English school in Reading · Est. 1973
Learn English properly. Laugh while you do.
Small classes of adults, native-speaker teachers and a family-run school in the heart of Reading, 25 minutes from London. Five mornings a week, from £150.
- No registration fee
- Books included
- Visa letter support
- family-run since
- 1973
- family-run since
- students per class
- 4–12
- students per class
- per week, 15 hours
- £150
- per week, 15 hours
- start date
- Any Monday
- start date
Courses
Pick the pace that fits your life
General English
Intensive English
5 mornings · 15 hrs/week · A1+ → B2+
General English
Flexible English
2–4 mornings · Sept–June
Exams
IELTS, Cambridge & Trinity
Inside your course · KET · PET · FCE · GESE · ISE
Why ELC
Why students choose us
Small classes.4 to 12 students from September to June, so you speak in every lesson.
Native-speaker teachers.Qualified, experienced and trained in our “Laugh, Learn and Succeed” method.
No hidden fees.No registration fee, no book fee, no summer supplement and no accommodation-finding fee.
Right in the centre.The Meeting House on Church Street, a 7-minute walk from Reading Station, near The Oracle.
A note from the Principal
“Laugh and learn.” It has worked since 1973.
I opened the school in 1973, the year Britain joined the Common Market. Since then, students from all over the world have learned English in our classrooms. Some came to pass an exam, some to get into university and some to get a better job. Many have simply enjoyed becoming more confident in English. My belief is simple: if you are laughing, you are relaxed, and if you are relaxed, you learn.
Séan Mc Burney
Principal & Director
In their own words
“I have a great memory of all at ‘ELC’, excellent teachers, friendly staff and meeting lots of new friends.”
Gabriela, ItalyGeneral English “Thank you ‘ELC’ for the period I spent with you. It was one of the best experience of my life.”
Alessandro, ItalyGeneral English “I improved my English day after day. Thanks to ‘ELC’. Reading is a very nice town, great, lively and quiet. I chose ‘ELC’ as my best friend advised me.”
Adrien, FranceGeneral English
Life in Reading
Study in Reading. Weekend in London.
Reading is a lively riverside town in Berkshire. It's safe, friendly and much cheaper than London, and London Paddington is about 25 minutes away by train. Oxford and Windsor are close too. You can walk along the Thames and the Kennet & Avon Canal, visit the Abbey Ruins in Forbury Gardens, shop at The Oracle and go to concerts at The Hexagon.
- 25 min to London
- 45 min from Heathrow
- 7 min walk from the station
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