Conversation and Beach House Weekends
Lyceum is proud to be the only school in Australia offering a LOTE program (Foreign Languages Other than English) and an ESL program (English as a Second Language). We have 50 students who come from all over the world to study ESL (English as a Second Language). Of these, currently about 38% are Europeans, 30% students are from Asia (mainly Korea, Japan and Indonesia), and around 32% are from South America which creates a great mix of nationalities.
Our ESL students attend our Queen St centre in the CBD 9am to 1pm, Monday to Friday. Please visit our ESL website for more details: www.lyceumenglish.com
We currently have 1250 Australians enrolled at Lyceum to study LOTE including Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Mandarin.Our ESL and LOTE students benefit in many ways from meeting each other. They enjoy extra language practice through conversation activities that we offer, and have fun with social outings. We hope that they will form friendships, continue to see each other and practice their language skills. Many benefits flow on such as house sharing, job opportunities and of course, we hope, precious life-long friendships.
Free Program of Integration of ESL and LOTE students
Conversation Weeks
A week of conversation activities twice per term, for free. Term 1 dates are March 1st- March 4th and again from March 22nd- March 25th, Monday to Thursday 5-5.45pm for all languages, at our Queen St CBD centre, shared between ESL and LOTE students grouped according to language.
Regular Social Outings for ESL and LOTE students
Friday evening outings for mixed groups of ESL students and LOTE students. Teachers and admin staff join in with them. Each pays for their own drinks and meals.
Friday evening Conversation Activities for free followed by Social Outings
Friday, March 12th and April 16th, at our Queen St CBD centre, 5- 6.30pm for structured conversation activities and games followed by a social outing to a bar or restaurant. Students pay for their drinks and meals.
Our ESL and LOTE students interact over the internet via our Lyceum Language Centre Facebook page and will share regular free rooftop garden BBQ parties, just above our floor on Queen St when it opens in January.
Beach House Language Weekends in Lorne
Students take a 2 hour train/bus ride to Lorne, a beautiful, ocean beach town surrounded by forests. Maximum 5 people, $150 per student, Friday to Sunday, for shared room. Students visit local fish market and organic greengrocer to buy fresh food, and cook together. They enjoy beach activities, town life and bush walks.
