LAL Language Centres

LAL opened its third school in Fort Lauderdale, USA. The Cape Communication Centre, which had been founded as an independent company, became an LAL school in 1996. As Cape Town joined LAL, all the schools received unified branding based on the companies initials. TLC, IELS, FLC and CCC were to be seen for the next ten years. Teacher training was la... unched at our school in Paignton in 1998, and has continued ever since. We have an almost unbroken pass record, and we now offer the advanced DELTA course as well. The Torbay Language Centre opened a residential Summer School at Shebbear College, a boys boarding school in Devon. It was to prove a winning formula. LAL launched its first website in 1999, with information about programmes for the year 2000. British holiday company Airtours, which became MyTravel shortly afterwards, bought FTI. Dietmar Gunz bought back FTI from MyTravel, to run it as an independent company again. The popular Summer School for young learners moved to Kelly College in Tavistock. The groups first school was closed for the winter, and teaching transferred to our junior centre in Torquay, while major refurbishment was carried out. New entrances, a landscaped garden, an improved general lounge and a new lounge for adult students, as well as a large reception area, took shape in time for reopening in March 2006. All the LAL schools were renamed to reflect their membership of the LAL Group, and new branding was introduced. It was to prove short-lived. After eight years of successful summer schools in Devon, a programme at Taunton School was launched in 2007. Following the success of Summer Schools in the UK, LAL Fort Lauderdale started its own Summer School at Lynn University. St Swithuns School became the host for our third Summer School in England. A unified brand for LAL Language Centres and LAL Sprachreisen was introduced in 2009, introducing the red LAL roundel for the first time. Our second year-round school in England opens in Twickenham in January 2010. The first student surprised our ...Read More