European languages colleges

Sony0050

I'm going to European languages colleges for French does anyone no if der ne gud nd do yah learn ne tin ?taa:P
Dat kk Heggy

Heggy

You may need to hone your English first.

Saffy

Heggy wrote: »

You may need to hone your English first.

exactly what I was going to say lol.

djcervi

Hey!
I'm guessing that you are talking about ELC- Euro Languages college. I went last year to Clongowes wood. For me it was a good 3 weeks where I learned a bit of French and made a few friends who I still talk to regularly. I'm also hoping this year to be an assistant.

Although personally I'll be honest with you and say that there was a large group (on my course), so for me, it wasn't that easy to get to know people. Mostly people came with friends, like me, and I spent most of my time with them. That was merely the case on my one but you do get to know people through class and activities but I found it to take some time. A girl I know who went on one of their courses said that her course was very cliquish with lots of the 'rugby schools' sticking with their own schoolmates. Towards the end all the guys in the rugby schools were friends with each other, so each course is somewhat different. However you'll do ok as long as you get into it.

As regards French I felt I did improve but I thought I could have done much better had I gone off to France instead. I only felt this because I went off to Spain two years ago and came back fluent after a homestay. In terms of the exam it can prepare you but you do need to make the effort to speak French in order to improve.

In short just be open minded and you'll have good craic!

p.s. The french love to set people up so be prepared for speed-dating, a set up with a random date for casino night and une lettre d'amour (a letter written by something who likes you which is put in a 'postbox' and read out to everybody by the staff).

Dante

I went to ELC in Rosscrea last summer for 3 weeks, its a great laugh and you actually do pick up a lot of french. I would defo advise to do it.

Fad

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

I went to ELC in Rosscrea last summer for 3 weeks, its a great laugh and you actually do pick up a lot of french. I would defo advise to do it.

Jesus, I was on your course!

ELC, you do learn alot. If you go to France, there's no garuntee you'll actually learn anything, the freedom is a pretty serious distraction. Friends of mine, who are smart motivated guys, learn very little

Dante

Jesus, I was on your course!

eh.....What was your name? ^_^

Fad

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

eh.....What was your name? ^_^

Conor, I was the one with the stupidly long/scruffy hair (That's gone now)

Dante

Fad wrote: »

Conor, I was the one with the stupidly long/scruffy hair (That's gone now)

Hmm I think I remember you, but then again I could be completely wrong!:pac::pac:

Fad

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

Hmm I think I remember you, but then again I could be completely wrong!:pac::pac:

We didnt really speak to each other ever, but we were both there

coislifebliain6

About six or seven from my german class went last summer and the improvement in there German is verynoticeable. Most of them now are amongst the best in the higher level class. They all said they had some great craic on the course too so i would definitely recommend it

keane-xx

Im doing to galway this year for one....quite scared as i really cant speak at all and after transition year, i can barely remember a word of french!!! Anyone else got any experience of it?! Did ye get better?!:D

Extrasupervery

Don't worry about the language, they don't let you speak English at all...so you'll either pick up French/German pretty quickly or develop selective mutism. I absolutely hated my course, there were too many people and the staff were horrible. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Have fun!

Fad

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Don't worry about the language, they don't let you speak English at all...so you'll either pick up French/German pretty quickly or develop selective mutism. I absolutely hated my course, there were too many people and the staff were horrible. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Have fun!

Which one did you go to?

djcervi

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Don't worry about the language, they don't let you speak English at all...so you'll either pick up French/German pretty quickly or develop selective mutism. I absolutely hated my course, there were too many people and the staff were horrible. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Have fun!

My guess is that you are talking about Clongowes Wood. There were way too many people on that course.

Extrasupervery

Yup ^ Ugh

SligoBrewer

Going to France > ELC

Extrasupervery

Exactly. Don't go there people. I think it's downfall is that the whole thing was established to make money, unlike spending a summer at a Gaeltacht, which started out of a love for the language.