DLTC English language school is located in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, about 20 minutes from Dublin. The school offers intensive English courses for students, with classes held in one of three centers within a 15 minute walk of Dun Laoghaire. Students stay with host families and participate in cultural, educational, and recreational activities. Classes focus on speaking practice and real-world topics. The area and activities provide opportunities for students to learn outside the classroom as well.

1. Intensive Study Week for Schools
Dun Laoghaire (Dublin) - Ireland 2020

2. DLTC English language school is based in Dun Laoghaire
About DLTC Language School:

3. Which is in Dublin, Ireland
About DLTC Language School:
Which is in Dublin, Ireland
… in Dublin, Ireland

4. About DLTC Language School:
Only about 20 minutes by local transport to centre of
Dublin city
Only about 20 minutes by local
transport services to centre of
Dublin city

5. About DLTC Language School:
Last year we celebrated 15 years of DLTC Language School

6. We're a family run, owner-operated
school which was founded in 2002 by
English teacher Bob Golden
About DLTC Language School:

7. Bob continues today as managing
director - directly in charge of group
visits - providing a very personal and
responsive service throughout the
whole organisation process and during
the stay.
About DLTC Language School – meet our staff:

8. Ivonne (left)
manages our
student
accommodation -
recruiting, visiting
and monitoring
host families
annually and is
generally there to
introduce students
to their hosts at the
beginning of their
stay.
About DLTC Language School – meet our staff:

9. Caroline is our director of
studies and head teacher with
Masters in Applied Linguistics
from Trinity College Dublin and
14 years teaching and teacher-
training experience.
About DLTC Language School – meet our staff:

10. • Exciting programme of English classes with social,
cultural and leisure activities.
Programme Overview – what we provide:
• Exciting programme of English classes with social, cultural and
leisure activities.
• Accommodation with carefully-selected Irish host families
within 10-30 minute walk of course centre
• A personal welcome at Dublin airport and group transfers to
and from the airport by private bus
• Welcome pack on arrival with class materials, host-family and
school emergency contact details, programme schedule, maps,
pens and other souvenir items

11. Programme Overview – options:
Options:
• Fun, exciting, adventurous and educational activity
programme that is tailored to the requests and budget
of the group – choose from our menu or you ask and we
provide!
• Unlimited local travel ticket for duration of stay (great
value and strongly recommended!)

12. Arrival
We personally meet student groups at Dublin airport and provide
private bus transport to and from the airport. Then we introduce
students to their hosts.

13. Arrival
We also provide a personalized welcome pack for each student with
information on host family; id card with emergency contact details;
local unlimited travel ticket (optional but recommended); activity
schedule; pen, paper, maps etc

14. Accommodation
Accommodation is with carefully-selected host families
usually within 5-25 minute walk of course centre
Most have been providing accommodation to our
students for many years now so they understand our
students needs
• Are all carefully selected by Ivonne for their
friendliness and ability to host
• All are strictly vetted by Irish police vetting services

15. About Our English Classes
Accommodation – host families:
• Are all within the Dun Laoghaire area within about 5-
25 minute walk of the course centre
• They provide an agreed standard of accommodation
• with typical breakfast, packed-lunch, evening dinner
each day

16. Acommodation – getting to school:
• Some students will live within easy walking
distance of course centre; others will find it
quicker and easier to travel by public
transport
• Host families show students how to get to
school for the first day and how they will
get home again.
• Students have all contact phone numbers of
host-families, school (24 hours) and leaders
so no need to worry
• Moving around Dun Laoghaire is easy
and very safe. Travel by public transport
is considered normal for Irish
schoolchildren
• We recommend the optional and great
value local travel ticket which is
unlimited for the duration of their stay .
It can be used to go to and from school
and to go to and from activities

17. Difficult to write the name ‘Dun Laoghaire’ .. but easy to
pronounce – like ‘Danliri’ – has its origin in the Irish
language and means ‘the castle of Leary’ (Leary being a
king from approx. 8th century A.D.)
About Dun Laoghaire

18. Dun Laoghaire
The Dun Laoghaire area is generally considered an
upmarket, picturesque and very safe part of Dublin - It is
one of the 4 main administrative regions of Dublin

19. The area is made up of smaller villages such as
Killiney, Dalkey, Glenageary, Monkstown, Foxrock and
these are the main residential areas where our host
families are located
Dun Laoghaire

