When choosing an English school, it is important to pay attention to the school’s accreditations, awards, program range and learning environment. But equally as important as those school features are the students you will meet there: your classmates will play a very large part in your classroom experience and social life in Sydney!

At ELC, you will get to study within the best nationality mix of any English language school in Australia, and you will meet highly motivated students from a wide range of backgrounds, ethnicities and cultures, enriching your language travel experience even further.

Australia’s best nationality mix

ELC students truly come from all over the world, with typically:

  • Over 30 nationalities attending the school at any one time
  • Students from over 50 countries enrolling over a year

You will speak English all day, every day

Being immersed in such a diverse environment every day means that you – and everyone else at school – truly need to speak English to communicate with each other. This practice outside of class time is essential to accelerate your progress.

Open up to the world

Beyond this linguistic aspect, our rich and diverse nationality mix also means that you will get to experience the most amazing cross-cultural exchanges and make your stay at ELC all the more enriching.

Meet your classmates

Nationality Mix

ELC’s daytime adult courses are well-known for having an absolutely exceptional nationality mix, unlike any other schools in Australia. Students from all over the world join our daytime courses, with a remarkable balance of different continents, countries and mother tongues represented at school.

If being immersed in an amazing cross-cultural experience is something you are looking for, you can be assured that this will what you will experience in our adult daytime programs.

This mix pie represents our average nationality mix in 2024  – keep in mind that enrolments are different every year and the nationality mix may be seasonal.

The majority of our daytime adult program students are aged 18 to 25, but ELC is also very popular with more mature students, looking for a serious school that offers high standards.

Nationality Mix

Evening courses tend to appeal to students who prefer to work during the day. As a general pattern, we find that students from Latin America, Brazil, Turkey and Mongolia make up the majority of our evening students. However, if you choose to study your evening course at ELC, you will most likely meet students from a dozen other countries, albeit in smaller proportions. What is important to know is that if you really want to study in the evening, you will find that ELC offers by far the best nationality mix of any schools’ evening courses in Sydney. This means that by choosing ELC for your evening course, you do not need to compromise on being immersed in a multi-cultural environment.

This mix pie represents our average nationality mix in 2024 – keep in mind that enrolments are different every year and the nationality mix may be seasonal.

The majority of our evening program students are aged 22 to 28, having typically completed their higher education program in their home country and living a busy life combining work during the day and studies in the evening.

Nationality Mix

Every year, over the course of just 9 weeks, ELC’s junior program attracts students from over 20 countries! Typically, in addition to individual students from this wide range of countries, the program also welcomes organised groups (study tours) that may make up to 25% of the students’ cohort that particular week. This means that one week could have many students from Hong Kong and Russia, while the following week could have many students from Japan and France. Overall, over the course of 4 weeks, a student can typically expect to have been in class or on activities with fellow teenagers from over 15 countries!

This mix pie represents our average nationality mix in June-August 2025

Our Junior program is specifically designed for students aged 12 to 17

Serious school,
highly motivated students

ELC is well-known as a top-quality English school, offering intensive programs delivered by highly experienced teachers. As a result, students who choose to study at ELC are typically highly motivated, engaged learners, who are serious about their studies. This means great learning synergies in class, and faster progress for all.

Different enrolment lengths, visa class and student profiles

With course lengths ranging from 1 to 70 weeks, and very different reasons for learning English, ELC students have a very wide range of profiles and life stories. You will meet students who:

  • Are dedicating a full year to their English studies before going back to their studies in their home country;
  • Are brushing up on their English for 6-12 weeks to kickstart their backpacking experience;
  • Are travelling on a short holiday, wanting to combine sightseeing and English lessons;
  • Are studying English as part of their migration plan, intensively preparing for a high score at their IELTS exam;
  • Are preparing for a vocational or university course in Australia, dedicating 20 weeks to learning Academic English;
  • Are on a 2-week break from work, focussing their efforts on workplace English;
  • …

Diverse & inclusive school

We all smile in the same language

ELC welcomes students of all backgrounds, ages, gender identity, sexual orientation and religion. We strive to offer a safe, supportive and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and enjoy their language travel experience to the fullest.

What our students say

Cristian Verbitchi

Cristian Verbitchi

Moldova

Beyond my language skills, ELC has also helped me build a social life in Sydney. I’ve met so many friends from around the world, which is something I love about ELC—it’s so multicultural, and I’ve learned so much about different cultures.

