Meet the Makers English Conversation Holiday
Memorable Conversations Make Lasting English Skills
How an English Conversation Holiday Helps You Speak
On this page, you can find links to the Directory of Artists and Makers you can meet on your language holiday in Scotland.
Here's how meeting professionals fits into your English conversation holiday:
You can find links to learn how visiting makers' studios will transform you into a confident English speaker.
And discover why Perth & Perthshire is the UK's first UNESCO City of Craft.
4 Language Goals for a Conversation Holiday
Improve your English, in sustainable, healthy ways
Feel confident using English for Work Purposes
Feel at ease with English conversation
We take the stress out by visiting Scottish landscape, wildlife and communities
Practice starting and growing conversations in sincere, generous ways.
The more real-world English experience you have, the easier comprehension and conversation get.
Let’s Talk!
Interested in a Blue Noun Holiday?
You’ll get to see our hub – and tell me (Ruth) 3 things you’d like to see/do in Scotland.
How visiting professional workspaces transforms you into a confident English user
The power of our English holidays lies in the conversations you’ll have.
These conversations take place within experiences you’ll journey through, using your English.
A thousand micro-moments.
Each holiday experience is tailored to your needs, encouraging you to step out of your comfort zone and break free from old habits and limiting beliefs.
Visiting makers’ workshops feels like entering a miniature world with its own unique language, rules, communication systems, and purpose.
As guests, we leave our usual selves behind and become someone who belongs there.
This is part of the narrative we tell our brains: that we are English speakers.
This is how we cultivate a new identity as confident English users.
1000 Micro-moments of Being You, in English
About Perth's UNESCO City of Craft Status
Learn With the Best
Perth (& Perthshire) is the only UK UNESCO City of Craft. This award status was granted in recognition of all the extraordinary contemporary artists and makers living and working here (as well as its historical significance).
To discover Perthshire makers is not only to discover arts & crafts: you get immersed in references to Perthshire’s landscape, wildlife, traditional crafts, modern technology and communities, and experience first-hand our culture of generosity and hospitality.
Every Perthshire creative is a remarkable talent.
Collectively, they become a very good reason to visit this part of Scotland.
One of the founding missions of Blue Noun Language Hub is to support local artists and makers. Every single language holiday we provide gives financial opportunities and/or in-kind support to local makers (the artists choose which).
With our holidays you see the best of Perthshire, support local artists and eco-businesses AND improve your English.
Every Perthshire creative is a remarkable talent.
Collectively, they become a compelling reason to visit Scotland.
Ethical tourism
Your holiday to improve in English supports local Perthshire micro-enterprises, artists, makers, designers and eco-businesses, enabling makers’ lifestyles and traditional craft skills to be preserved.
Eco-friendly travel
We only partner with tourist providers which connect people with nature in non-invasive ways.
A lifetime of better English
Who are YOU Going to Meet?
You Will Love Adventuring with Us
See beyond the touristic image of Scotland, as we take you behind the scenes and introduce you to the makers and producers of the region – to learn about their art, crafts and products.
The beautiful region of Strathearn will be your living classroom.
And what a classroom!
Perthshire is uniquely filled with artists and makers, and small producers of agri-based industries including foods, textiles, animals, and crops.
Positive Tourism Holiday in Scotland
The makers we work with are (financially/other) rewarded for their time, but they are also keen to benefit from the multicultural exchange our language learners bring. This means you feel more than a tourist and get REAL conversations.
You share your professional experience, knowledge, and opinions and fill your heart with positive professional English experiences,
for English that will be with you wherever you need to go.
Testimonials
British Council
The British Council listed our speciality Real-World English in its Top 2024 Language Teaching Innovations.
Friendly community
Perthshire was voted the Friendliest Region on Earth by Booking*com.
What more perfect combination could you need for an English conversation holiday?
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