20. Some famous neighbours are Bono & The Edge (U2), Enya
(Clannad), movie director Neil Jordan, Van Morrison – and
here’s the view they wake up to everyday …
Dun Laoghaire

21. The centre of Dun Laoghaire is Dun Laoghaire town centre:
Dun Laoghaire

22. Dun Laoghaire
a busy shopping and administrative centre during the week

23. Dun Laoghaire
With lots of shops, cafes and local amenities

24. and a place to relax and enjoy on weekends and evenings
Dun Laoghaire

25. “Our main focus is getting students
to speak the language successfully.
We do this by focusing on relevant,
real-world topics that are of
interest to the student.”
where Dubliners come to to walk the seafront and piers
Dun Laoghaire

26. Dun Laoghaire
have an ice cream at Teddy's most famous Ice Cream in Dublin

27. visit the Sunday artisan food
market
Dun Laoghaire

28. go sailing at one of the 4 national sailing clubs
Dun Laoghaire

29. Dun Laoghaire
And explore the picturesque coastline

30. • .. hard to believe it’s only 20 minutes from Dublin city
centre, a modern European capital city!
Dun Laoghaire

31. and twenty minutes to Bray, the gateway to the
picturesque, wilderness and national park of the
Wicklow hills
Dun Laoghaire

32. Course centres
Classes take place at one of our 3 course centres in Dun
Laoghaire - all within 15 minute walk of the main street

33. Typical Class Schedule
Course centres:
Course centres are comfortable and well-adapted for groups

34. Students generally complete an online level test before
arrival and are placed in an appropriate class on the first
morning
About the course:

35. About the course:
With a maximum of 15 students per class, there is a
good level of teacher attention for each student

36. Teachers are fully-qualified and experienced TEFL teachers
who are carefully chosen for their ability to motivate
About the course:

37. “Our main focus is getting students to speak the
language successfully. We do this by focusing on relevant,
real-world topics that are of interest to the student.”
About the course:

38. About the course:
Project work, including
questions for host families,
ensures students have to
practise their speaking
outside of the classroom and
learn more about local
culture

39. About the course:
At the end of our course, each student
gets a certificate of attendance and
personal report from their teacher with
suggestions for further study

40. Student satisfaction
We make sure students are happy at all time - we get
feedback at the end of first day and at the end of the last day
we check student happiness regarding: host-family and
accommodation; English classes and teachers; activities

41. Activity Programmes:
Activities programmes are personally tailored for the
group - groups are provided with a menu of a wide
variety of different activities and can choose a
programme that suits their interests and budget

42. Activity Programmes:
To keep our programmes as affordable as possible, activities are lead by
visiting group leaders themselves - we meet leaders on first morning
with all the directions, maps, vouchers for activities so leaders know
exactly what to do, where to go and how to gt there without the need
or cost of an additional guide ..

43. Typical Class Schedule
Activity Programmes:
.. however if you prefer a local guide, a friendly member of
staff can always be arranged

44. Cultural: Irish dancing, Irish music, Gaelic football training
session with local club, guided walking tour of Dublin, museums
including the modern EPIC museum
Activities can be -

45. Typical Class Schedule
Activities can be -
Fun and entertaining – bowling, lazertag, cycling in Dublin’s
Phoenix park, Crazy Golf, Viking Splash, National Leprechaun
Museum

46. Typical Class Schedule
Activities can be -
Educational – Trinity College Science
Gallery, Guided Walks of Dublin, Scavenger
Hunts, Living History visits, farm visits, Irish
music lessons, museums

47. Typical Class Schedule
Activities can be -
Sightseeing – Molly Malone,
Guinness, Croke Park Stadium,
Dublin Castle, St Patrick’s Cathedral

48. Half-day excursions: Malahide Castle, Powerscourt Gardens, Glendalough
Monastic City, Wicklow National Park, Bray-Greystones Cliff Walk
Excursions - we can provide:

49. Excursions - we can provide:
Full-day excursions: Kilkenny City and Castle; Cliffs of Moher (and Bunratty
Castle option); Galway city

50. Typical Class Schedule
Excursions - we can provide:
1 or 2 night excursions to the spectacular West of Ireland - overnight
in hostel in Galway city; Aran Islands by ferry and bicycle; Cliffs of
Moher; Bunratty Castle; and more

51. Excursions - we can provide:
Something for everyone’s interests and budget!

52. Information and Bookings
DLTC English Language School Ireland
Dun Laoghaire
Co. Dublin
Ireland
info@dltc.ie
www.dltc.ie
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