ESE

ESE provides a professional and modern environment, ideal for a very effective and enjoyable learning experience. Lessons are held in bright, airy and comfortable air-conditioned classrooms while all common areas are equipped with satellite television. The school also boasts internet facilities as well as self-access study areas and lounge. For convenience, the ESE complex also includes a restaurant/ coffee shop and a Subway sandwich and salad franchise. You can also relax whilst enjoying the views from the roof garden or share a break with your friends in the courtyard and cafe terraces. ESE is, and has always been, quality driven and this is felt as soon as one walks into the front doors. Being a school one of the major pillars of the organization is the Academics department and this is staffed by a qualified Director of Studies, associates and teachers who are all passionate about teaching. ESE is also accredited by Trinity College London as a teacher training centre in Malta. ESE offers courses to all ages from teen to 50+, from beginner to professional, from individual to closed group. ESE also has opened a school in York, England and students can combine both countries to attend a twinning programme which if longer than 24 weeks includes a free flight between both destinations. Our Leisure and Welfare department completes our front desk team who lead, organize and interact with all students. There is also a 24 hour receptionist and help line at the school. Our staff members are all very friendly, professional and warm ensuring that each student is given the personal attention to make his/her stay at ESE a memorable and fun-filled learning experience. ESE setting standards in quality and service at any time of the year.

Our school is located at the heart of Malta’s principal entertainment and shopping area, St. Julian’s, with several amenities within short walking distance. These include hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, shopping centre, cinemas, bowling alley, boat marina and casinos. The beach at St. George’s Bay is just down the road from the school as well as the old, quaint fishing village of St Julians with many restaurants and bars.

At ESE we follow the Council of Europe and the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) system by which the language competency levels is defined. These ALTE levels range from A1 (roughly equivalent to elementary level) to C2 (very advanced). More information can be reviewed on our website or at http://www.alte.org/can_do/general.php. Every student is tested and interviewed on his/her first day of attendance at ESE in order to establish the student’s correct level. Furthermore the class teacher will analyse and monitor the specific needs of the student to ensure the students’ progress. At ESE we favour the eclectic approach to teaching. This means that we include techniques and activities from several approaches in our teaching. Through eclecticism teachers are better qualified to help the students learn as required on a personal-needs basis. A needs-analysis is carried out at the beginning of the course to enable the teacher to target the students’ needs much more accurately and plan lessons to suit the needs of the learners. Different approaches may include drills (this is the repetitive oral practice of a language item), communicative language techniques (the direct approach where learners are not taught grammar or any rules but are allowed to discover them from their own experience) or deductively (where learners are taught rules). The communicative approach in English language teaching focuses on meaningful communication and language practice in the classroom. The teacher gives importance to fluency, accuracy and communication involving the integration of the 4 language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking). Lessons are 45 minutes long with a coffee/lunch break every 2 lessons.

ESE is, and has always been, quality driven. To ensure this as much as possible in all our facilities and services we offer our own accommodation options from school residence and B&B to self-catering apartments. All facilities are bright, air conditioned and ensuite and are very well located very close to the school. As well there is a school residence in the school itself which has a 24 hour reception. This will appeal to you more if you want complete freedom and flexibility during your stay at ESE. We also work with host families who have been selected and monitored to ensure a warm, hospitable and family environment in which you will be totally immersed in English and the Maltese culture. And lastly we work with a number of hotels from 2 to 5 stars. Whatever your type of accommodation and wherever you may be at ESE we work hard to ensure your place of stay to be comfortable and welcoming.

At ESE our Leisure Staff are professional, warm and fun and are there to make the students’stay at ESE as fun filled and memorable to complement their English language learning. Students may choose from a wide variety of events which offer an opportunity to converse, interact and bond with fellow students. ESE is continually striving to offer the most complete leisure programme. All excursions and activities are available depending on the time of year and type of course booked