LAL relocates to the ideal Cape Town site - Grand Opening Party on April 25, 2007!

Don't miss out on this event when we celebrate the new home of LAL Cape Town on the site of a long-established Cape Town lodge. Set in the heart of fashionable Sea Point, the centre is just a short drive to the V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain and City Centre, and only 2 minutes from the famous Clifton and Camps Bay beaches. The school is on Main Road, convenient for bus and taxi routes. The new centre has 30 spacious classrooms, a large cosy student lounge with a big screen satellite television, free internet access, great entertainment area consisting of pool tables, bar, music and dancing, swimming pool and an exquisite barbecue and garden area. There is also a Social & Activities Desk, where students can book day tours, car hire and get information on local places of interest.
Our student residence as well as the executive residence will be located within the same building as the school. LAL Cape Town runs adult prgrammes (16+) year round and offers young learner programmes in July/August and January/February.

For more information about LAL Cape Town and our grand opening party please contact Gavin Eyre.

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Refurbishment of the Classrooms at LAL Malta

The refurbishment of the common areas of the adult centre, including the reception, student lounge, cafeteria and bookshop, was completed in time for the beginning of the past summer season. A new internet café, located in the student lounge next to the cafeteria, including 15 PCs with flat screens, and telephone sets, was set up prior to the past summer. Internet access, including wireless for students who bring their own laptop, is available against nominal payment. The toilets on the ground floor have been refurbished and we have toilets for male, female and the disabled. A new direction signage system is in place to ensure easy access around the whole building. A fire detection system, including emergency exits and an evacuation plan covering the whole building, was installed recently following a risk audit and we are waiting for the certification to come through in spring.

LAL Malta reception	LAL Malta internet cafe

New in 2006:
• New internet café with 15 PCs and WIFI (wireless) area
• Refurbished reception and comfortable student lounge
• Refurbished Leisure & Welfare office
• Refurbished Bookshop
• New toilet for disabled and refurbished toilets for male and female

We are now moving to the second phase of the refurbishment of the classroom section at this center as promised when we announced the refurbishment plan last winter. All the five floors in the two blocks will be painted in a vivid colour, commencing works in one block in January while using the other block for lessons to avoid inconvenience to our students and then swapping round once we finish the first block. All classrooms will have vertical blinds in a light colour to allow more natural light through the windows. Currently we are going through the selection process of tables and chairs for the classrooms and we hope to finalise our choice by the end of January when we will have a few sample classrooms fully furnished. All of the existing furniture will be replaced by the end of March. As the self-study centre is located in the classroom section on the first floor we have not been able to include this in the first phase of the refurbishment. This will be upgraded in January with 4 PCs including multi-media options, free internet access (for study purpose) and earphones. The large meeting room close to the reception will be painted in January in the same colour scheme as the rest of the reception area.

There is a flyer to download for more information or you can contact Isabella Conti.

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New Executive Business Classrooms at LAL Torbay

After a very busy autumn, we are pleased to announce that the new executive business classrooms at LAL Torbay have been created according to schedule and are now ready to receive students.2006 has seen a transformation in the school with the building and facilities being completely upgraded and

LAL Torbay: StopPress - the New Magazine for Students Proves a Roaring Success

Introduced in the autumn of 2006 and now on its third edition, we are pleased to announce the continuation of our new student magazine through 2007. StopPress is a monthly magazine created by staff and students for staff and students.

Containing tourist information about the area, puzzles, information about local celebrities (past and present), festivals, customs, the school and the company, this new magazine is designed to help students get the most out of their stay with us in the UK. Reading the Christmas addition, I have learned all about pantomine, hogmaney and crackers - I am hoping that future editions bring news of some of our famous visitors: William of Orange, Napoleon Bonaparte, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Queen Victoria, Oscar Wilde, Agatha Christie, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Cleese, Paul Burrell and Peter Cook - to name but a few.

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Life's a beach in Florida

Travelocity, the US's leading online travel site, recently named Hollywood Beach, located in Hollywood, Florida, as the #3 "Most Active Beach" in the United States, out of a list of ten top beaches. The scene at Hollywood Beach is very different from the Californian spot with the same name. However, it is a perfect setting for people watching. There's a 27-foot wide "Boardwalk" that extends for two and a half miles. One can sit on a bench at dawn and let the fun of people watching begin. See multitudes of walkers, joggers, roller-bladers, bicyclists, unicyclists, jugglers, and skateboarders pass along the Boardwalk.

Hollywood Beach, which has been a very popular spot for beach lovers for years, is also one of Fort Lauderdale's five "Blue Wave Beaches," as certified by the Clean Beaches Council, designating it as one of the cleanest, safest, and environmentally friendly beaches in the USA.

Fort Lauderdale has 23 miles of golden beaches and each and every mile offers something different, from shore diving, snorkeling and kite-surfing to swimming, sunbathing and fishing

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LAL Malta: NEW for 2007 - improvements to the adult programme

Adult students who enroll on any LAL Malta English programme in 2007 receive the following:

• Welcome orientation meeting and drinks
• Welcome meal
• Malta Experience multi-vision show
• Cynergi Gym membership (all year)
• Beach Club membership (summer only)

Welcome Orientation meeting and drinks
All new students are invited to attend an orientation session on the first Monday. During this meeting, students are introduced to the key members of the staff and given details of the location of the school and of the amenities close by. LAL Malta offers a comprehensive range of activities and excursions for adult students. All students are presented with a copy of the weekly activity leisure programme and are given a brief description of the main activities and excursions.

