Record student numbers

A great start to 2014 with record numbers of students at the ELC. Block 1 was one of the biggest in ELC history with 310 new students enrolling; this included 147 Study Tour students from Korea and China.

Block 2 continued the trend with 248 new students (including 119 from Japanese Study Tour groups). There was also an increase in the number of students from Indonesia, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.

Student Events

Summer Party
ELC students had a great night at the Summer Party held at the Ubar back in November. See the photos here.

Aussie Adventure Camp
A group of ELC students went on an adventure of a lifetime in February. They spent the weekend taking part in activities such as archery, high ropes, raft building and kayaking. It was a fantastic experience for them. Check out the photos now!

Harbour Cruise
See photos of the Harbour Cruise that took place on 13 March. The students looked as though they all enjoyed themselves!

Where are they now?

Lu Nan (Lynn) YANG, China
I studied at the ELC 11 years ago and went on to study Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) at Macquarie University.

My most memorable experience while studying at ELC was my teachers. They are the best English teachers I have ever met. They helped me to identify the areas that I needed to improve and guided me through a very personalised pathway to improve my English.

Honestly, it was the support and assistance from my wonderful, professional, experienced, patient and kind teachers that helped me through the tough program. I had one on one consultation time with my teacher every week. My teacher will give feedback on my progress and help me to notice which area I need to work on harder. During my BPP program, my teacher helped me to correct my essay, word by word and sentence by sentence, to lead me to a higher level of academic writing. I often missed this support during the time in MQ, but, the good thing is, after learning with my teachers, I was then acquired the skill of proof reading.

The good things I tell my friends about living in Australia: nice weather, nice food and nice people!

I currently work for Macquarie University in China as the China Program Manager. The time in ELC is the time when I learnt my English the most in my life. And, even though I still feel the need to improve it driven by personal interest, I do feel comfortable in using English as the main language at work or with my foreign friends.

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Grade Performance Accelerator Program

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Early Session GPA Program Workshop: Planning your studies, reading strategies, note-taking strategies
Mid-Session GPA Program Workshop: Writing an essay, assignment or a report and homework catch up tasks
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