The English Amnesty Holiday
A Gentle Remedy for the Language You Forgot to Love
A Quiet Way Back to English
This is a gentle, contained week for people who once had English — and slowly stopped using it.
Not because they failed.
But because life intervened, confidence shrank, or English became something that always felt a little bit wrong.
Here, English isn’t tested, corrected, or put on display.
It’s allowed to sit quietly alongside you while you rest, explore, and enjoy Scotland — until it begins to feel safe again.
No preparation.
No performance.
Just permission.
A gently supported semi-private English holiday designed as a soft re-entry into English.
You enjoy the same depth of Scottish experiences as our other holidays, with significantly less linguistic demand and no expectation to “use” English in public.
LANGUAGE SUPPORT
You receive a minimum of three hours per day of private, one-to-one English support with your coach.
At times, there may be another Amnesty guest staying at the same time and sharing quieter activities. There is no expectation to speak publicly or socialise, and English only comes forward when it feels comfortable for you.
Limited availability each year.
One or two weeks.
One week offers a sense of reconnection and relief.
Two weeks allow the experience — and your relationship with English — to settle more fully, without urgency.
This holiday is for people who already have English but feel disconnected from it.
Often intermediate or above, but out of practice.
Especially suited to those who feel anxious, hesitant, or quietly guilty about their English level.
Based in Scotland, with time spent in calm, characterful places — coastal villages, landscapes, and cultural spaces chosen for ease, beauty, and less spontaneous socialising.
Why English Feels Safer Here
Most English learning environments expect you to do something with your language straight away.
This one doesn’t.
There is no requirement to speak to strangers.
No pressure to be “ready”.
No expectation to perform, compare, or keep up.
English is present — but it’s not the point.
It re-enters quietly, through shared moments, relaxed conversation when you choose it, and everyday experiences where language can simply exist without judgement.
Support is there when it’s helpful.
Correction is light, optional, and always with your permission.
Price per person
per week, 2026
The Story of this Holiday
Unlike our usual real-world English holidays, we don’t plan a whole schedule of conversations with strangers.
Instead, we meander like a river through Scotland’s coastal villages, woodlands, castles, and wild places.
We share silence.
We share beauty and wonder.
And we share amazing meals.
English is allowed to stay in the background for as long as it needs to.
When it does begin to come forward again, it’s unforced. We still don’t mention grammar for the first few days, and error correction is light — always with your permission.
Our whole mission is to let the small flame of English grow steady and reliable again.
How that happens becomes clear when you arrive — when we meet you, and see what your English needs now.
What People Notice By The End Of The Week
By the end of the holiday, English no longer feels like something you need to apologise for, protect yourself from, or fix.
You notice that the tension around English has softened.
That you’re not rehearsing in the same way.
That silence no longer feels like failure.
English feels familiar again — something you recognise as yours, even if you’re not using it much yet.
You’re not starting over.
You’re starting again — differently.
And while that shift can look small from the outside, for many people it marks a quiet but meaningful change in how they live with English afterwards.
What to Know About Our English Holidays
Before you decide if you want to book a Zoom chat, you may find it helpful to explore how we design our English holidays and support your experience.
→ Real-World English
How English develops through lived experience, conversation, and everyday moments — not classroom performance.
→ Discover the Mix that Makes a Blue Noun Holiday Unique
A simple visual diagram showing how activities, schedule and support combine across a week.
→ What’s Included
Practical details, support, and what your holiday fee covers.
A Simple Next Step
If you’re wondering whether this holiday will suit you, the next step is a short Zoom call.
It’s a chance for us to talk things through together — for you to ask questions, share what you’re looking for, and get a feel for whether this way of working (and working with me) feels right for you.
The call also helps make sure expectations are aligned, so everyone arrives knowing what kind of week they’re stepping into.
These holidays aren’t designed to be booked on impulse — the Zoom call gives us both space to check that it’s a good match.
If this sounds like the kind of English experience you’ve been looking for, let’s talk it through.
Book a Zoom call to explore your holiday