Welcome Meal to all Adult Students
All adult students will be provided with a complimentary meal and drink at a very popular pizzeria in Sliema.

Entrance ticket to the Malta Experience Multi-vision show
The Malta Experience is a 45-minute multi vision show, which depicts Malta’s history through the ages and is an ideal introduction to the Maltese Islands! Shows are held in Valletta daily from Monday to Sunday, every hour on the hour!

Cynergi Gym Mermbership
LAL Malta students also benefit from a complimentary Cynergi Gym membership. Cynergi is Malta’s best gym with the largest area of any health and fitness club on the island, situated in St. Julians. Cynergi has two state-of-the-art Squash Courts, boasts a fully stocked free-weights hall and 50 strength and plate loaded machines to cover exercises for the whole body. Members can make use of the 17 metre heated Indoor Pool, which is ideal for relaxation and a good swimming workout.

Summer Beach Club membership
LAL Malta’s beach club is situated within walking distance of the LAL Malta adult school. The lido has a big swimming pool with seawater and easy access to sea is given by means of steps. There is also a bar serving light snacks, cold drinks and ice creams, and a number of evening activities such as theme or disco parties are held here.

For more information contact Isabella Conti.

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Intensive Listening Classes at LAL Torbay

Long-Stay students at LAL Torbay are being given a unique opportunity to get extra help with their listening skills by participating in 30-minute Intensive Listening classes held every morning before the start of the normal lessons.
Intensive Listening is a teaching methodology developed by the academic department LAL Torbay, to help students improve the skill of dealing with fast, unscripted, natural spoken English by raising awareness of aspects such as weak forms.

Although course book listening activities are a vital part of the learning process, the dialogues are very often scripted and artificial, our classes help to overcome this by giving the students the chance to listen to recordings of natural English taken from different, everyday situations.
Past experience of running lessons has shown that, given time, the students develop a much better skill at recognising words and it has the added benefit if improving pronunciation too.

For more information please email Dean Jones.

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New photo galleries for Kelly College, Taunton School, Gozo and Boca Raton

Our website update for 2007 is completed and in addition to featuring our 2007 programmes we've added a few more things! I'd like to draw your attention to the new picture galleries of our summer centres - Kelly College and Taunton School for Young Learners in England, Gozo for adults in Malta and Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida for Young Learners in the USA. Please remember that those centres now accept bookings for the summer - here's who to get in touch with:

LAL Summer Schools England (Kelly College & Taunton School): Mark Cook
LAL Summer SChools USA (Lynn University). Ilona Alves
LAL Gozo: Isabella Conti

Have lots of fun browsing through our newly launched website and don't hesitate to contact us, should there be anything you cannot find!

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LAL South Africa: English and Dive

Minimum length: 2 weeks
Course: General English 20 Lessons per week.
Accommodation: 13 Nights Student residence, twin room including breakfast.
Scuba Diving Course: 12 hours of Scuba Diving tuition including the Padi open water diving course including equipment rental, transport, PADI registration & student package.

Avaiable in our centres in Cape Town and Durban - contact Gavin Eyre for more information and prices or visit our Agents Area.

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LAL South Africa: English and Surf

Minimum length: 2 weeks
Course: General English 20 Lessons per week.
Accommodation: 13 Nights Student residence, twin room including breakfast.
Surfing Course: 12 hours of surfing tuition including surfing tuition, equipment and transport

Avaiable in our centres in Cape Town and Durban - contact Gavin Eyre for more information and prices or visit our Agents Area.

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LAL Fort Lauderdale: Travel Agents Special Offer

2 weeks all year round (except July and August)
Course: 16 lessons per week (Vacation English course)
Net price, including 13 nights accommodation
Homestay, single room, h/b USD 495
Homestay, double room, h/b USD 420

The price for the wife/husband of a travel agent is the above-mentioned net price plus 50%. As space is limited, please always request the booking before confirming to your staff members. Please note that these special net prices are offered to bona fide travel agents only and are not available to the public and ensure that a copy of the travel agent's business card accompanies the registration form. Special Course Code FLL 4-99.

For more information and to make a booking please contact Yvonne Hanis.

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LAL Torbay: FREE residence upgrade

Torbay, comprising the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham has been the winter destination of choice for more than 200 years, made famous by Queen Victoria and chosen by members of the European royal families and the British wealthy for its facilities, culture and the health benefits of its mild winter climate we are pleased to continue to offer two main special offers for adult students during this new year period. After installing a new kitchen and dining room at Matilda House in the winter of last year, we are currently redecorating and upgrading the other facilities - all students at Matilda House have been provided with a FREE upgrade to Hunters Lodge residence. Hunters Lodge is a very high standard self-catering student residence boasting ensuite rooms, an excellent lounge and kitchen, TV room, WiFi access and beautiful views across the sea.

For more information please go to our Agents section or contact Dean Jones.

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