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Our partner school, Escuela de Idiomas, has its premises in a well-equipped building at the heart of the old town of Nerja. Thanks to its ideal location, you will be able to take classes in the morning and enjoy the sun in the afternoon. After all, the beach is only 5 minutes away!

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Our partner school, Global Village, is located only a few minutes away from Byron Bay town centre and close to the magnificent beaches of the region. You will be welcomed in an entirely renovated building for your English classes in the best conditions.

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The winners of the competition launched by ESL at the beginning at the year met up from 18 to 20 June in order to enjoy electro sounds underneath the Spanish sun! Here, on the famous Plaça Reial, from left to right: Coralie Matthey (Switzerland), Michael Klein (Germany), Charlotte Bourghelle (France) and Rita Valentina (Italy), who had the opportunity to participate in the largest electronic music festival in Europe, Sónar.
Each winner was able to fly off with a friend, as the prize included: 2 return flights for Barcelona, 2 passes for the 3 days of the festival, 3 nights in an apartment in the city centre, as well as €100 pocket money.

WELS Kaplan Bath
The WELS Kaplan Bath language school is housed in a splendid 18th century building, at the heart of the city centre. The course centre is comfortable and the classrooms are spacious, offering an ideal environment for learning English. You will also have free access to other facilities, like the library, the computer room with free Internet connection, the interior garden and the relaxation room, which proposes free tea and coffee.
The central location of the language school places you within direct proximity of various monuments, museums, boutiques, cafés and restaurants. Take advantage of this to visit Bath or to chat in the company of your new friends over a coffee!

IH Calgary
Housed at the heart of the city centre in a recent building, the IH Calgary language school offers its students a comfortable and friendly learning environment, including 9 well-equipped classrooms, 2 computer rooms with Internet connection, a TV lounge, a small kitchen and a library. Between the Century Garden and the Bow River, our partner school benefits from a quite location, whilst being an excellent departure point for visiting Calgary and its surroundings. Only a stone’s throw away from the course centre, the metro will allow you to easily discover the city with your friends from the school, whilst you will be able to make the most of your weekends in order to head off on an adventure in the province of Alberta, in Banff or in Edmonton…Welcome to the Canadian Far West!

For the third year in a row, ESL - Language studies abroad has been nominated among the best five agencies in Europe! This vote takes place within the framework of the LTM Star Awards, the equivalent of the Oscars for the industry. Organised by the famous Language Travel Magazine, a worldwide reference on the subject, this prize asks language schools across the world each year to elect the agency that they consider to be the best.

ESL has distinguished itself this year, yet again, by being nominated in the first five. For Patrick Siegenthaler, Director and co-founder of ESL-Language studies abroad, this result is not due to chance. “For twelve years, we have been carrying out our profession and we always do it with the same passion and the same enthusiasm. We carefully select the schools with whom we work, they are real partners. We consider them to be the best language schools in the world and are happy to note that they hold the same regard of excellence for us.”

The next stage will take place in London, on 5th September, with the announcement of the winner and the awarding of the prize. ESL-Language studies abroad is in a good position to take away the title of the best agency in Western Europe this year.

The IH Belfast language school is situated in the university area of Belfast, on University Street. This district, essentially equipped for the student population, proposes a multitude of bars, restaurants and cafés, where you can meet up with friends following your English classes.
Our partner school is housed in a magnificent four-storey Victorian building. Fitted out for the well-being of its students, the course centre has 12 modern classrooms, a common area equipped with computers, a kitchen as well as a dining room. In addition, WiFi is available for free throughout the building. During breaks, you will also be able to relaxed outside, in the school’s small garden.

Sprachschule zum Ehrstein
Ideally located at the centre of Freiburg-im-Breisgau. the Sprachschule Zum Ehrstein language school is located only a stone’s throw away from the University and 15 minutes away from the city’s main shopping street. In a relaxed and motivating atmosphere, it makes comfortable classrooms, a computer room with free Internet connection, an individual work area and a library including numerous German and foreign literary works available to students. In addition, you will be able to make use out of the school’s cafeteria and the large terrace in order to relax and meet the other students during breaks and after your language classes. Our partner school is also a perfect departure point for visiting the city and its surroundings, as it is situated around ten minutes away from the train station.

Kaplan Aspect Portland
The Kaplan Aspect language school is installed in a modern and comfortable building, in the city centre of Portland, close to numerous points of interest, restaurants, cafés, cinemas and the central library. The course centre makes excellent facilities available to its students, including bright classrooms, a computer room with a free Internet connection, a WiFi connection throughout the building and a language lab. Several common rooms, like the kitchen, with vending machines for snacks and drinks and the student lounge, with a television and comfortable couches, allowing you to meet the other students during breaks and after the English classes.