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Learn English in Dublin in Ireland  

Our school was based in 1966 and occupies a 18th century building completely renewed. In the heart of the city you will be also close to transport, cultural activities, as well as the best shops and the cafes. The school possesses 17 classrooms.

Tuition programs

• 1 lesson: 55 minutes
• Minimum age: 18
• Schedule: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, flexible according to the chosen program.
• Maximum of 14 students per class (average of 10).
• All levels available.
   
• Cambridge exams: 9 or 14 weeks preparation course, 20 lessons per week. The exam registration must be done at school, by the student. A test will be done before the final acceptance. Minimum level required: intermediate. Exam fees between 135 and 155 Euros to be paid on the spot according to the exam chosen, FCE, CAE or CPE.
   
• TOEIC: Test Of English for International Communication. 4 weeks recommended. Exam will cost 120 Euros to be paid on site.
  Either:
        26 lessons per week (20 + 6), minimum level upper intermediate.
  
          6 lessons per week only for the exam preparation. 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
   
• IELTS: 20 lessons per week. Exam will cost 180 Euros to be paid on site.
   
• Business English: minimum level required: intermediate, 20 lessons per week. 12 students maximum per class. The course is designed in a practical way to cover the English needed in everyday business situation, including sales talk, marketing, presentation, analysing business figures and telephone English. 
   
• Course for foreign English teachers: Educational and methodical upgrade. 2 weeks, 25 lessons per week. Family accommodation included, single occupancy, meals plan....more details...
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• Course for Elders: 2 weeks, 25 lessons per week. Included many cultural and historical visits, excursions, meetings,  Theater , music,............. Family accommodation included, single occupancy, meals plan.
  Below on this page sample of organized activities...click here.
   
• Language laboratory
• Computers room.
• Library, cafeteria
• Email and Internet access
• School material.
• Evaluation et attestation of linguistic training.

Many activities organized by the school
Sample....Click here

Starting dates

Every Monday from January 7th till December 19th, 2008.

CAMBRIDGE exams:
FCE and CAE: 9 weeks:
         January 7 to March 7. Exam March 8.
FCE, CAE, CPE: 14 weeks:
         from March 3 to June 6 or from September 1st to
         December 5.
         Exam between June 9 and 14 or between
         December 8 and 13.
 
ATTENTION: Finale dates for the exam registration:
      January 17 for the March exam.
      March 13 for the June exam.
      September 18 for the December exam. 

TOEIC: exam once a month, the last Wednesday in general.

IELTS: Course starting dates:
February 4 (exam late March), March 31 (exam mid May), September 15 (exam mid November).

Course for foreign English teachers: July 7 to 18  OR July 21st to August 1st.

 Course for Elders (55 and up):
April 11 to 25, May 12 to 23, June 9 to 20,  June 23 to July 4, Semptember 1 to 12.

School closing dates

 Available options

• Airport transfer at arrival: 65€
                      
• All our rates are valid from January 1st till December 31st, 2008 and never include the plane ticket.

RATES

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Family or apartment accommodation.

• Sunday arrival.
• Saturday departure.
   
• Family, single occupancy bedroom, 2 meals per day during the week and all meals during the week end. Between 30 and 40 minutes from school, by public transport.
   
• Apartment (less than 2 km from school) 1, 2 or 3 rooms apartments. All furnished. No meal. Single or double occupancy. Please reserve in advance because very popular.

               Placement fees (once): 150€.

                Family, 160€ * per week
                Additional day in the family 26€ (33€ from July 1st to September 30).

                55€ supplement fees per week between Decembre 17th and January 2nd.

                * 35€ supplement per week for a stay between July 1st and September 30th
               
                200€ per week for companions or spouses wishing to spend one or two weeks in the
                homestay without attending a course
               
                Apartment:
                200€ per week, single occupancy
                150€ per week, double occupancy (price per person).
                Additional day in single / double occupancy: 33€ / 26€   

 If you choose this option, airport transfer at arrival will be automaticaly reserved: see
                available options above.      
                  The apartments are cosy, warm, well decorated, safe and clean. Set in the fashionable residential
area of Donnybrook, less than 2 kilometres from the school linked by a direct tramline (7 minutes
journey). A twenty minute walk along elegant Leeson Street and through St. Stephens Green takes you
to the school. There are also several good bus routes, each a ten minute journey to the city centre.
Close by is the lively student area of Ranelagh with its 7 day shopping, coffee bars and many other
facilities. For pubs you can choose the fashionable pubs of Donnybrook or the over the top noise and
                        decoration of Ranelagh’s pubs.              

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, desire 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 immersion courses!

SAMPLE OF ACTIVITIES (COURSE FOR ELDERS)

City information

Capital and port on the coast, in the mouth of Liffey river. The Vikings became established there in the IXth century and stayed there until Irish king Brian Borues threw them away in 1014. In the XIIth century Dublin was a base to the Norman for the conquest of Ireland in 1170. The old town is in general of Georgian style. Leinster House, where Dail set place ( Irish parliament) was built from 1744. Short Custom House and Oven date the second half of the XVIIIth century. It is in its Mansion House, place of residence of the lord mayor since 1715, that was pronounced the declaration of independence in 1919. The cathedral Saint Patric (tower of the XVth century) is surmounted by an arrow of XVIII' s. Dublin is an important fishing port and travelers (terminal and ferries). The most important brewery of Europe ( Guinness) is settled near Hueston Station. Dublin is finally the religious and intellectual centre of the country, the seat of a famous university (Trinity college) .Home land of Jonathan Swift, Georges Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce.

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