When you stay in our comfortable, on-site accommodation, everything is done for you so you can fully focus on getting ready for the exam. You don’t have to worry about transport, meals or anything else.

• We have an experienced teaching team, with in-depth knowledge of all the main exams such as IELTS, TOEFL, FCE, CAE, TOEIC and BEC.
• We also have a long track-record of successfully boosting exam grades.
• We offer tailored courses focussing on the exam-areas of your choice.
• These courses can include integrated self-study sessions so that you can apply what you have learned in lessons straight away.
• There is also the opportunity to sensibly pace your preparation by building in relaxing, free-time activities.
• We have a 9-hole golf-course, all-weather and grass tennis courts, an on-site swimming pool and a sauna.
• In addition, the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park is right on our doorstep so you can also clear your head after a rewarding day of study by going walking, running or cycling in this breathtaking landscape.
• Although we cannot guarantee exam success, we can certainly boost your chances.

Please feel free to contact us for more information and to request a ten-minute Phone Discussion with one of our senior trainers if you would like to speak to us about your exam needs in more detail.

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The end of your course at Riversdown is potentially only the beginning of an exciting, new virtual-learning relationship.

If you don’t have a teacher at home, why not continue to learn on a flexible basis with the team that knows you the best?

We now have a dedicated Riversdown virtual-learning suite so we can connect with anywhere in the world using packages such as Skype and FaceTime.

You could now have Virtual Riversdown available on your mobile device whenever you need us.

For example, if that crucial meeting is only a week away and you would like to run through some key points and useful expressions, why not contact Virtual Riversdown for real-time support?

Or if you’d like to check some important slides and run through that key presentation together, Virtual Riversdown can also help you with this.

Alternatively, you might want to edit a game-changing report to make sure that high-quality language reinforces your high-quality message. Virtual Riversdown is happy to go through it with you.

We are looking forward to seeing you at Riversdown soon and to supporting you through Virtual Riversdown as required.

Virtual Riversdown – we are now only a click away.

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At Riversdown we tailor your course to meet your needs and to focus on the language skills that are most important for you. Perhaps you have a crucial meeting or a career-defining presentation coming up. Maybe you have an interview for that exciting new job you’ve always wanted. We can help you with all of these and more.

Just let us know your requests in advance and we will work with you and do our best to meet them through a course individually tailored for you.

In addition, we can tailor your experience. Thanks to its excellent location, Riversdown is the perfect place from which to get to know various aspects of British life and culture.

Walk in the footsteps of Jane Austen and discover some of the beautiful places that inspired her. Witness breathtaking Premier League goal-mouth action at Southampton FC’s magnificent St. Mary’s Stadium. Visit Downton Abbey and see the TV location become real, or marvel at the stunning architecture of Winchester Cathedral and the sheer mystery of Stonehenge. Then relax in an authentic, traditional English pub and reflect on what you have seen.

In fact, one of the best ways to learn a language is to learn the culture too, so come to Riversdown for a highly effective, individually tailored blend of the two.

And why not give a tailored course at Riversdown to that special person as a unique gift? It would make a real difference to them and would be remembered forever.

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Riversdown House itself is a charming, traditional, fourteenth-century manor house that blends in harmoniously with the surrounding landscape. It is a peaceful, relaxing place, which is full of character. Each bedroom has its own unique, cosy atmosphere and you can feel the history around you. Jane Austen may have visited the Estate as she lived nearby.

Riversdown boasts a nine-hole golf course with its own highly-acclaimed golf-pro, an authentic Finnish sauna, an outdoor swimming pool, grass and all-weather tennis courts, a well-equipped gym and a games room with a full-size snooker table. The footpaths close to the House provide access to some breathtaking local beauty spots and are suitable for walking and running alike. There is also a nationally recognised scenic cycle-route nearby. We can provide equipment such as bicycles, golf clubs and tennis rackets.

Here in the heart of Hampshire, we are only thirty minutes away from Winchester, the ancient capital of England, and about forty-five kilometres from Downton Abbey.

Indeed, Riversdown is the perfect location from which to explore many beautiful places, such as the South Downs National Park, the award-winning local villages of West Meon and Cheriton, Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Stonehenge, Oxford and the New Forest National Park to name but a few.

Riversdown is also within easy driving distance of some excellent rural gastro-pubs and top-quality restaurants, where it is possible to eat out in style surrounded by the charm of the local area.

