Frisby's College has grown from an English Language School into an English College which offers professional Business and IT Qualifications, Translation & Proofreading Services, and Language Courses in addition to English Language Courses.

Our courses are available from 1 week to 1 academic year. Tuition takes place in our beautiful listed School Building with light, spacious, comfortable and beautifully decorated classrooms. All teachers are qualified and have a wealth of experience in teaching English as a Foreign Language. We offer one to one and group tuition.

Language Courses & Translation Services

Our new foreign languages department is pleased to offer Language Courses in French, German and Russian as well as Translation & Proofreading Services in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian. All language tutors and translators have years of valuable experience.

English Language Courses - Course Choice

For further information on each course, please download our pdf Infosheets.

College & Classroom Facilities

Frisby's College

Frisby’s School of English is situated in the heart of Great Yarmouth town centre, and is within 5 minutes walking distance of the beach. The school is surrounded by various shops, cafes and restaurants and is close to Victoria shopping arcade and the beautiful St George's Park. The location is ideal for both adults and teenagers due to the wide variety of entertainment facilities available.

The College Buildings

The main building is a heritage listed town house with large bay windows and 9 spacious classrooms. There is a computer room for internet access as well as wireless LAN internet access for clients with laptops. We have a comfortable rest room and a courtyard garden where students can relax. Students can also make use of the library for books, videos, DVDs and spoken tapes. The school has pool tables, table tennis and darts available during breaks and after lessons. Classrooms are available for self-study after lessons.

Our second building is located on two floors with 15 classrooms, cinema room, spacious lounge area, children’s room, first aid room and audio centre.

Classes

Our classrooms are spacious and light with modern equipment. The maximum number of students per class is 12 and we emphasize personal attention for each of our students. There are separate classes for different ages and levels. Clients will be given a diagnostic test on the first day to determine the correct level of teaching. Most of our lesson material is produced in-house, drawing on 16 years of experience of our teachers and consultants. This gives our school the unique advantage of being very topical, using modern lesson materials and teaching methods.

Excellence in English and beyond

Thanks to our recent incorporation as a College, we are now able to offer professional IT Qualification Courses as well as Foreign Language Courses and Translation Services. Our new department of Business has a dedicated team who liaise with BCS in order to provide first class tuition for our IT Courses. Our Foreign Languages department has been extended to teach French and Russian in addition to German. All tutors are qualified native speakers and have many years of experience in teaching their native language. The department of Languages is also able to provide professional translations in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian.

Accommodation

Our school accommodation has been carefully chosen to give each student a comfortable and safe environment during their stay. All providers of accommodation are CRB checked.

Host Families

This is the most popular choice of accommodation. Host family accommodation gives you complete emersion into the English culture and way of life. Each family has been selected to provide you with a comfortable and enjoyable stay. Single or double rooms are available with Bed and Breakfast or Half Board. Distance from the school: ca. 15 minutes on foot or by bus (at busy times).

Hotels

Great Yarmouth has many hotels which are all close to the beach. Hotel accommodation includes Bed and Breakfast. Our hotels are popular with Business course clients and family groups. Distance from the school: ca. 15 minutes on foot.

Self-catering Mobile Homes

Holiday caravans are the perfect choice for families or small groups. We have mobile homes available from very quiet rural locations to very busy holiday parks. Mobile homes offer a home from home with all the comforts you would expect. Our mobile homes are equipped with a spacious lounge with comfortable sofas, TV and DVD player, fitted kitchen with refrigerator, oven, cooker, microwave and all the equipment you will need to cook and eat. There are 3 bedrooms which sleep 6 (max 8) people, as well as a bathroom with hand basin and shower and a separate w/c. Bed linen is provided. Our quiet rural site is 20 minutes from the school by car. It has a patio seating area and a PC with wireless internet access. The beach site offers daytime as well as evening entertainment, an indoors and outdoors swimming pool, playgrounds, restaurants, cycle hire, laundrette, fish'n'chip shop, and much more. Distance from the school: ca. 25 minutes on foot along the beach or ca. 8 minutes by road train / bus. This is our recommendation for family accommodation.

Self-catering Chalets

Situated on Great Yarmouth's famous holiday parks, clients will benefit from fitted kitchens, lounge area, bedrooms and bathroom. The chalet sites have their own club houses for entertainment and communal parking spaces. Distance from the school: ca. 20 minutes by car / bus.

If you would like to receive further information on our different types of accommodation, please contact us.

Camping

Great Yarmouth has a large variety of campsites which are suitable for tents, caravans and motorhomes. Campsites offer toilets and showers, as well as laundry facilities and entertainment. Please visit www.great-yarmouth.co.uk for further information.

Accommodation Prices

Double rooms can only be booked by two persons booking and sharing together.

