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Your journey to success starts here – choose the language course that fits you best
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Learn from highly qualified and experienced instructors.
Study at any of our 25 schools across 7
countries.
Choose from a variety of courses that suit your schedule and goals.
Engage in activities and events that enhance your learning experience.
Access academic and personal support throughout your studies.
Study English abroad with EC. Explore our language programmes.
1-52 weeks of study
20, 24, 26, or 30 lessons per week
All levels: from beginner to advanced
General English
Our General and Intensive English courses focus on the core English skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Improve your confidence, increase your fluency, and progress to the next language level — whatever your starting point. General English is our most popular course!
20 lessons per week
Minimum 1 week
English for Work
Build the skills you need to succeed in today’s global job market. Boost your confidence in professional communication from writing emails and giving presentations to joining meetings and preparing for interviews. Learn for career growth or other professional reasons!
30 lessons per week
Minimum 1 week
Academic Year
Our Academic Year course (24+ weeks) lets you fully immerse yourself in English while living abroad. Gain fluency, experience local culture, and build lifelong skills! Invest in your future and have a rewarding ‘gap year’ experience with this six month language course.
30 lessons per week
Minimum 24 weeks
Mini Group
Learn English in a small, focused class in Malta. Enjoy personalised attention from your teacher, with lessons tailored to your needs for faster progress. A good option if you have limited time. Only six students per class. Choose 15 or 22.5 hours per week.
20/30 lessons per week
Minimum 1 week
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Expert teaching, leadership and top accreditations since 1991.
Immerse yourself in a new culture at one of our award-winning schools.
Customise your programme to your needs and get 24/7 support.
Belong to a community that is dynamic, diverse and supportive.
Get results: We ensure your progress is clear and guaranteed.
Our language programmes open up global opportunities for you.
We set you up for success in advance and hook you up with the MyEC app
You will feel at home on Day One, with fun events, social time and help settling in.
We personalise your learning all week, with guidance and progress assessments.
You will enjoy lots of guided cultural activities in your city, where you can practise English.
Get a certificate, a ceremony—and an unforgettable send-off for you and your EC friends.
Let’s make your English language learning journey an unforgettable adventure.
We have language schools in 17 of the most exciting, multicultural, English-speaking destinations on the planet.
From North America to South Africa
From Canada to Malta
From New York to London
Find out how our students turned their first steps in language learning into important achievements that changed their lives.
EC Promise
At EC English, we promise that your progress will always be visible and guaranteed. Simply put, as long as you follow your personalised learning programme, we guarantee your English will improve.
English is the global language of business—so many employers consider fluency a valuable benefit. Studying it abroad can help you learn the language quickly, developing additional professional skills such as adaptability, resourcefulness, intercultural communication, network-building and global perspective that boost your CV.
Accommodation options vary by destination and age group but may include host families, student residences, and student apartments. Living with a host family provides a full immersion experience, helping students learn English abroad more naturally through daily conversations and cultural exchange.
EC English offers a wide variety of English courses, in a variety of different formats, in person and live online, including General English, English for Work, Business English, English for exam preparation and much more. The course offerings vary by destination, but they leverage immersive learning and cultural exchange for an optimal language learning experience, and focus on core skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
There are a multitude of advantages to learning English in a place where it’s spoken. In addition to broadening your cultural horizons, learning English abroad leads to faster learning and longer language retention. Researchers have also linked immersive learning to better problem-solving and the ability to pick up languages faster in the future.