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Our “Teaching Cross-cultural Competence” courses offer both basic and advanced level training possibilities to master every aspect of the Lewis Model and our award-winning online cultural profiling tool, CultureActive.com. Besides getting a deep insight into the model, CultureActive and the CrossCulture Dialogue Mat, we also help you integrate and tailor these elements into your existing programmes and make them even more effective!

Book your place now for the upcoming courses:

May 9-12th

All courses take place in the breathtaking Riversdown House estate in Hampshire, UK. For further information, please contact Caroline Lewis at caroline.lewis@rlcglobal.com.

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Richard Lewis is quoted in a new book by Kara Alaimo, Ph.D., which, explains how to adapt communication strategies for different cultures around the world. Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication, which was just published by Routledge, breaks the world into ten cultural groups and explains how organizations should adapt their messages, strategies, and tactics for each of them. The book is based upon Dr. Alaimo’s interviews with senior communication professionals in over 30 countries, as well as her own experience as a communicator in the United Nations and in the Obama administration.

“Corporations, non-profits, and national governments are increasingly dependent upon international stakeholders to achieve their goals, but the communication practices that work best in particular cultures differ dramatically around the globe,” said Dr. Alaimo.  “In the United States, for example, the posts that go on to trend on Twitter tend to be written by mainstream media outlets such as The New York Times, while in China audiences are skeptical of the government-censored press and turn to independent influencers on social media. Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street takes readers on a tour of the globe, explaining how to adapt communication strategies, tactics, and messages for each of the world’s ten cultural groups.”

Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street explains key dimensions on which cultures differ within Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa. For example, Dr. Alaimo writes that in the United States, spokespeople are expected to remain calm and cool during media interviews. By contrast, in the Arab world, when talking about emotional subjects, spokespeople are expected to visibly display emotion – otherwise, they will not be trusted. She also writes about the expectations of reporters to receive “brown envelopes” containing cash in exchange for media coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world.  Dr. Alaimo notes that one way that practitioners get around paying journalists in places where reporters are truly not compensated by news organizations for their stories is by offering meals at events and press briefings. Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street also includes chapters on how to practice global communications on behalf of corporations, non-profit organizations, and governments, as well as a chapter on how to effectively utilize major global traditional and social media outlets – from Al Jazeera to the Chinese platforms Weibo and WeChat.

Friends of Richard Lewis Communications can receive a 20% discount on the book and free shipping using promo code FLR40 on this link.

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Secure your place now for our popular ‘Teaching Cross-Cultural Competence’ courses in the autumn!

This autumn Richard Lewis Communications offers Level 2 ‘Train the Trainer’ courses with special focus on the in-depth introduction of the Lewis Model and its practical integration into the participants’ individual training services. During the course in September we will be introducing the new 360 degree feedback feature of CultureActive, besides the interactive demonstration of our Cross-cultural Dialogue Mat and other training facilitation tools.

If you are an experienced cross-cultural/behavioural skills trainer or the responsible person for in-house competence development within your organisation and you wish to expand your expertise with a practice-oriented and world-wide recognised concept, then don’t miss out on your chance to become the next RLC Cross-Culture Licensed Partner!

Upcoming training dates in the autumn 2016:

September 6-9 (Level 2)

November 8-11 (Level 2)

Website: www.crossculture.com

To book, or for more information, please contact Caroline Lewis at caroline.lewis@rlcglobal.com.

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Upcoming dates are:

May 24-27, Level I

The May course will be led by Michael Gates and Caroline Lewis, and the June course by Jacques Méon.

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Extend your Immersion course with a FREE pre-course distance learning programme!

Book and take any of our Immersion courses by the end of April and get 4 distance learning lessons as a preparation option for FREE!

The pre-course programme takes place 2 weeks before your Riversdown course and consists of 4 distance learning lessons (each 40 minutes long) with one of your assigned Riversdown trainers. In between the distance learning lessons you will also get pre-course assignments to ensure a consistent, monitored and flexible preparation for your residential course.

Make the most out of your Immersion experience by:

• Refreshing your language skills right before your residential training
• Focusing and targeting your learning goals for an even better tailored outcome
• Discussing and working on your desired learning materials even before your course
• Getting to know your trainer and the Riversdown training process in advance

Book your place now or contact our Centre Manager, Toni Vanhanen at toni.vanhanen@rlcglobal.com for further details.

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