Je pars en Working Holiday en Australie ce 2 janvier 2008.
Je voudrais commencer par 1 mois de cours d’anglais à Sydney, puis voyager, trouver des petits boulots…
J’aimerais savoir quelle école choisir ? Lesquelles offrent un bon rapport qualité-prix ?
Ou au contraire celles à éviter…
Si vous y avez étudié vous-même, c’est encore mieux bien sur !
Je lirais alors avec encore plus d’attention votre précieux retour d’expérience…
J'ai ete en australie durant 1 mois et j'ai ete au cours a cette ecole qui se trouve a bondi jonction endroit branche et facile d'acces en transport en commun
Voici l'adresse
A bientot
http://www.selc.com.au/
Oui j'ai ete tres satisfait de cette ecole il te font passer un petit test d'evaluation pour connaitre ton niveau.
A bientot
Ps pour le logement il y a bcp de backpakers et j'ai voyager seul sans aucun probleme.
A bientot
Je suis actuellement dasn une école mais au Canada, c'est un organisme plutôt pas trop mal !!!
EF school, je sais qu'il y en a sur Sydney, je me rensigne pour éventuellment y aller !!!
l'organisation des écoles est bien car tu as généralement les cours par demi-journée ce qui te laisse le temps de visiter et de bouger !!!
tu fais un test le jour de ton arrivée pour évaluer ton niveau!! généralement les cours sont des petits effectifs, environ 10 élèves par classes !!
et tu fais sutout des rencontres de personnes du 4 coin du monde !!! c'est plutôt pas mal !!!
Bonne continuaton en espérant tu trouveras !!!
Merci Dodie pour tes infos 😉
ça fait combien de temps que tu étudie dans cette école ?
Les cours te plaisent pour l'instant ?
Pour le logement tu es chez l'habitant ou en colocation ?
j'ai trouvé des cours d'anglais gratuit à Sydney, au 31 Market st. Tu vas au premier étage, tu arriveras dans l'Australian college of english. C'est en fait une école pour professeur d'anglais. Je ne peux pas encore te dire ce que j'en pense car je n'ai encore commencé.
Salut🙂 bonne idee de tous voir sur place, j ai rencontre des francaises qui avait paye tout a l avance.Et finalement, l ecole leur avait fais paye plus cher qu a des bresiliens et soi disant moin riches.Double tarification en faite et de plus les logements etaient loin de l ecole.Et dans des familles naz, crades etc.
Un conseil eviter la banlieue car les moyens de transports coutent cher (a la longue).J ai d ailleurs vu un francais qui revenait au centre ville car finalement il n y s y retrouvait plus...Sinon moi j avais trouve une colloc dans le quartier chinois en plein centre ville et a deux pas de mon ecole.Merde j ai oublie le nom!
Sinon l ecole gratuite ou les profs se font la main c est pas mal car gratuit.😉Tient d ailleurs l ecole ou j avais ete se trouvait en face il me semble.(si c est dans cette rue ou il y a pleins d ecole danglais).
J ai pas les docs avec moi desole.
Sinon pour les collocs t as pleins d adresses et de number colle sur les poteaux.(centre ville)
Et dernier conseil dur a appliquer evite les francais!!!
Merci pour ton message 😉
Pour les colocs, en general je voulais savoir quelle duree minimum ils demandaient ?
Je ne sais pas si c'est possible juste pour qqls mois ?
De ce que j'ai pu voir et entendre pour l'instant (juste 1 semaine que je suis a Sydney) j'approuve tout ce que tu dis dans ton message,
j'essaye aussi d'eviter les Francais car j'ai vraiment envie de pratiquer au maximum mon anglais avec les gens d'ici...
Salut Flow🙂, je m en souviens plus et j ai laisse tous mes papiers en France.Je me souviens que j avais une caution et que je payais 125 dollars par semaines, dans un condo avec piscine a l etage et salle de muscul et internet...
Au niveau de la colloc, le probleme c est quand tu tombe avec cradeaux.Un pote francais au debut etait bien avec des scandinaves.Ensuite t as les irlandais qui se sont pointes c etait le boxon, crades, les potes squattaient etc.Moi j etais avec les proprios une thaie des fois c etait lourd car la proprio avait un caractere dominatrice.Mais bon elle revenait a 11 heure du soir.
