Ely English Language Cafe (EELC) | Practise and improve your English with experienced native speakers

Coronavirus Update – Opening Tuesday 13th April!

We are happy to announce the restart of the Cafe from 13th April 2021
and welcome old and new students.
We will be open on Tuesdays from 12 noon to 1pm.
We also hope to open on Fridays. Details to follow shortly.
If you require more information please e-mail.

Welcome to the Ely English Language Café!

Do you need help with your English? If so then why not come along to the Ely English Language Café.

Meetings are friendly, fun and informal, and, what's more, free!

We meet every Tuesday mornings at 12 noon, at the Kings Arms Pub, St Mary's St, Ely CB7 4ES.

Our team of volunteers, Adam, Bob, Celia, Daphne, Hilary, ,Julia, Lillian, Marion, Megan, Rosemary, Susan and Val, are all happy to help you with all aspects on the English language and culture.

Our past and present students have come from many different countries including: France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Russia, Hong Kong and Korea, as well as Argentina, Brazil and Columbia, Bangladesh, India, japan and, amazingly, São Tomé and the Cape Verde Islands.

So as you will see we cater for all nationalities, and, remember, our mentoring and tuition is FREE.

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While working near Ely I had the experience of attending the Café,speaking with funny and humorous teachers and making new friends from other countries.I shall return to the café as it was such much fun in an informal atmosphere.

India from Germany

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I went to the café during one month and a half and it was always a pleasure to come. I met very nice and welcoming people and I felt immediately like home. They helped me to improve my English by teaching me new vocabulary and idioms and I also improved my confidence when speaking. People are very friendly and we spoke about a lot of different subjects like politics, cinema, music... It's better than an usual languague class because it's very informal and there's no pressure. I met also a lot of people in the same situation as myself and who come from everywhere in the world so it was very interesting to talk with them. The English Café is my favourite thing of my journey in England and if I ever go back near Ely, I will return to the café !

I would also like to thank you for your welcome and it was always a pleasure to come to Ely to talk with you and all the others !

Naomie

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When we arrived at the café the first time we were afraid that we wouldn't understand a single word, but when we sat and started talking we suddenly felt welcome and those beautiful people made us feel really comfortable. It's like talking with friends, an informal situation in which you can also improve your English and learn something about English culture. We talked about everything: holidays, family, school, experiences and also about history and languages, it was really useful to learn new vocabulary and improving our speaking skills. We stayed only one month but English café is one of our favourite things of our journey!

Giulia and Aurora from Italy

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Hi everyone! I'm Martina (from Italy).

When I arrived in Ely I had no friends and if it hadn't been for this group I would have been lost!

The EELC turned out to be something more than just a simple language course; it became my point of reference, a great chance to improve my English,meet extraordinary people and laugh a lot. We even organised amazing trips and parties during the weekend.

All the mentors are kind and make you feel part of a big family! I'll never stop thanking them for helping me enjoy my time and be successful in my English exam at the end of the year.

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“Hello. It’s Tatiana (from Russia), today we met in English Language Cafe.

It was very nice. For me this is a great opportunity not only to learn but also to communicate with wonderful people.

I would like to thank all person who help foreigners improve their English.

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“I already knew English before I moved to the UK. Though knowing isn’t enough to apply it in everyday speech.

When I went to Cambridge to enrol in an English course, the people there recommended that I go to a speaking cafe in Ely and that’s how I met these wonderful and devoted souls.

I always try and squeeze the cafe in my tight schedule. My participation really helped me increase my confidence when speaking English.

The fact that everyone is very friendly and optimistic is really motivational.

I’d like to thank everybody who helped me along the way. I’m really happy that our paths crossed each other.”

Ece Ertem

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Hi everybody, my name is Olga and I'm Italian.

In summer 2014 I moved to Ely as an author pair in a beautiful family and in my days off I used to join the
English classes with Mike and Bob and other awesome people!

When I came I could not speak a single word!

We used to do a conversation about everything: holidays,family,books,movies,and it was funny and the time flew!

I remember this experience as beautiful!

Friendly, fun, informal and FREE!

Ely English Language Café

Kings Arms, St Mary's Street, Ely

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Coronavirus Update – Opening Tuesday 13th April!

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Ely English Language Café