Host Family

Single room, bed and breakfast £120 per week

Single room, bed, breakfast and evening meal £150 per week

Double room, bed and breakfast £110 per week

Double room, bed, breakfast and evening meal £140 per week

Hotel

Single room, bed and breakfast £240 per week

Double room, bed and breakfast £210 per week

Self-catering Mobile Home

Sleeps up to 6-8 people £600 - £1200 per week, depending on location and season

Self-catering Chalet

Depending on availability and season, sleeps up to 6-8 people, £800 - £1200 per week

Things to do, Places to go, People to see...

Great Yarmouth is a beautiful seaside town on the East Coast of England. Charles Dickens' David Copperfield called Yarmouth lovingly 'Upon the whole, the finest place in the universe' - and that's just how we feel about Great Yarmouth.

If you are booking a teenage course, some of the activities below will be included in your course price. For more information on our teenage activity programme, please take a look at our teenage courses.

Activities for adult courses can be booked directly with our receptionist on your arrival.

Attractions

Relax and enjoy the ride in Greater Yarmouth - it's packed with a huge range of attractions, things to see and do as well as places to go whatever the weather. Great Yarmouth's Pleasure Beach is one of Britain's top tourist attractions, effortlessly combining modern high-tech rides with all the fun of the fair. See town and country in miniature in an acre of landscaped gardens with a railway running through at Merrivale Model Village, or explore one of the many tourist attractions.

History and Heritage

Great Yarmouth has six museums to explore, among them the award-winning Time & Tide Museum: set in one of the UK's best preserved Victorian Herring curing works, Time and Tide tells the story of Great Yarmouth from its ice age origins to the present day. Experience the heady atmosphere of a 1950's fish wharf and take the wheel of a steam drifter. Hear gripping tales of wreck and rescue and meet some of the colourful characters who made their living from the sea. Explore the original smokehouses where the lingering aroma of smoke fish is a reminder of times gone by. Enjoy fascinating archive film shows and hands on displays and relax in the attractive courtyard beneath a canopy of sails.

Sport and Leisure Activities

Great Yarmouth has plenty of activities for your holiday. There are 118 hectares of parks and open spaces including informal gardens, providing havens for you to relax, unwind and enjoy yourself. Watersports can be found slightly further inland at the Trinity Broads where canoeing, sailing and windsurfing are all fun activities on the water. For those who'd like to travel slightly faster, hire a river cruiser and explore Breydon Water or cruise along the winding Broads network. The Marina Leisure Centre has a tropical pool, flume slide, wave machine and children's play area. There's also a very popular indoor roller skating rink next door.

Entertainment and Nightlife

Whether you're after a quiet meal and drink with friends, or have plans for a big night out, Greater Yarmouth is home to a huge number of restaurants, pubs, clubs and late-night bars, so you're sure to find several where you feel right at home. From quayside to seafront, from town centre to heritage quarter, hotels bars and traditional Norfolk pubs, many serving locally brewed beer, are a great place to start an evening out.

Excellence in English since 1995

Formerly Frisby's School of English, Frisby's College has grown from an English Language School into an English College which offers professional Business and IT Qualifications, Translations & Proofreading Services and French, German and Russian Language Courses in addition to English Language Courses.

The College was founded by Martin Frisby in 1995 (then 'Frisby's Home of English'). Together with his wife Pamela, Martin has been running the school for 16 years. Frisby’s College has a fabulous reputation for being friendly and helpful, and for helping clients towards a major career boost by improving their English. Martin and Pamela are both graduates of the APU and the Open University.  Martin has worked as a lecturer at Kiev and Mariupol University. Pamela Frisby is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists.

Located in the popular seaside resort of Great Yarmouth on the East Coast of England, Frisby's College offers General and Business English, as well as examination and training courses, taught in group or private tuition. We have an excellent pass rate in examinations such as Cambridge ESOL, IELTS, TOEFL and Cambridge Certificates and have prepared thousands of students for examinations in their home countries, such as Abitur, Baccalaureat, Matura, etc.

Frisby’s College is accredited by ABLS Accreditation and is an INTESOL teacher training centre. We are very experienced in obtaining visas for our clients.

Martin Frisby signing contracts with the Rector of Mariupol University, Prof K. Balabanov

Partners and Co-operation

In co-operation with INTESOL, Frisby’s College are pleased to offer TEFL courses to clients who wish to qualify as English teachers. Courses are available as 4-week onsite or 2-week distance learing + 2-week onsite. Successful candidates will receive a Level 5 Certificate in TESOL qualification, which is equivalent to the Trinity / CELTA qualification.

We are also pleased to announce our co-operation with ►►► pacesetter for change, who have successfully coached many international clients and multi-national companies. Training and coaching will be offered to individuals as well as groups. Training has a major impact on clients achieving their goals, performing successfully in their jobs and furthering their career.