Et y aussi les cas extreme, les proprios chinois qui font dormir les mecs dans un apart a je ne sais pas combien pour un prix de cingles.
On a mit une semaine avant de trouver notre colloc pourtant on etait trois!!!C est a dire on voulait etre ensemble dans l apart.Heureusement qu on n a pas prit le premier apart qui nous a ete propose.
En tout cas, j aurais appris que louer son apart par le net est une grosse connerie.Des francais sur bondi on vu une maison cool mais a l interieur sa puait la mort🤪😄.Et les ecoles d anglais avec les collocs chez des familles a des kilometres🤪.Y avait une francaise qu etait tombait dans une famille en banlieue, les machins nettoyais pas la merde (y en avait sur les murs des toillettes)😏.C est vrai qu en faisant le point, sur tous ceux que j ai vu place en famille d acceuil, bah aucun etaient satisfait!.
Sinon un pote qu etait avec nous j ai eu de ces nouvelles apres est parti a Perth.Dans son mail, il me disait que les gens etaient plus sympas la bas, une autre ambiance d ailleurs il avait trouve une ecole.
Je sais que dans un premier temps on en avait plein les yeux, par rapport aux buildings.Mais tres vite tu t emmerde...J en ai parle avec pas mal de francais en visa working sur place.Au bout de deux mois.Il etait temps de voir autre chose, sa saoule...
Peut etre pour bosser mettre des sous de cote et te casser.Tu peux faire de super trip les agences de voyages proposent pour pas trop cher de beaux circuits.
Moi Sydney sa m a trop saoule🤪!Et j ai fais trop de pote francais a la fin tu reste dans cet environnement.😐Et finalement, je ne pratiquait pas beaucoup...Sinon dans les collocs avec des anglaises, scandinaves pour apprendre l anglais c est le plan.Ou voir les australiens qui etudient le francais et propose de faire un echange.J avais vu une annonce qui proposait des cours de francais.
Merci pour toutes tes infos 😉
Pour la petite histoire j'ai reconnue sur sa photo Nicolas qui me repond plus haut, il est dans le meme backpack que moi a Manly, big coincidence !
Il m'a donne les infos pour les cours d'anglais gratuit, je me suis inscrit ce matin, je commence le 1er fevrier, c'est 2h/jours, on verra ce que ca donne !
Pour le reste je compte pas mal voyager, si je peux je ferrais meme le "grand tour", et un peu l'interieur du pays, et la Tasmanie.
Salut🙂!Deja tu commence mal et un pote francais😄, sa commence comme cela et c est comme si t etais en France🤪😏.Serieux, y a trop de francais a Sydney dans les rues en une soiree, j ai croise groupes de francais...A tes a Manly completement de l autre cote tu dois prendre le bateau (si je me souviens bien)Moi je m etais pose dans un back pack a deux pas de la gare centrale, c est dans ce coin que tu trouve pleins d annonces de collocs sur les poteaux.Mince je me souviens plus des prix oui des potes avait fais toute la cote est avec la barriere de corail.Et ils sont descendu par l outback.Le bus s arretait dans des coins ou il y avait des lacs d eau douce pour se baigner.
C etait propose par les agences de voyages et franchement pas super cher.😉Je me souviens plus des tarifs, oui ils ont fais la tasmanie(mais la a la traveeler) aussi...
Sinon pour les ecoles d anglais j avias fais un coup a un pote, je l avais envoye dans une ecole evangelique qui donnait des cours gratos😄.C estait en face du grand parc en centre ville (j ai pas ma carte)
Je viens de regarder sur internet et les cours du ACE ne sont pas gratuit, il faut que tu regardes la brochure téléchargeable sur:
http://www.ace.edu.au/schools.html
Peux tu me donner plus de renseignements sur les cours gratuits que tu as fait à Sydnez avec l'ACE?
Je ne suis disponible que le soir à partir de 17h. est il possible de prende des cours à cette heure là?
Les cours sont ils vraiment gratuits car en regardant sur le site, ils mettent que c'est payant...
merci!!
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.Double tarification en faite et de plus les logements etaient loin de l ecole.Et dans des familles naz, crades etc.
