Opening Hours Office hours - We are now online but our office is open for support 9.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday. All our courses are online at www.galwaylanguage.com. or please phone us +353 91 566468 or in case of emergency, out of hours, on 00353 (0) 86 1678503.

ERASMUS - ERASMUS 2021 open and closed group teacher refresher courses throughout the year. Please contact us for more details if you want to book your course with us - Open enrolement in July and August each year (Closed groups accepted throughout the year).

SQTTEFL - SQT TEFL training course (ACELS - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ) for State Qualified (or pending qualifications) Primary and Secondary teachers - 1 week full time course- June/July 2021. - Employment opportunities in Ireland teaching Juniors available with this course.

English Part Time - Special Evening English Language class -Starts March 2021 - Tuesdays and Thursdays 18.30 - 20.00 or 20.15 - 21.45 - €198 for 6 weeks - Start any Tuesday.

Foreign Languages - Italian, Spanish, German, Polish, Portuguese. - Foreign Languages programme - €160. Next term starts September 2021.

IELTS - NEW IELTS morning or afternoon classes now booking - Start any Monday.

DELTA - Module 1 and Module 2- Introduction Tutorial February 2022

Cambridge Preparation courses FCE/CAE - Cambridge Examination Preparation courses - Starting January 2021 for exams in March 2021. Examinations at the school. Now booking. (Dates subject to Covid 19 updates)

Teacher Training: CELT TEFL - Face to Face - TEFL courses beginning March 2021 - Now booking.

General English: Full time 8 months- General English course - €2550.

Our school reopens 04.01.2021 for online lessons in line with Government regulations. We will be back with face to face lessons as soon as we are allowed.

We will reopen for classes on Monday 04.01.2021 at 9am
If you wish to join our online classes, you can do so, on any Monday in 2021 – Special Offers available now
We can be contacted, by email – director@galwaylanguage.com and by telephone on +353 91 566468 and out of hours on +353 86 167 8503
Our office remains open each day for your support 9.00 to 17.00- Monday to Friday – please call us for assistance

2021

If you need something please email or phone us (if you can) before coming to the school office
When coming to school please bring minimal belonings
In school you must wear a face covering and follow our Covid 19 protocols
In class always sit at the same desk each day, and follow the school’s Covid 19 protocols

Social Programme (2021):

We offer, and will again in 2021, a social programme to all our students and we have adapted it to our new circumstances – Contact us for a detailed programme – All welcome

Date		Activity	What to do?
Week	Monday	Exercise Day	Follow the set of exercises we give you and keep your body as healthy as possible! Let us see how you are doing by posting a video of you exercising!
	Tuesday	Game’s Day	Let’s all get together and play online of course. Challenge your friends to a match and decide once and for all who is the Quiz Master. Contact us for more!
	Wednesday	TV Party	It is time to enjoy nature again and watch a programme together. Get the popcorn ready and let us know your thoughts on our WhatsApp group!
	Thursday	Reading Day	Come join our book club. Let us know your thoughts through our FB Messenger.
	Friday	Culture Day	Take a virtual museum tour with us each week. We hope you enjoy it. Happy weekend!

A reminder of what happened

14.12.2020 -03.01.2021 – Christmas – New Year holiday break

07 December 2020

We were very happy to reopen again and welcome everyone back again for Face to Face classes.

22 October 2020

An announcement was made regarding the closure of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period of six weeks, to support efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. The school will continue classes online and we are available each day to help where we can.

07 September 2020

We were very happy to reopen and welcome everyone back. Classrooms were organised at safe socially distance spacings, and Faile Ireland approved our Covid-19 policies with their Safety Charter.

04 August 2020

We announced that we are reopening for Face to Face classes on Monday 07 September – All students must wear face coverings.

17 July 2020

Further Temporary Extension of Immigration Permissions

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Helen McEntee TD, has announced that immigration permissions, due to expire between 20 July and 20 August 2020, will be automatically extended for one month.

03 July 2020

ILEP

The Department of Justice have asked us to remind ILEP students, who have re-enrolled on courses with us, that they are obliged to re-register with GNIB.

See further INIS updates here – http://www.inis.gov.ie/

20 April 2020

Where a college is physically closed and no courses are being provided, then students will be considered to have met their attendance requirement during the college closure. This is a pragmatic move to ensure no student is unfairly penalised for non-attendance outside their control. However, where a college is providing courses online, then students are expected to complete same.

22 March 2020

The Covid-19 outbreak is a rapidly evolving situation and the welfare of all students is a priority for the Department of Education and Skills. This is especially the case for those students from overseas who have travelled to Ireland to study English and who may be particularly vulnerable at this time.

The Department has issued guidance for all students in this sector, which is available here. This guidance is available in multiple languages (see below) and distributed through the English language providers to their students using relevant channels.

12 March 2020

An announcement was made this morning by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the closure of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period, to support efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. This will take effect from 6pm this evening, Thursday 12 March. This is in line with the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team.

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Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre is a family-run adult English language school, established in 1987. Our school is located in a beautiful, renovated 18th century mill overlooking the River Corrib in the centre of Galway City, the cultural capital of the West Coast of Ireland.

In this friendly and vibrant atmosphere, you will study English with our team of experienced senior teachers. We have a wide range of courses, including:

General English – Full-time & Part-time
Cambridge Examination Preparation (all levels)
TOEIC, TOEFL & IELTS Preparation
English for Business & Professional Use
English for Specialist Subjects
Part-time Courses
TEFL Teacher Training Courses

We can offer host family accommodation where you will live as a guest with an Irish family. Getting to know Irish culture and way of life will be an enriching part of your English language experience here in Galway.

Accreditations:

Our school is accredited by many different organisations including MEI, ACELS (Irish Department of Education), Quality English, Cambridge Examinations, ALTO and Eaquals.

Quality is an important aspect to everything we do and as a member of Eaquals our Quality is assured. We strive to do our best and meet the standards of quality set by Eaquals (https://www.eaquals.org)

EAQUALS – aims

To improve the experience of language learners by developing quality standards for the teaching of modern languages
To deliver accreditation against these standards for providers of language education
To develop practical resources, and offer training and support for those working in the field of modern languages