Many of our clients take a long-term study option to achieve a business or IT qualification. Through our co-operation with BCS and IT training centres and our tutoring system with the UEA (University of East Anglia), we are able to offer various professional qualifications, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Frisby's College has a pathway programme with Writtle College, a partner of the University of Essex, as well as the University of East Anglia UEA. Students are able to achieve their IELTS Academic qualification at Frisby's College before entering Writtle College / the University of Essex or any other University in the UK.

Language Courses

We regularly offer language courses in

French

German

Russian

Please contact us for course start dates and further information.

Translations & Proofreading

Our new foreign languages department is now able to provide
Professional Translation and Proofreading Services in the following languages:

French

German

Italian

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Ukraininan

Our translators are professional linguists who have a wide range of experience in translation services. Our services are attentive, customer oriented and timely. We deliver excellent quality documents with great attention to detail. Our translators have particular experience in Tourism & Leisure, Marketing, Sports, Education, Business, Technical Manuals and Certificates.

Translations from and into English range from £45 per 1000 words, depending on the overall length, nature and content of your document.
Translations between the above languages are available from £ 90 per 1000 words, depending on the overall length, nature and content of your document.

Proofreading for English documents is available from £30 per 1000 words, depending on the overall length, nature and content of your document.
Proofreading documents in other languages is available from £55 per 1000 words, depending on the overall length, nature and content of your document.

How it works

1. Please send us your document and your requirements regarding a time scale.

2. We will let you know whether we are able to commit to translating your document in the designated time scale.

3. We will send you a small excerpt free of charge, as well as a final price quote for your document.

4. Once you decide to use our services, we will require payment for the translation.

5. We will send you the translation within the designated time scale.

Please contact us for further information.

Autism friendly

Frisby's College is an Autism friendly college. This means, we positively welcome

• - families with children who have Autism / Asperger's
• - teenagers with Autism / Asperger's
• - adults with Autism / Asperger's

We will make every effort to make you feel welcome and we will make every effort to understand and meet your needs.

As parents of a severely autistic child, we have taken part in many Autism-related courses and workshops. We are aware of the challenges a person with Autism / Asperger's and their families face. That's why we have devised the following. If you have any other requirements, please contact us and we will do our best.

Naehere Informationen zu unseren Kursen fuer Familien, die von Autismus und Asperger-Syndrom betroffen sind, finden Sie hier.

Autism friendly classes

Teenagers will be integrated in class or taught in private lessons; a parent / carer can join the activities programme free of charge and accompany the student to class free of charge.

Adults will be integrated in class or taught in private lessons; a carer can join the optional activities free of charge and accompany the student to class free of charge.

Autism friendly classes will start and finish lessons & breaks exactly on time.

Students will receive a PECS supported timetable.

Students will have the same teacher and the same classroom throughout the course.

Autism friendly accommodation

This will depend on your circumstances. Autism friendly accommodation can be arranged either in a very quiet host family or in a self-catering mobile home in very quiet rural surroundings. The mobile home is suitable for a person with Autism who is accompanied by a carer, or for families who have a child with Autism / Asperger's.

If you would like more information regarding our Autism-friendly courses, please contact us directly.

Martin & Pamela Frisby

Martin & Pamela Frisby

Frisby's College

148 King Street

Great Yarmouth

Norfolk NR30 2PA

Web: www.frisbyscollege.co.uk

Mail: info@frisbyscollege.co.uk

Skype: martin.frisby

Arrival

From Norwich International Airport:

Norwich International Airport has three connections per day to and from the hub airport Amsterdam Schiphol. The airport is less than 30 minutes from Great Yarmouth. There is a regular bus and train service from Norwich to Great Yarmouth; taxis are available at the airport. Alternatively, Frisby's College offers a Meet & Greet Service: £59 per car (max. 3 persons) each way.

From London Stansted Airport:

The airport is around 2 hours from Great Yarmouth. National Express offer a regular coach service from Stansted to Norwich - you will then be able to take a bus from Norwich to Great Yarmouth. Alternatively, Frisby's College offers a Meet & Greet Service: £190 per car (max. 3 persons) each way.

From London Heathrow Airport:

The airport is around 3 1/2 hours from Great Yarmouth. National Express offer a regular coach service from Heathrow to Norwich - you will then be able to take a bus from Norwich to Great Yarmouth. Alternatively, Frisby's College offers a Meet & Greet Service: £245 per car (max. 3 persons) each way.

From other destinations:

Please contact us should you require any help with finding your way to Great Yarmouth. We are always happy to help. Please contact us for prices on group transfers.

How to find us

Frisby's College is located in the town centre, opposite St George's Theatre and Christchurch.

Parking is available in town centre car parks.

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Download Frisby's College Brochure 2011 here.

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Online Booking Form

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