Study English in Cork
The city – Cork
Cork is located on the southern coast of Ireland and is the second largest city in Ireland and has 150,000 inhabitants. It has a great history and at the same time it is cosmopolitan and modern, with a great atmosphere, especially of young people due to the number of students that live in it.
Cork offers a great social and cultural life with its excellent restaurants and typical Irish pubs and cafes. Cork also has many facilities to practice sports such as golf, tennis, horse back riding etc.
This city offers the opportunity to enjoy Irish, its traditions and its hospitality while learning English.
How to get to Cork: Cork has its own airport just 10 minutes by bus from the city. There are many airlines that fly from different parts of Europe, such as Ryanair, Aerlingus and Iberia.
From Cork airport you can reach the city center by bus and taxi.
The school
The school where the classes take place is on the campus of the University College Cork, which is in the heart of the center. Therefore, students can walk easily from their accommodation to school. If their host family lives further away, we will offer the student a bus ticket.
The school has within its facilities various rooms where students can play or just spend their break. Additionally, all classrooms are very well equipped. The school also has a various field to play different types of sport like Hurling and Basketball.
- Size: Small
- Student per class: 15
- Spanish students: 20%
- Duration per unit: 45 min.
- Total hours per week: 15 hours
- WiFi: Yes
Accommodations
All students from the English Course in Cork live with host families. Most of them live close to the school and the students can walk to school. If the host family lives further away, the students can take the bus for which we give them a ticket which will be valid during their whole stay.
The student live in shared rooms with members of the family or other students, always with a different nationality and mother tongue, in the house of the host families.
Note: Furthermore, the family does the student´s laundry weekly. Detailed information about the host families will be given to the students 15 days before the course starts.
Residence: The residence is about 5 minutes away from the University campus and can also be reached walking. The students have their own room and bathroom and full board is included. All rooms are equipped with sheets, blankets and pillows. There are no towels. Security cameras and supervision are provided 24 hours.
The classes
During the English Course in Cork the students will work on all their language skills with a special focus on speaking and interacting with other class mates.
The program offers 15 weekly hours divided in 7 levels: From beginner to advanced. If the student´s level is higher, there are less students in class. Generally, there are no more than 15 students in each class. Furthermore, the students have the possibility to take 5 extra hours per week without any extra cost. It is totally voluntary but they have to sign up for those classes once the whole course has been confirmed.
SOCIAL PROGRAM:
The activities carried out by the students in the afternoon are usually accompanied by the teachers themselves, which facilitates the relationship between them and the students.
The social program has a wide range of activities distributed in 5 afternoons a week from Monday to Friday from 14.30 to 17.30. In addition 3 nights a week after dinner we have activities, from 19.30 to 21.30.
Monday to Friday afternoon activities are held.
- Sports: Gaelic football, hurling, basketball, swimming, pitch & putt, etc.
- Cultural: Sightseeing, Irish songs and dances, legends, visits to nearby towns, arts & crafts, etc.
- Leisure: beach, cinema, fishing, disco, bowling, shopping, barbecue, etc.
On Saturdays there are full-day excursions, such as visiting Cliffs of Moher and Killarny and two half-days a week; Cork City Tour, Historic Gaol, St. Fin’s Cathedral and Blackrock Castle Obersvatory. We will provide the final program before departure.
On Sundays the students should spend time with their host families.
Accreditation:
Prices:
| DURATION | PRICES 2019 |
| Stay with a host family | |
| 2 weeks | 1,570€ |
| 3 weeks | 2,195€ |
| 4 weeks | 2,840€ |
| Stay in a residence |
|
| 2 weeks | 1,995€ |
| 3 weeks | 2,650€ |
| 4 weeks | 3,190€ |
The price includes:
- Enrollment.
- Information dossier before departure
- Transfer from the airport of Cork to the families and vice versa.
- Family stay or residence with shared room and full board.
- Private bus to go on excursions.
- Placement test
- 15 hours of weekly class
- Teaching materials
- Access to school facilities and resources
- Social program
- Weekly laundry
- Accreditation diploma
- Multi-assistance and RC insurance
- Bus ticket if necessary
- Grafton backpack and polo
The price DOES NOT include:
- Special diet
- Cancellation insurance
- Flight ticket