LAL Cape Town 2011

Funded in 1993, the LAL Cape Town School has moved its headquarters in 2007 to a fashionable district of Sea Point, near the city centre, the Table Mountain and only 2 minutes away from the fabulous beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay. The school is situated by the Main Road, from where you can access every place in the city either by bus or by taxi.
The school has 30 classrooms (all air-conditioned), a big lounge for students with satellite TV and free internet access. The students can make use of the billiard table, the bar, disco, swimming pool and barbecue in the garden. The Social & Activities Desk (a leisure point) offers its services by booking full day trips, renting a car, etc. You can also receive information on interesting sites in the city there.

English courses
The LAL group guarantees high standards in all of its schools all over the world. Cape Town offers a wide choice of courses for adults and adolescents.
The price of the courses includes: tuition fees, the registration fee, a certificate of course graduation. 
Courses start every Monday and last for at least 2 weeks. One lesson = 50 minutes. The maximum group size is 10 students, the minimal age is 16.

Especially for teenagers summer English courses are organized. Materials are adjusted to the participants' level. The programme comprises 20 classes a week, it includes conversation, listening and grammar activities as well as writing. Extracurricular activities are organized every day, also at the weekends. 24-hour care is guaranteed in the residences in the vicinity of the school and on its grounds. The price of the English courses includes: tuition fees, learning materials, registration fee, certificate of course graduation, accommodation in a boarding house in rooms for 3-4 students, full board, a transfer from and to the airport, extracurricular activities. During the week 2 half-day trips and one full day trip are organized as part of the course.

Accommodation
The most popular option is accommodation at student residences. Some of these are located on school's grounds and some in the vicinity. The residences situated near the beaches and the restaurants are available as single, double or triple rooms with a bathroom. Adult participants of the English courses are free to organize their free time and enjoy the company of other LAL's students. Underage participants are cared for 24-hours a day. Both in Cape Town and in Durban the school can accommodate the students with carefully selected families, at a distance of maximum 30 minutes by bus from school.

Transfer
Transfer from the airport is included in the price of the accommodation. Students who have only booked a language course without accommodation need to pay an additional fee of 20€ for one-way transfer.

Prices 2011 (in euro)

* 2 golf lessons w a week plus weekend course
** If individual lessons are bought as a separate course and not as an addition to a group course, an additional fee of 55 € is charged.

English courses preparing for the Cambridge examinations should be booked with an additional week of accommodation to take the course.

ACCOMMODATION

The price of accommodation includes: breakfasts, transfer from and to the airport, accommodation with a family includes 2 meals a day. The first week of accommodation comprises 6 nights, every next week: 7 nights. 

* only for students who register together

Holidays in 2011 (classes cancelled)

1 January, 21 March, 22 April, 25 April, 27 April, 1 May, 16 June, 9 August, 24 September, 16 December, 25 December, 26 to 30 December.

Transfer from the airport

For students who have booked accommodation, transfer to and from the airport is provided. Persons who have only booked the English course can order transfer at a surcharge: 20 euro one way, 40 euro both ways. 

How do you become a student in Cape Town?
All formalities connected with the stay, booking, transfer, etc. can be arranged in person or via post with "LEXIS" College of Foreign Languages or with our Agent. After choosing the type of course, accommodation and other services, you fill in an enrolment form, sign the agreement and transfer the due amount of money to our "LEXIS" bank account. Then, you send the enrolment form, one copy of the agreement and a receipt confirming the money transfer, so that we receive it at least two weeks before the beginning of the course (persons from cities other than Warsaw contact an agent).

Before departure you receive from us:
ˇ a confirmation of enrolment on the course, together with an appropriate letter for the British customs officers, so that you do not have any problems with crossing the border. 
ˇ an airplane ticket - if you plan to travel from Warsaw (applicants travelling from cities other than Warsaw contact an Agent)
ˇ a confirmation of booking accommodation together with the address, telephone and a short characteristics of the host family
ˇ an invoice for the services ordered     

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