About the LAL group

LAL Language Centres (LALLC) is a group of English language schools offering courses for adults and young learners in England, Malta (under the IELS brand), South Africa and the United States. LALLC also has a marketing services division called IMS (International Marketing Services) through which courses delivered by a selection of partner organisations are offered to our representatives worldwide.

LAL offers a selection of exciting destinations, all with unique features for today's international students. As well as the attractive seaside locations of Torbay, Fort Lauderdale, Cape Town and Malta, LAL's newest school in London is in Twickenham, by the River Thames in the Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames – one of the capital's most popular 'villages', and we offer further choices for Young Learners in summer schools and summer camps.

We also offer a choice of language courses at carefully selected partner schools in a variety of destinations in Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico and Russia.

LAL is a long-established organisation with years of experience in meeting the needs of language students worldwide. All our schools are accredited by national validating organisations and play an active role in improving the quality of products and services.

We are committed to the highest possible standards of teaching using skilled and experienced teachers. LAL has a long-established track record in teacher training and our schools in both Malta and Torbay are providers of the DELTA programme – the highest qualification for practising teachers of English as a Foreign Language. We also attain accreditation for our courses by national bodies in each country.

At LAL we pride ourselves on offering a comprehensive range of accommodation options. Each of our adult language centres offers you the opportunity to stay with a local host family, which is a great way to experience the local lifestyle and to practise your language skills with native speakers in an informal environment.

All our adult centres offer the alternative of 'residential' accommodation which offers you independence and flexibility and the company of other students. LAL Cape Town, LAL Fort Lauderdale and IELS Gozo have residences on site, while others are within easy reach of the schools. We can also arrange hotels and hostels in many locations.

Young Learners can choose from:

• host homes in Torbay and Malta
• prestigious boarding schools in England, Malta and Cape Town
• high quality university campuses in the USA and England
• log cabin camps in South Africa
• school residences in Cape Town and Malta.

A key part of your language travel experience happens once classes are over, because the best way to practise your new language skills is to get out and use them in the real world. We know you will also want to find out about the country you are visiting, to sample the lifestyle of her people and to explore the area. In each of our locations LAL excels in providing social and leisure activities that are fun, engaging and good value for money.

We support and care for our young learners from the moment they enrol to checking them in at the airport on the way home. All our young learner programmes are packaged together to include tuition, accommodation, and exciting activities as well as arrival and departure transfers from and to selected airports.

Adult students also have access to our dedicated staff at any time of the day or night for help and support.

• First class language programmes at competitive rates guaranteeing value for money
• A commitment to high levels of services to both our partners and our students
• Fully equipped year round language schools
• Free wireless internet access in all schools
• Wide choice of programmes for adults and young learners - both groups and individuals
• Weekly start dates for most courses
• Both short and long stay General English programmes as well as academic pathway, business and examination courses
• Support from IMS and school based marketing staff
• Committed to the quality marks of relevant national associations