News
New report compares current and future demand for nine foreign languages
19/04/2016
A new report from IALC compares the current and future demand for nine foreign languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
"Trends in the Demand for Foreign Languages" also...
Category: Blog
International language conference brings 140 billion GBP industry to Leeds and York
31/03/2016
The English Language Teaching (ELT) industry, although an often overlooked sector, clocks some powerful statistics. Approximately 650,000 international students studied English as a foreign language in the United Kingdom at more...
Category: Blog
GHS responds to demand for English plus Volunteering in South Africa
29/03/2016
With more and more students wanting to study English and volunteer at the same time, Good Hope Studies (GHS) in South Africa offers the opportunity to combine an English language course in the morning with a volunteer placement in...
Category: Blog
New volunteer projects in South Africa
27/01/2016
In 2016, Good Hope Studies adds seven new projects to its comprehensive volunteer programme:
- Assist Women w. Special Needs
- Cape Nature Conservation
- Safe Haven
- Surfing Smiles
- Save the Seabirds
- Scuba Diving with...
Categories: Happenings, Blog
BLOG - Worcester, the UK's hidden gem
13/11/2015
"I was reading an article in the EL Gazette recently which claimed that Bristol was the city with the highest ratio of Centres of Excellence (according to the British Council's inspection reports), with 50% of its schools...
Category: Blog
Meet Bernhard Roters, director of CLIC Seville and Cadiz
28/07/2015
Bernhard Roters is director of CLIC Seville and Cadiz. CLIC offers a wide variety of Spanish courses including Spanish intensive, Dele exam preparation, customized courses for juniors and seniors, internships, private classes and...
Category: Blog
Meet Andrew Lennox, President of Global School of English and GSE-Edinburgh
13/07/2015
This month we talk to Andrew Lennox, President of Glasgow School of English. Global School of English-Edinburgh. Hamilton School of English-Edinburgh. The schools specialise in providing English language courses for overseas...
Category: Blog
Frederique Di Tullio talks about French school Lyon Bleu International
17/06/2015
This month we meet Frederique Di Tullio, Director and Owner of French language school Lyon Bleu International. The school offers a wide range of French courses in Lyon year-round for all levels. French language programmes have...
Category: Blog
Study travel leaders debate future of industry
31/05/2015
Highlight of the 2015 IALC Workshop Seminar Programme was the Industry Panel Debate on the State of the Language Travel Industry: Growth or Maturity?
Moderated by Jean-Marc Alberola, President of Bridge, the panel comprised...
Category: Blog
Meet Andreas Laimboeck School Manager & Owner of LTL Mandarin School
13/04/2015
Andreas Laimboeck is School Manager & Owner of Chinese language centre LTL Mandarin School in Beijing. The school offers a home away from home in China for students, and immersion into a Chinese language environment through its...
Category: Blog
Marketing languages other than English - Interview with Jan Capper
26/03/2015
In a recent interview with ICEF Monitor, Jan Capper, executive director of IALC, explained the main reasons for learning languages other than English and gave study abroad agents some tips on how to market these languages. ...
Category: Blog
Meet Ellyn Levine, President and Founder of ELC English Language Center
13/03/2015
Ellyn Levine is President and Founder of English Language Center. This American language school has three centres located in Los Angeles, Boston and Santa Barbara. ELC specializes in high quality English courses for adults,...
Category: Blog
Laura Ehrenmann joins the marketing team at alpha.b Nice
27/02/2015
Laura Ehrenmann is now marketing assistant at alpha.b Institut Linguistique in Nice.
Laura is Swiss and speaks French, English and German. She studied on a long-term French programme at alpha.b Nice seven years ago before doing...
Category: Blog
Meet Anna Diaz, Director of French language school IS Aix-en-Provence
16/02/2015
This month we talk to Anna Diaz, Director of French language school IS Aix-en-Provence. The schools specialises in quality French courses for mature and adult international students. IS Aix-en-Provence offers tuition for small...
Category: Blog
Andreas Carrion Urban talks about family run school Escuela de Idiomas Nerja
15/01/2015
This month, we talk with Andreas Carrion Urban, Head of the Marketing Department with Escuela de Idiomas Nerja. Located on the Southern coast of Spain, the school specialises in Spanish Intensive courses and cultural activities...
Category: Blog
Director Caroline Gear talks about US language school ILI Massachusetts
11/08/2014
This month, we talk with Caroline Gear, Director of American language school: the International Language Institute Massachusetts.
Q. What’s does your school specialise in?
The International Language Institute of Massachusetts...
Category: Blog
Interview with Helen Cox Director of SACE Colleges
17/03/2014
This month, we talk to Helen Cox, Director of the SACE Colleges. SACE Colleges are located in 3 unique Australian locations: Adelaide (Gateway to the Outback), Hobart Tasmania and Airlie Beach Whitsundays (adjacent to the Great...
Category: Blog
Meet Richard Gorst, Business Manager at St Clare’s Oxford
19/12/2013
This month, we speak with Richard Gorst, Business Manager at St Clare�s Oxford.
St. Clare�s is unique in so many ways. It is an educational charity now celebrating its 60th Anniversary; it occupies 28 large buildings in North...
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Interview with Ian Hayden from Mandarin House
13/11/2013
Earlier this month, we spoke to Ian Hayden who joined Mandarin House as Business Development Manager in September 2013. Ian tells us about his experience and projects for the school.
Q. Hello Ian, you come from the UK. What...
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Interview with Clive Barrow BEET Language Centre
11/11/2013
About BEET Language Centre BEET was established in 1979 and is a friendly, family-run school with a separate teacher training centre in Bournemouth. The school welcomes an average of 200 students, 17 to 35+ years old from...
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