English Courses for Young Learners

: Young Learners class at LAL Torbay

At LAL Torbay we offer educational and exciting programmes for Young Learners which mix hard study with serious fun.

LAL Torbay is accredited by Accreditation UK in conjunction with the British Council and English UK and continually strives to achieve the highest standards.

We are proud of being a centre of academic excellence and have been involved in training teachers of English as a foreign language for over 15 years.

Young Learners Courses

Course Information

The first Monday of the course is regarded as information and introduction day and all students take the Placement test.

Every student will be issued with a card to be used as their identification during their stay. It will also provide important information concerning the name, address and telephone number of the student’s host family and emergency number of the school.

During the introductory morning the new students will be able to meet the key people involved in their stay such as the Activity Programme Manager, Welfare Assistants and activity staff and are shown the important, relevant aspects of the town i.e. banks, post office, bus station, meeting points for the school, etc.

Procedures and Supervision

The activities take place both during the day and in the evenings, and are supervised by our activity staff. The activity staff are also available for any questions or problems (host families, illness, general information) you might have.

The groups are generally of mixed nationalities in order to encourage the students to speak in English rather than their mother tongue and to make new friends and learn about other cultures.

Absentee Lists

Teaching staff will check attendance during lessons and welfare if applicable, will establish the reasons for any absenteeism with the host family. If the same student is absent without a valid reason for two days, the parents will be informed.

80% of lessons must be attended for all visa student.