Language school Cairns, Kaplan Aspect

School

Our partner school benefits from 40 years of experience in language teaching and is recognised by the state. It is housed in a beautiful building with original architecture and air-conditioned classrooms, located just ten minutes on foot from the city-centre and two minutes from the nearest shopping centre. In high season, a second school, located 150 metres from the main building, is made available for lessons. The school has 24 classrooms, a study centre, a language lab, a library, several computers, a living room, a terrace as well as the “Crocodile Club” to organise your leisure time. The school also has several bikes that it sells to students with a guarantee to buy them back.

Courses

Standard course
Lessons: 20 of 45 minutes
Course duration: 2 to 12 weeks
Levels: Elementary to advanced
Students/class: 10-15 people
Minimum age: 16 years
Daily schedule: 08:30–11:45 or 12:30–15:45

Intensive course
Lessons: 35 of 45 minutes
(20 general + 8 options + 7 self study)
Course duration: 2 to 48 weeks
Options: Current Affairs, Writing and Vocabulary, Speaking and Pronunciation, Idioms, Local Culture, Literature, Film Studies
Daily schedule: 8:30–11:45 + 12:30–15:45 (2x/week.) or 8:30–11:45 (2x/week) + 12:30–15:45
Details: cf. standard course

Preparation for Cambridge exams (FCE, CAE)
Lessons: 35 of 45 minutes
(28 FCE, CAE + 7 self-study)
Course duration: 12* weeks
* +1 extra week of accommodation (exams)
Levels: Intermediate to advanced
Students/class: 8-12 people
Details: cf. intensive course

Preparation for IELTS exams
Lessons: 35 of 45 minutes
(28 IELTS + 7 self study)
Course duration: 5 or 10 weeks
Levels: Intermediate to advanced
Details: cf. intensive course

Accommodation

Host family
Staying with a host family allows students to deepen their knowledge of the language and is the best way to discover the country and its inhabitants. Students stay in single rooms with half board provided. The host families are chosen with care and generally live around 20-30 minutes away from the school.

Leisure

A language course in the midst of a tropical paradise naturally offers numerous leisure possibilities. The “Crocodile Club” organises barbeques each week, as well as a variety of other activities: tennis, football, sailing, golf, canoe-kayaking on the river bordered with mangroves, diving along the Great Barrier Reef (snorkelling or scuba), horse riding in the tropical rainforest, a trip to an Outback farm, bungee jumping, parachuting and many more… great photos and memories to take back home.