Before joining ELC, my English level wasn’t very strong, especially in speaking. But since starting here, I’ve improved my speaking, vocabulary, and grammar, all thanks to the highly skilled teachers. They’ve helped me progress in the easiest and most enjoyable way. My teachers, Dorothy and Emma, have always been so kind and supportive, and I’ve truly enjoyed every moment in class with them.

Beyond my language skills, ELC has also helped me build a social life in Sydney. I’ve met so many friends from around the world, which is something I love about ELC—it’s so multicultural, and I’ve learned so much about different cultures.

A big thank you to all the teachers, staff, and friends I’ve met during my time here!

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Diego Picone

Diego Picone

Italy

ELC in Sydney is fantastic!

The timetables are super organized, and the staff is super friendly and always ready to help. My teacher is really professional. He makes sure we’re all ready for exams. The atmosphere is great, and learning is a breeze. ELC is the place to be for English education in Sydney!

L’ELC a Sydney è fantastico!

Gli orari sono super organizzati e il personale è super cordiale e sempre pronto ad aiutare. Il mio insegnante è davvero professionale. Si assicura che siamo tutti pronti per gli esami. L’atmosfera è fantastica e imparare è un gioco da ragazzi. L’ELC è il posto giusto per imparare l’inglese a Sydney!

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Manon Seraphin

Manon Seraphin

France

The accommodation is very nice, clean and functional. It’s close to public transports and it’s very nice for international students. Thank you ELC!

The accommodation is very nice, clean and functional. It’s close to public transports and it’s very nice for international students. Thank you ELC!

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Marianna Cerioni

Marianna Cerioni

Italy

I had a great time at ELC and felt very comfortable at Iglu Chatswood, my accommodation. The staff at ELC was very helpful and assisted me promptly when needed.

Marianna studied Intensive General English (Daytime)

I had a great time at ELC and felt very comfortable at Iglu Chatswood, my accommodation. The staff at ELC was very helpful and assisted me promptly when needed.

The overall experience in Australia has been wonderful and it really helped me growing both personally and linguistically thanks as well to all the people I had the luck to meet during my stay.

Mi sono divertita molto all’ELC e mi sono sentita molto a mio agio a Iglu Chatswood, il mio alloggio. Lo staff dell’ELC è stato molto disponibile e mi ha assistito prontamente quando ne ho avuto bisogno.

Marianna ha studiato Inglese Generale Intensivo (Diurno)

Mi sono divertita molto all’ELC e mi sono sentita molto a mio agio a Iglu Chatswood, il mio alloggio. Lo staff dell’ELC è stato molto disponibile e mi ha assistito prontamente quando ne ho avuto bisogno.

L’esperienza complessiva in Australia è stata meravigliosa e mi ha davvero aiutato a crescere sia a livello personale che linguistico, grazie anche a tutte le persone che ho avuto la fortuna di incontrare durante il mio soggiorno.

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Maxut Janayev

Maxut Janayev

Latvia

Social activities especially are above my expectations. The school organises lots of activities like Scary Canary, museums, tours, cinemas, weekend trips… there is something almost every day. It’s great!

Everything at ELC is above my expectations. Social activities especially are above my expectations. The school organises lots of activities like Scary Canary, museums, tours, cinemas, weekend trips… there is something almost every day. It’s great!

I like the studying process – how it’s organised. In my classes we talk about very interesting topics, such as climate change and globalisation. I like the teachers here – Angela is very nice and very competent teacher and so is Lucia.

Our accommodation (Study house) is very convenient. It’s close to school and is in good condition. Everything is great!

Īpaši sociālās aktivitātes pārsniedza manas cerības. Skola organizē daudz aktivitāšu, piemēram, “Baisā Kanārijputniņa”, muzejus, ekskursijas, kinoteātrus, nedēļas nogales braucienus… gandrīz katru dienu kaut kas notiek. Tas ir lieliski!

Viss ELC pārsniedza manas cerības. Īpaši sociālās aktivitātes pārsniedza manas cerības. Skola organizē daudz aktivitāšu, piemēram, “Baisā Kanārijputniņa”, muzejus, ekskursijas, kinoteātrus, nedēļas nogales braucienus… gandrīz katru dienu kaut kas notiek. Tas ir lieliski!

Man patīk mācību process – kā tas ir organizēts. Savās stundās mēs runājam par ļoti interesantām tēmām, piemēram, klimata pārmaiņām un globalizāciju. Man patīk skolotāji šeit – Andžela ir ļoti jauka un ļoti kompetenta skolotāja, tāpat kā Lūcija.

Mūsu izmitināšana (mācību nams) ir ļoti ērta. Tā atrodas netālu no skolas un ir labā stāvoklī. Viss ir lieliski!

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