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Six reasons to come to Language and Leisure and improve your English

Andrea Basquille — Mon, 16 May 2016 16:51:44 +0000

We asked our students and this is what they said…

1. The Host Families

“I really loved to know my host family, they were really nice and I had the best opportunity to talk English with them”

“My host family was excellent! It was when I spent my Sunday with my host family that I had the best time.”

2. The Classes

“The classes are very interesting and fun, we play a lot of games and learn a lot.”

“Good teachers, I learned more in two weeks than in one school year.”

3. The Activities

“I think that the activities have been the best part of my time here with Language and Leisure, because they are so organised and funny, the afternoon and evening activities have been very good and I've really enjoyed.”

“I like all. It's very funny. I didn’t find any activities that I didn't like.”

4. Meeting people from other countries

“I loved meeting new friends every week and almost every day, from different nationalities and with a lot of things to teach me.”

“We meet a lot of people from other countries and we can enjoy and learn with them.”

“What I liked best about my time with Language and Leisure was meeting a lot of people of different countries and making a lot of friends.”

5. The Language and Leisure team

“I like very much this type of experience; the staff were very friendly and happy.”

“The staff, I really enjoyed the atmosphere in the school and during the activities. Everyone was happy to do what they were doing.”

“I liked best that every teacher was friendly to me and helped me to improve my English.”

6. Everything!

“These three weeks were the best experience I have ever had. I improved a lot my English in all the ways and spoke a lot. I enjoyed my teachers, the activities the full day excursions and of course the school. I had a wonderful host family and I am gonna miss them a lot. If next year I can come again I'm sure that I am going to do it. Thank you for all.”

“I really like these 2 weeks in LAL school and this trip, I discovered lots of things like local sports , Irish food , and a culture . Ireland is a very beautiful country with lots of things to discover. I really like this travel.”

“I liked meeting people from different parts of the world. I enjoyed all the activities and I think that everyone should do this experience once at least.”

Book now for next summer!

Thank You

Andrea Basquille — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:48:06 +0000

Another summer season is over and we are delighted that everything went so well (in spite of the weather). We were happy to welcome students this year from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Taiwan. The blog was a great success and so was the selfie competition. Congratulations to all our Students of the Week and competition winners. Keep practising your as much as you can. Remember to watch movies in English with subtitles if necessary. Best wishes for the new academic year. Let's keep in touch!

Happy New Year

Chris Singleton — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:00:50 +0000

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year.

Let's hope that 2015 is full of joy and peace wherever you are.

Love, Andrew, Mary, Andrea, David and all at Language and Leisure

This is our 25th year!

Chris Singleton — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:04:15 +0000

Our first summer school was in 1989, so this is our 25th season! A quarter of a century!! That's a lot of students and phrasal verbs... So 2014 will be our 25th Anniversary. How are we going to celebrate? Watch this space!

Summer is here!

Chris Singleton — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:41:23 +0000

What a scorcher - let's hope July & August are as hot! Only three weeks to go before the start of our summer school and the temperature is rising!! Don't forget to bring your sun cream AND your umbrella!!!

Happy Easter

Chris Singleton — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:41:54 +0000

Easter Greetings from a sunny but chilly Dun Laoghaire. We're delighted to have Andrea home from Spain for two weeks. Looking forward to a nice weekend - another Bank Holiday Monday! Clocks go forward this Saturday night so we'll be losing an hour's sleep. Go easy on the chocolate! x Andrew & Mary

Happy St Patrick's Day

Chris Singleton — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:24:03 +0000

Wishing you and your family a very happy St Patrick's Day. This year our national holiday March 17th falls on a Sunday so we have a Bank Holiday (a day off) on Monday 18th. Best wishes, Andrew, Mary, Andrea (in Spain) and David Eanna

Summer School 2012

Chris Singleton — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:45:01 +0000

A great big Thank You to everyone who helped make this year's summer school such a great success. We were delighted to have students from Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, Russia and Taiwan. It was great to see so many students coming back to Language and Leisure for a second or even third year. Well done to all the teachers and leisure staff who did such a great job. We wish all the best to students in their studies. Join our facebook page, keep in touch and take every opportunity to practise your English. All the best, Andrew

The Little Museum of Dublin

Chris Singleton — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:20:09 +0000

We are really excited about this great new attraction. The history of Dublin comes to life at this "excellent new museum" (Rough Guide). From U2 to JFK, the real Dublin – and some of its most famous visitors – is revealed in its "must-see collection" (TripAdvisor). It is housed in a beautiful Georgian townhouse on St Stephen's Green, just two minutes' walk from Grafton Street. You will enjoy discovering the remarkable story of 20th century Dublin decade by decade. http://www.littlemuseum.ie/

Dublin City of Science 2012

Chris Singleton — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:29:01 +0000

Here's another great reason to come to Dublin this year. Dublin has been chosen to host Europe’s largest science conference, ESOF 2012 (Euroscience Open Forum), from 11-15 July, 2012. To celebrate this prestigious, international event in Dublin, the City of Science 2012, an innovative science themed festival will run throughout the year across the island of Ireland combining the best of Irish culture, arts and science. http://www.dublinscience2012.ie/

Happy New Year

Chris Singleton — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:57:25 +0000

Just made it, before the end of January! Have a wonderful English-improving 2012. From Andrew, Mary, Andrea, David & all at LAL

Summer School 2011

Chris Singleton — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:50:57 +0000

Thanks to all students, teachers and families for making our summer school 2011 so successful. We were delighted to welcome students from Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and Taiwan. It was great to have so many teachers come back and also to meet new teachers. We were sad that Sean Clerkin who taught us the dances at the ceilis for so many years had passed away in April. May he rest in peace. Delighted that Stacia continued coming every Wednesday. The Sally Noggin, the new disco venue, was a great success. David took over helping students make their T shirts and did a great job. Martha (& Josh) were the new canteen managers and were both wonderful. The weather was the usual mix of sunshine and rain but the excursions were most enjoyable. Best wishes to all students. Remember: keep speaking English! See you next year!!

Welcome to our new website!

Chris Singleton — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:05:28 +0000

Welcome to Language and Leisure's new website - we hope you like it. On it you'll find information about all our courses, booking forms and information about Dublin. Host families and language teachers can also find out how to be a part of Language and Leisure.

Don't forget you can also find us on Facebook!

Do feel free to get in touch.