Long term study in immersion: ESL Quality

A performance-based academic structure allowing to offer a wide range of courses at all levels. Whatever your language knowledge, you can therefore take a course corresponding to your level, in all of the ESL partner schools.

Motivating classes, in small groups, combining dynamism with seriousness, allow , by means of a modern methodical and didactic approach, to obtain a stimulating class atmosphere which is favourable to fast progress. It is a new way of learning a language, which is effective and attractive.

Teachers who are qualified and experienced in the teaching of their mother tongue as a foreign language attach particular importance to actively making the most of the international make-up of the classes in order to create a motivating work environment.

Various accommodation options and a wide range of leisure activities offer you a dense and appealing extra-curricular life. The quality of the cultural discoveries and of human relations abroad is the other indispensable aspect of the success of a language study stay. For this reason, our partner schools carefully select the various accommodation types and develop attractive activities programmes.

QUALITY LABEL FOR SWISS TOURISM (Level 1)

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The label of quality for Swiss tourism was initiated by several institutions of Swiss tourism, including the Swiss Tourism Federation (FST), the Swiss Tourism Office (ST), and the Swiss Association of Tourism Directors (ASDT). ESL has reached the necessary conditions for the obtaining of the quality label, level 1.

Quality institutes

All of the schools which we propose have been established partners for several years, and are internationally recognised. Affiliated to professional federations and/or associations, they are additionally accrediated by the following quality institutes:

ACCET

(The Accrediting Commission of the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training). This organisation recognised in the United States for the examination and inspection of institutions offering training courses, including notably language schools. In England, this organisation is similar to the British Council which visits the accredited schools every three years. In the USA, the ACCET accredited schools are among the best.

http://www.accet.org

IALC

(International Association of Language Centres) Association bringing together more than 60 language schools which have the same quality requirements and which are regularly inspected.

http://www.ialc.org

British Council

This state organisation examines and recognises the quality of language schools.

English UK

This label is the result of an amalgamation of the two most important quality control organisations, ARELS and BASELT. The conditions of membership are the following:
• High level of teaching • Qualified teachers • In-depth programmes • Host families chosen with care • Students of diverse origins

http://www.englishuk.com

Quality English

This label is uniquely accessible to independent schools offering quality programmes according to strict standards and which have an excellent reputation. They are all accredited by the British Council and English UK.

BAC

(The British Accreditation Council)
This accreditation is responsible for the maintaining of academic standards for higher and specialised studies in Great Britain. With particular attention given to foreign students.

FELTOM

(Federation of English Language Teaching Organizations) In Malta, this federation only recognises patented and distinguished schools.

http://www.feltom.com

ELICOS

(English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students)Only schools meeting quality criteria are accredited by this official Australian label.

http://www.elicos.com

ENZ

(English New Zealand)
This federation, which brings together the private and accredited schools teaching English, is recognised by the New Zealand Department of Education.

ASILS

(Associazione Scuole d’Italiano come Lingua Seconda)
This association brings together the best schools teaching Italian in Italy. It has the aim of controlling the commercial and didactic competence of the member schools and undertakes to have the European quality norms in the languages domain respected.

http://www.asils.it

EAQUALS

(The European Association for Quality Language Services)

This Pan-European association brings together all of the service providers concerning the teaching of languages. The aim being to secure the quality of the services of these.

International House

International group of schools which are regularly inspected and which work according to high-level
quality criteria.

http://www.ihworld.com

RELSA

(Recognized English Language Schools Association)
This association brings together Irish schools teaching English. The members of RELSA are also recognised by the Irish Department of Education.

http://www.relsa.com

CEELE

(Calidad en la Enseñanza del Español como lengua Extranjera)
This association of the University of Alcalá is the symbol of guarantee of quality for the Spanish schools in Spain. All of ESL's partner schools have passed the inspection of CEELE with success.

http://www.escuelai.com/extras/ceele.htm

FIYTO

(Federation of International Youth Travel Organizations)

This association has been in existence for 50 years and is the largest and most influential organisation in the domain of youth travel. FIYTO counts approximately 350 members, spread throughout 60 countries.

ALTO

(Association of Language Travel Organizations)
This association counts 120 organisations in 30 countries on the 5 continents. This organisation brights together associations organising language studies abroad and who work according to ALTO quality charter.

http://www.altonet.org

NEAS

(The National ELT Accreditation Scheme)
Governmental organisation of accreditation of Australian national education for the recognition of educational institutes. This organisation has the aim of guaranteeing the quality of teaching of schools of English as a Foreign Language.

http://www.neasaustralia.com