ATC Dublin

ATC Dublin is located in the heart of Dublin City Centre, on South William Street, within walking distance of the city’s most popular attractions and fashionable cafés, restaurants and pubs. The school itself is located in a modern building that has been completely refurbished and upgraded to provide students with the most comfortable city centre experience.
ATC Dublin has 16 bright, modern and spacious classrooms. Each classroom is equipped with modern audio and audio-visual technologies, including interactive whiteboards that enable our teachers to use the latest technology to enhance students’ learning experience. We use the internet regularly in our classes giving students practical examples of how to use their language in the 21st Century.

COURSES

✓ General English

The General English syllabus is 20 hours (20 x 60 minutes) per week and is designed to improve the students’ understanding of the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. All levels from elementary to advanced are catered for throughout the year.
An option of 15 hours (15 x 60 minutes) per week is available with afternoon lessons in our Dublin school.

✓ Exam Courses

Students can study and prepare for a range of internationally recognised English language exams including Cambridge B2 First, Cambridge C1 Advanced, IELTS, TOEIC, TIE, Trinity ESOL and others. ATC Bray and ATC Dublin are authorised ETS examination centres, providing on-site TOEIC examinations.

✓ Intensive English

The Intensive English course syllabus is based on the need for accuracy in spoken English. The Intensive English course is 26 hours per week, and includes the General English programme (20 hours) and a further 6 hours per week taken over two afternoons with a focus on discourse structure and oral fluency. Students may request areas of improvement in negotiation with the teacher and other students.

✓ Individual Tuition

Individual tuition is a ‘tailor-made’ programme designed specifically to meet the needs of the particular student. This is ideal for a student wishing to concentrate on a particular aspect of work. The amount of individual hours in addition to the general course depends on the individual student’s needs. One to one tuition topics could include Business English vocabulary, exam techniques, interview skills and much more.

✓ Business English

This allows students to benefit from studying General English in a small class during the morning and then to concentrate on their own specific requirements with One-to-One lessons in the afternoon.

✓ Teaching Training Programme

The programme includes English language skills development, new methods in language training and practical techniques in teaching over 2 weeks including cultural excursions. Upon request we can tailor a training course
to suit a group’s specific needs from a choice of modules including Task Based Learning (TBL), Pronunciation and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Funding can be applied for in connection with the Erasmus+ programme.

ACCOMMODATION

HOST FAMILY
Students attending our Dublin City Centre school can stay with Irish host families, located in nice, leafy suburbs, close to good public transport. Students travel to and from school by bus, DART (train), or LUAS (tram). Host families for adult students offer single or twin rooms with half-board during the week and full-board at weekends.

SELF-CATERING  (YEAR ROUND)
ATC provides modern student apartments located within walking distance of the school and easy reach of the city centre. The accommodation is offered on a self catering basis in single ensuite rooms with a shared kitchen and living area.

RESIDENCE (SUMMER)
During the peak season ATC reserves additional accommodation on university campuses including University College Dublin, (UCD), and National College of Ireland, (NCI). All accommodation is offered in single ensuite rooms in modern apartments with a shared kitchen and living area. UCD is located only 4km from Dublin City Centre, and with a bus terminus on campus our school on South William Street can be reached in only 15 minutes.
NCI is located in the financial district of Dublin City Centre, close to the river Liffey and within metres of a Luas (tram) stop, our school on South William Street is only 20 minutes walking distance from NCI.