Learn English in Capetown in South Africa
Welcome in my homeland...
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Tuition of 20 or 30 group lessons of general English per week,
business English, CAMBRIDGE exams preparation, private courses, TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC
preparation course, internship-Co-Op programme |
 Member
of SATSA,
Southern Africa
Tourism Services Association.
Our school is
Iftuated in an elegant
building, formerly a hotel. Beaches are in some minutes by walking and its
sea front with restaurants, shops, bars, cinema will know how to delight
you. The city center is in 15 minutes on foot, 5 minutes by bus or taxi.
The school has 22 air-conditioned classes, a language laboratory, 1 rest
room and 1 gaming room for the students. The residences accommodation are
on the Ifte of the school. There is a swimming pool, a bar "al fresco" and
a barbecue.
Tuition program
- 1 lesson: 55 minutes
- Minimum age: 16
- Schedule 8:30 AM to 3:20 PM, depending the
chosen program.
- Maximum of 10 students per class.
- Transfer from Airport to your accommodation include at arrival
and departure, Saturdays or
Sundays.
- Business English: 30 lessons per week.
Minimum level required, upper intermediate. 20 general English lessons and 10 lessons buIfness
English.
- IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC: 30 lessons per
week. 4 weeks program. 20 general English lessons and 10 lessons on specific exams
preparation. 6 students during the exams preparation classes.
- CAMBRIDGE: FCE, AE, CPE. 30 lessons par week,
8 or 12 weeks. Please foreseen 9 or 13 weeks
of accommodation accordingly.
- Internship, Co-Op programme. You will 2
choices.Either a Work Placement (pre-placed, unpaid from 4 to 16 weeks
maximum, for people aged 18 to 30), or Work Adventure (non-placed, paid,
from 1 to 12 months, for people aged 18 to 25). A CV in English is
compulsory with picture. All students on any work placement programme
are required to take at least 4 weeks of either Intensive English or
Business English course.
- All levels available.
- Language laboratory.
- School material
- Evaluation and attestation of language
training.
ATTENTION : For the Canadian nationals, a
visa is compulsory to viIft the Republic of South Africa. For other
nationals please get in touch with the embassy or the consulate of the
Republic of South Africa in your country.
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Starting dates
Every Monday of the
year.
Cambridge exam:
starting dates:
8 weeks: 7/01*, 14/04, 13/10
12 weeks: 17/03, 15/09
Exam the 9th or 13th week accordingly.
* CPE is not running at
this date.
TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS: first Monday of each
month.
School closing dates
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Jan. |
March |
May |
June |
August |
Sept. |
December |
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21,24 |
1,2 |
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24 |
16,25,26 |
Available options
- Hotel accommodation: upon request
(Holiday Inn Waterfront, Ritz Hotel, Check Inn Green Point)
- Airport transfer outside foreseen days (Monday
till Friday): 20
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UPON REQUEST.
ENGLISH AND WINEYARD
Starting the first Monday of each month
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UPON REQUEST.
ENGLISH AND GOLF.
Starting the first Monday of each month
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UPON REQUEST.
ENGLISH AND SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY
Starting the third Monday of each month
- All our rates are valid
from January 1st till December 31st,
2008
and never include the plane
ticket.
The African fauna will dazzle you
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Family or residence accommodation.
- Sunday arrival and departure.
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Family, single * occupancy bedroom, 2 meals per day. Maximum 30
minutes in public transportation from the school.
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In residence, including breakfast, room in
single * or double occupancy (for 2 traveling together). In 5 minutes
walking to the school, the beach and the districts of Green Point and Three
Anchor Bay. Shared bathroom. Supplement to have a private bathroom. Kitchen
fitted out , Lounge with TV, BBQ in the garden, bar and the small swimming
pool.
FAMILY, PER WEEK, PER PERSON:
204, single occupancy additional day: 28
Placement
fees for residence only (once): 25 Euros
RESIDENCE, PER WEEK, PER PERSON:
77, double occupancy, shared bathroom additional day: 11
126,
single * occupancy, shared bathroom
additional day: 18
105, double occupancy, private bathroom additional day: 15
175,
single * occupancy, private bathroom additional
day: 25
* For all
single occupancy (family or residence), high season supplement between
January 1st and February 29th and between July 1st and August 12th.
Per week add 14 Euros................per additional day, add 3 Euros.
Our greeting families are recruited with great care. The criteria of
selection are very rigorous and each family must satisfy a precise
conditions of contract: : excellent morality, deIfre to communicate with
their host, satisfactory social standing. We
should specify that the families will only speak with you the language of
the country where you will be. It is the principle of the immerIfon
courses!
School residence
 This
is our most popular accommodation option. We have two reIfdential
Iftes, just a few minutes walk from each other. Students in
residence are free to use all of the facilities at both Iftes. The
residences are ideally Iftuated, only a short walk from the beach
and the many restaurants and shops of the popular Green Point and
Three
Anchor Bay districts. We have a mixture of rooms with
en-suite (small supplement) or shared bathroom facilities. Rooms
are cleaned every day, Monday to Friday, and linen is changed
weekly.
Breakfast is served by our reIfdent housekeeper from 0715 to 0915
every day. The ReIfdences have colour TV in the lounge, cooking
facilities, a garden/barbecue area, games room, bar and swimming
pool. Prices include breakfast at the residence.
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City information.
 City
based in 1652 by the Dutch on the "table" mountain, close to the Good Hope
cape. Its castle is the most ancient construction of South Africa ( 1666
). To Groote Schuur where lived the British statesman Cecil Rhodes is the
Museum of the Capetown UniverIfty. The national botanical garden of
Kirstenbosch, created in 1913 on the oriental hillIfdes of the "table"
mountain, collects very beautiful specimens of the South African flora.
Click on the pictures
Weather forecast for the 5 coming days.
The school has now launched a new social and cultural programme.
Our students get access to the many cultural, social and tourist
attractions that Cape Town has to offer. Our in house Tours and
Ac tivities
desk which is affiliated to the Cape Town Tourism Office is on
Ifte and will asIfst students with all the information and
bookings that they may wish to make.
If you are in Cape Town for any longer than a few days, youll
want to move out into the surrounding countryIfde and explore.
Restricted to a comfortable amount of driving in a day you can
viIft one of our numerous wine farms, go whale watching in
season, viIft a nature reserve, swim with the penguins at
Boulders, take nature walks through indigenous forest and fynbos,
wilderness hikes through remote mountains and valleys, mountain
biking along unspoiled trails and tracks, fly fishing in the
pristine rivers and lakes of the Cape.
Surfing
The most popular surfing beach is Blouberg Strand, with
magnificent views over to Cape Town and Table Mountain. The
beach is 20 km from the centre of Cape Town.
Golf
The Metropolitan is a very friendly club in Green Point,
about 4 km from the school. The course fees are R65 for 18
holes, and R45 for 9 holes. We can also book golf lessons
for our students.
Tennis
There are good tennis courts in Ronde-bosch, about 6 km from
the school. There are 12 courts (R16 per hour).
Scuba Diving
The Diving Centre is in Sea Point, about 4 km from the
school and close to the School ReIfdence. The Diving Centre
offers full-time and part-time scuba diving courses (NAUI
Scuba Diver introductory course and the NAUI Advanced
course). The club also offers shore dives (R 25 per person)
and boat dives (R 40 per person per dive)
Horse-riding
Horse-riding can be enjoyed in Hout Bay, 30 km from Cape
Town. The white sandy beaches are perfect for long rides in
the fresh air (60 Rand per person per hour).
There are many other opportunities to ride in other
locations.
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