New Residential Summer School in the UK for 2008

Due to the success of our 2007 programmes, we are pleased to announce that we are opening a third residential summer school in 2008.

Taunton Canonsgrove, located in Taunton, will open to 125 students aged 14 - 17 and provide single room ensuite accommodation in addition to a full tuition, activity and excursion package (including London). Maximum class size will be 12.

Start dates in 2008 are Sun 6th July (2 or 4 weeks) and Sun 20th July (2 weeks).

Please download our pdf and contact Mark Cook, our residential summer schools England manager for further details of the school and the commission we could offer for individuals and groups.

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LAL Torbay: Agatha Christie Week

The door opened to reveal the outline of a corpse... setting the scene for pictures old and new, artefacts, memorabilia and books on display in a week-long exhibition put together by resident Agatha Christie expert Lorraine Myrie (above). This was just one part of the Agatha Christie week in September, which proved a great success. The week-long programme of events at LAL Torbay co-incided with events across Torbay to celebrate the life and work of Agatha Christie who was born in Torquay.

Students were offered several film shows and excursions, plus the opportunity to find out about Agatha Christie.

The highlight of the week was our own ‘murder mystery’, when Sir Charles Oxford (also known as Dan Luly) was brutally battered to death in the Student Lounge. The play, organised by Nicola White and Lorraine Myrie, attracted over 40 students to watch fellow students and staff perform the scene then interrogate the cast to work out who was the murderer.

The winners of the competition were Anna Brokenbauer and Bon Shi Moon.

Our thanks go to all students and staff who took part.

For more information about Agatha Christie and LAL Torbay please contact Kerstin Doerfler.

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Geopark status for Torbay

Torbay mayor Nick Bye has reacted with delight following Torbay becoming a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Geoparks. A Geopark is an area that actively uses its geology to generate sustainable development through tourism, education, community involvement and site management. There are only five other Geoparks in the UK.

For more information about Torbay please contact Kerstin Doerfler.

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LAL South Africa: International Teacher Training Course

The next International Teacher Training course in Cape Town will be taking place from 7 to 18 January 2008. Already enrolled are teachers from Brazil, and we have had interest from Argentina and Russia. So, if you have clients who are English (foreign or second language) teachers who would like to participate in this 2-week refresher course, please contact Gavin Eyre for more information.

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LAL South Africa: English and Safari

Combine an English course in either Cape Town or Durban with an authentic 4 day Unique Safari Experience in the world-renowned Kruger National Park. This enormous and magnificent park is one of the most popular public entry game parks in the world. Its density of permanent game is unrivalled with hundreds of different species: 507 birds, 336 trees, 147 mammals, 114 reptiles, 49 fish, and 34 amphibians.

LAL South Africa and The Bundu Safari Company will ensure that you have an unforgettable experience in South Africa. Contact Gavin Eyre for more information on these exciting packages.

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LAL South Africa: FCE, CAE and CPE Courses

As opposed to many Cambridge exam preparation course that are run throughout the world, with General English classes in the morning and exam preparation in the afternoon, all Cambridge (FCE, CAE and CPE) exam preparation courses conducted in LAL Cape Town and LAL Durban have the advantage of an intensive focus on exam preparation for the full 6 lessons per day. For more information, please contact Gavin Eyre.

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New addition to our extensive hotel portfolio in Malta

We are happy to let you know that we can now offer you an even wider choice of accommodation in Malta. For 2008 we cooperate with the Days Inn centrally located in Sliema. The self catering studios have full kitchen facilities and a bathroom. Students can either share the room with another student or book as single at a supplement. The Days Inn has a restaurant and a small pool - the profile is available for download.

Don't forget to have a look at the variety of hotels we offer in Malta!

Celebrate Halloween at LAL Fort Lauderdale!

Your worst nightmares will soon be taking shape in the shadowy darkness of one of the country’s largest and most terrifying annual Halloween events – Universal Orlando® Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights®.

This year’s event promises to break new ground with all new frights and entertainment, and immersive thrills never before imagined. It’ll be the greatest exhibition of pure terror ever unleashed anywhere, and you can experience it all, LIVE, only at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights.
For more information visit the Halloween Horror Nights website to learn more about the event.

BOOOOOOOOK now and receive a free tour to Universals Halloween Horror Nights on Friday October 26.

Tour includes roundtrip transportation and admission to the park. No meals included. A rest stop of 20 minutes will be made in each way for food and refreshments.

Travel time: approximately 4 hours each way
Duration of trip: approximately 16 hours

Tour will depart October 26 at 2:30pm and will return approximately at 6:00 am October 27.

Book any adult course of 2 weeks (October 21 – November 3, 2007) or longer and receive this free excursion. Special note: Minimum number of participants required to operate this tour. LAL Fort Lauderdale reserves the right to offer an alternative in the value of USD 135 if minimum is not met.

To make a reservation please contact Yvonne Hanis. Don’t forget to mention the special offer.

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LAL Torbay: One year of StopPress

We are delighted to have reached the milestone of the first birthday of LAL Torbay's student magazine with the October edition of StopPress. When we released the first edition last year we really had no idea if we would manage to produce a second edition, let alone a thirteenth. StopPress’s origins stretch back to 13th April 2005, when Andy Tyrrell announced his intention to begin a magazine for Students. This was simply called the "Torbay Language Centre Student's Magazine", and was produced intermittently by Andy in 2005.

In 2006 Andy Tyrrell and Tristram Grevatt decided to relaunch the magazine. The new magazine was launched in October 2006 with the new title of StopPress. The print run disappeared quickly, and the magazine was assumed to be a success!

Over the last twelve months we have printed the life story of famous Britons such as IK Brunel and also discovered the amazing lives lead by some of our staff. We have explored twelve places which can be visited by our students, from the Eden Project to Stonehenge.

We have tried to help our students find out more about Britain with a mix of articles about British traditions, recipes, puzzles, language games and other items we hope will be of interest; although our audience is mainly our students, we hope that we can dig up the odd nugget of information previously unknown to our staff, agents and host families too.

Articles for StopPress are written by staff and students (and we always welcome submissions). We have featured reports from as far away as Argentina and Kazakhstan.

Behind the scenes we work hard to lay out the magazine and find photographs, and we would not be able to do this without the kind permission of dozens of helpful people who have allowed us to reproduce information and photos.

All this - and a little bit more - can be found on our website. We get visitors to the site from all over the world every month. Why not join them and read an exclusive interview with Alex Perkins, Managing Director of LAL Torbay, as well as finding out about the ghosts of Berry Pomeroy castle - reputed to be the most haunted in England - and about the delights of Exeter.

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