Eurocentres celebrates its 60th anniversary

Eurocentres was founded 60 years ago and has become one of the most competent and innovative language school organizations in the world. Eurocentres offers courses in seven languages and at 30 locations where the target language is spoken. Courses are tailor-made to meet the requirements of each individual. In its anniversary year, Eurocentres has opened two further schools in Silicon Valley and in Sydney.

“Eurocentres – the perfect fit“ – is the slogan of the new 2008 language course brochure. The slogan refers to Eurocentres´ new innovative learning system with the emphasis on personalization and focused learning.

Tailor-made learning programme
Language course students may be constrained by time and money. Our new innovative learning system allows us to address the requirements of each course participant individually and systematically. After an evaluation of their language skills, learning goals are agreed, taking into consideration the student’s personal strengths and weaknesses and a tailor-made learning programme is produced for them by the teacher. The teacher continuously monitors the learning progress and adapts the programme where necessary. This high degree of personalization results in efficient learning and optimum progress, and provides maximum support.

Focus on personal interests
Every client has their own motives for wanting to learn a foreign language or improve their language skills.
Business English, culture, preparatory courses for examinations and further study – our extensive range of specialized subjects covers most individual requirements. Eurocentres now also offers cultural or sporting activities such as sailing, cooking or golf, naturally always combined with a language course.

Premium courses for intensive learning
Our new Premium courses have been designed for professionals who want to improve their language skills in the shortest possible time. Participants follow an intensive programme in small dynamic groups of up to eight and in two-to-one lessons. This teaching method is recommended and practised by Oxford and Cambridge Universities as the most effective guarantee of motivated learning.

30 Eurocentres in 4 continents
Just in time for its anniversary, Eurocentres has opened two further schools, one in Silicon Valley (USA) and another in the Australian metropolis of Sydney. Other appealing locations are London, Auckland, Cape Town, Perth, Paris, St. Petersburg, Valencia or Kanazawa (Japan), to mention but a few of the 30 Eurocentres destinations.
During the last 60 years, people from over 90 different countries have booked Eurocentres language courses. Of the annual 13'000 course participants, 30 percent are from Europe, 30 percent from Latin America, 25 percent from Asia and 15 percent from the Middle East.

You will find more information on www.eurocentres.com

Michael C. Gerber, Managing Director, Eurocentres, Seestrasse 247, 8038 Zurich
Tel. 044 485 50 40, Info@eurocentres.com, www.eurocentres.com

60 years of Eurocentres
In 1948 Dr. Erhard Wespi founded the first language school in Bournemouth. In 1959 the two visionaries Dr. Wespi and Gottlieb Duttweiler met up. They agreed to a co-operation furthering cultural exchange and thus laid the foundations for the successful and expansive development of Eurocentres. Today, the network with its 30 schools and several consulting offices is part of Migros Kulturprozent. The foundation has invested heavily in the development of foreign language courses and has been operating as an advisor to the European Council in this area since 1969. The academic staff of Eurocentres have considerably contributed to the development of the Common European Reference Framework.

This release was published on openPR.