australia

What our clients say about Australia

Hello Garry!
I hope that you are well!
Australia is absolutely amazing and Byron Bay even more! I am having a real great time here with the sun, the ocean and the sharks...
The school is really nice, my teacher is awesome! My homestay family is great I learn a lot of things about Australia and Australians with them! I am really enjoying my stay here.

Kind regards
Aida Ben Hamida CH

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My first month in Australia was very nice, the Gold Coast it's really a very beautiful place. I had three weeks of sunshine but this week it rains all the days, I hope the weather will be better this next weeks... My course in Langports is very nice, the teachers are really good and the students come from everywhere in the world.

Yann Fluckiger CH – General English and Cambridge exams

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Hi Garry,
I've to apologize for the card I haven't sent yet...but I enjoy so much Australia that I forgot about it!!!
So I thought mailing you was a good way to tell you sorry but also to give you some news about me....
My FCE courses was really good, I met a lot of people, and I had good time with them...and two weeks ago was the final exam...I think I did well but, it was more difficult than in class but not impossible...so now I think my English is quite good...I understand people when they're speaking together, and even if my grammar is not good every time when I answer, I think it's quite okay!!!
My host family is really great, like a second family, they're so nice, and I've a lot in common with one of the daughters, who is 30, but she's like a big sister...so yes, I love this family, and I'd like to stay here longer, but I miss my family also...
Today I began my CAE courses, it's much more difficult than FCE, but I'll work more and more to pass the exam, because I'd like to come back with the feeling that I'd completed all my goals...it will be great...
Last week I went to Sydney to visit a friend from my village, it was wonderful...this city is amazing so big in comparison with Perth...I walked around the city and the beaches...but I prefer Perth, because in Sydney there is all the nationalities except Australian people...and there is a lot of tourist and French speakers, so Perth is the city which suits me the best...so thank you for your good choice Garry...
I hope all is all right in Geneva, and don't worry I'll send you not one card, but two...because of my lateness...
That is a quick idea of my life in Australia...
Have a nice and cold day.

Best wishes,
Morgane Priser CH

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Hi Garry !
How are you ?
I am still enjoying my stay in Perth, it is wonderful...Even though time goes too quickly! I leave Perth in 2 months and I will spend one month on the East Coast before I come back. I know the city quite well now, I have got Aussie friends and a great job so it will be hard to leave.
I got my results for my exams, I am so happy, I got A in FCE and B in CAE.
I hope you are not too cold in Geneva, here it is 36. Actually, I was swimming in the ocean not later than 5 hours ago.
See you soon,

Sonia Pfeuti CH

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Sydney is really wonderful! I like its cosmopolitanism and all the different cultures you can get in contact with. And for sure, it's also very beautiful. I enjoyed the city skyline and the Opera House a lot!
The school is really cool and the staff very friendly! It is a comfortable place to study. My host family is very easy-going and even if at first I was a bit anxious, it's now all gone

Basile Wicky CH - General English and CAE exam Sydney English language Centre - 2008

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Dear Garry
Happy new year! I finished the CPE classes and took the exam recently. Shafston was a really great experience and I enjoyed my stay a lot. Now I am going to Japan to take Japanese classes.
Once again, Happy New Year with all my best wishes.

Orianne Sauvagnat France
Shafston International College Brisbane : 12 weeks Certificate of Proficiency in English (Cambridge exam)

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Everything is great here. I think that the school is perfect, the teachers are very nice, and my homestay is fabulous...
Thank you, I will give you further details

Elsa VIGNEAU – CH - Sydney English Language Centre – 30 week programme
Programme: General English, Certificate in Advanced English (Cambridge exam), Academic English and IELTS exam

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G'day, :-)

My name is Isabelle. I was 19 years old when i took off from Geneva to go to Perth (Western Australia). So, I had been away from my country, my family, my friends for 6 months.
It's tough to summary six months full of discovery, fun, new friends, great moments, but also hard times. Yet, I'm gonna do my best to give you a small Idea of what a journey in Austrlalia can look like.

From September 2006 to March 2007 I was both, a student (at Milner college) and a nany (= au pair). So, i had to go to school every day from 9am to 15pm. It mights surpise you, but I was good fun to be at school. The teachers were really great and the fact that the class was multicultural brought even more fun. As a result, I have not only learned English with pleasure (it's the best way to communicate with people from different Countries), but i have also discovered new cultures and ways of thinking.

As a nanny, i had to look after 3 kids from 9 to 13 yars old. It was very interesting to organise myself in such way that i could go to school, look after the children, meet my friends and study.
Thanks to the kids, I learned a lot. My English improved and i discoverd a bit more of myself. My friends met the kids and we enjoyed spending all together... In the end, everyone was happy: me,my friends, the kids and their parents.

During Christmas holiday and some weekends, I went on trips. I travelled by car (fortunatly my homestay mother had a car for me) with some of my friends. So, in addition to everything I was usually doing I have visited the surroundings and some well-known places of Western Australia. Every trip was an adventure, not only because the car was old, but also because Australia is full of surprises.

Australia is a HUGE Country. Its size is not the only impressive aspect. I have nerver met people as friendly and easy-going as australian (even american people). They are so open minded and cheerful.
Austrlian culture is very different from ours.... as long as we are ready to meet "real" ausrtalian and to open ourselves to them we can have great surprises ans meet amazing people.

It is worth it leaving behind us all the prejudiced we might have about the Country of the kangaroos and just... go for it & take ti easy, mate! :-)

Isabelle Becker (Genève)

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So far so so good :))
Already thinking about staying for a longer duration. Everything is nice, weather, people, the city.

Serguei Malanitchev Genève

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Hello Garry
After one month of staying here i really enjoy this country. Also i want to thank you for your job.I am actually in level fce because advance was too hard for me but after FCE i will do preparation course and pass advance exam in Switzerland.
Thank you again

Kind regards
Marina Kovacevic Genève