Meet the Makers English Conversation Holiday
Memorable Conversations for Lasting English Skills
How Does an English Conversation Holiday Work?
There are also all the links you need to learn how visiting makers’ studios will transform you into a confident English speaker.
Also, you can discover why Perthshire’s status as the UK’s first UNESCO city of Craft makes them such an interesting visit.
Lastly, there’s information about our useful labelling system (on our blogs) sharing how each language school activity helps your English AND benefits the local community.
3 Objectives
To improve your English, in sustainable, healthy ways
To walk lightly visiting Scottish landscape, wildlife and communities
Model starting and growing conversations in sincere, generous ways.
Let’s Talk!
Book a video chat to meet the teaching team and ask any questions you have about our holidays.
1000 Micro-moments of Being You, in English
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.
Perth & Perthshire as UNESCO City of Craft
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.
Your English Conversation Holiday Language Target:
To enjoy (and be good at) professional workplace English.
Who are YOU Going to Meet?
We only partner with tourist providers which connect people with nature in non-invasive ways.
A holiday with us supports local Perthshire micro-enterprises, artists, makers, designers and eco-businesses
Enabling makers’ lifestyles and traditional craft skills to be preserved.
You make our community better by coming here
A checklist for a positive language holiday
(Learn more about this Checklist.)
Checklist
Perth Museum Visit
How does this English conversation activity help your English / positively impact our community:
⭕ Great for mental/physical health
🟠 benefits our local community.
✅ preserves craft skills, historic machinery, monuments etc.
⭕ supports Scottish industry/agriculture
✅ gets you talking with a rich and diverse selection of people, or about diverse subjects.
🟠 supports arts & artists
🟠 explores Scottish wildlife in non-invasive ways
✅ a good introduction to Scottish culture
🟠 financially contributes to preserving culture
🟠 It is for fun & feeling good in English.
Inside Perthshire’s Workplaces
Connect with extraordinary individuals as you delve into the crafts and skills that drive Scotland’s micro-businesses, creative enterprises, food and beverage sectors, agritourism, eco-tourism, and historic preservation efforts.
Experience an unforgettable vacation amidst the stunning scenery of Strathearn and its welcoming communities, all while improving your spoken English with the guidance of an English coach.
We are looking for
2025 partnerships with Strathearn businesses & residents…
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.
