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English Courses in Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide is in South Australia and is a city of great visual harmony with a classical elegant style, superbly set beside the River Torrens between the Adelaide Hills and waters of Gulf St Vincent. Adelaide is good to visit anytime of the year and is a great place to learn English in Australia.

Visiting students can also enjoy a wide variety of fun leisure activities ranging from golf, sailing, diving, hot air ballooning, camel trekking and bushwalking, while the less energetic visitor can just relax on some of the best beaches in the world.

Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, is a multicultural, modern and tolerant city with a wonderful lifestyle. Well planned, with a population of one million people, it has earned praise as a world class centre for education, the arts, science and technology. An ideal Mediterranean climate adds to its relaxed and friendly environment, and its excellence in the performing and visual arts has made it the Festival City of Australia. Adelaide and its environs host a procession of internationally renowned events such as the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Barossa Music Festival, Opera in the Outback, as well as regional ethnic food, wine and cultural celebrations.

Spectacular tourist destinations in the surrounding area include the unspoilt beauty of Kangaroo Island, the major wine producing areas of the Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and McLaren Vale, whale watching at Victor Harbor, the rugged Flinders Ranges, opal mining at Coober Pedy and cruising on the River Murray. South Australia is also well known as the gateway to the Great Australian Outback, with one of the worlds great train journeys linking it with the city of Alice Springs in the centre of the country where you can access the famed Ayers Rock, Aboriginal carvings and a whole lot more.

English Courses in Adelaide, Australia - Fees

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Our English School in Adelaide, Australia

Our English School in Adelaide Australia is located in one of the city's most impressive historic buildings, with a range of superb facilities designed to enhance our students learning experience. Our English school's building has spacious air conditioned classrooms, a computer and self access study centre, a comfortable student common room complete with kitchen and a theatre for social occasions.

Our Adelaide campus is situated close to the cultural heart of the city, within easy walking distance of public transport, the city's art centres, the state library, as well as shopping malls, cafes, banks and cinemas. The English language school in Adelaide, Australia is also situated close to some of the city's most beautiful parks and gardens which provide a superb setting for sports events, picnics and other outdoor activities.

Our extensive experience in the field of running top quality English courses in Australia has taught us that variety of materials is extremely important in the successful implementation of English language courses, with this in mind we supplement our classroom text books with television and radio programs, newspaper and magazine extracts, guest speakers and class excursions to give an essential "real life" perspective of the English language at work.

Our professional, highly skilled teachers are carefully chosen for their ability to engage students in a stimulating and varied learning environment with great importance placed on a cheerful, friendly and caring atmosphere. Our English school's main aim is to give students a home from home environment in which to maximize their study potential. Our English school's teacher training division conducts regular training seminars which help to ensure that our teaching methods are up to date and of the highest quality.

Our English School in Adelaide, Australia also operates an extensive social program that runs along side our academic schedule, with our very own social club offering a great way to make friends with fellow students and teachers. Through our club we organise a range of inexpensive and fun social activities for students both during the week and on weekends. Social activities on offer include farm stay weekends, trips to Kangaroo Island and the Finders Ranges, winery visits, bush dances, barbecues, film nights and many sporting activities such as golf, diving and windsurfing.

Examples of our weekend tours:

Kangaroo Island Weekend Tour:

Our Kangaroo Island tour consists of a two day guided tour of the island, including bush walking, swimming, snorkeling and surfing, as well as simply enjoying the unique wild life and scenery of the island.

Adelaide to Victor Harbour Tour:
Our Victor Harbour tour consists of a one day guided tour of some of the highlights in and around Adelaide. We visit all the major points of interest in the city including the village of Hahndorf with its rich German heritage, the well known whale watching town of Victor Harbour and a local vineyard where we enjoy some traditional wine tasting. After this full days excursion we return to Adelaide via the hills and enjoy some spectacular city views and scenery.

Our English Courses in Adelaide, Australia

At our English School in Adelaide, Australia our aim is to help you communicate in English as quickly and efficiently as possible. Our English courses are designed to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and are carefully structured to improve your fluency and accuracy.

The broad range of English programs available, combined with the opportunity to mix and match courses to suit individual needs has increasingly drawn students from throughout Asia, Europe, South America, North Africa and other regions to our school in Adelaide.

Group Intensive Courses in Adelaide, Australia

For this English course students are tested on arrival and placed in a class at their own level of proficiency, with classes consisting of 25 hours instruction per week. The courses aim to develop students' grammar, vocabulary, speaking, pronunciation, reading, writing and listening skills. Throughout the course students will work from a text book, while our teachers provide a range of supplementary course materials and information.

Combined English Course in Adelaide, Australia

Our Combined English Courses in Adelaide, Australia: consists of an accelerated 30 hours per week, which combines our Group Intensive English Course and Special Studies program with five hours of one to one tuition per week.

Private Tuition

Available on Request

Our school in Adelaide also offers Cambridge PET, FCE, CAE, Proficiency, IELTS, business English, English work experience/internships and English with sport and culture courses.

English Courses Adelaide, Australia - Accommodation

Our English School in Adelaide can offer students a wide variety of accommodation options, with choices including our ever popular Home Stay with a local family, comfortable hostels and furnished apartments.

Home Stay

Our Adelaide English School takes great care in selecting its home stay families. All our host families are interviewed in their homes and briefed about our program before acceptance as a home stay family. Students and host families are then matched according to both their needs.

Our Home Stay package includes accommodation with a typical local family, with single, double or shared rooms all available. The package also includes all meals, with packed lunches provided on school days.

Our English language school can also offer its students the chance to stay with a local family on one of the surrounding farms, with a choice of vineyards, fruit farms, dairy farms or mixed farms. However, this option often involves a journey to school of up to one hour meaning many students choose this as a weekend only option.

It is important for the school to have as much information about students as possible in order to help placement with an appropriate family, with information on dietary needs, family preferences and general interests particularly useful.

Hostels and Backpackers

Students who do not wish to take part in our Home Stay program can choose to stay in a local hostel or backpackers which offer shared rooms with communal cooking facilities, with a shared bathroom and living area. A variety of options are available from Aus $120.00 per week.

Furnished flats

Students who require more privacy can choose to stay in one of a small number of furnished apartments close to the school, with apartments available for one or two people. Information regarding our furnished apartments is available on request.

Please note: All prices are quoted in Australian dollars. For the equivalent in your currency, please visit www.xe.com/ucc