Clubclass Liberty Programme — summer English camp in Malta

The Liberty Programme is built around twenty English lessons a week, which comes to fifteen hours of tuition. Lessons last forty-five minutes each and classes are capped at fifteen students, so teenagers get regular speaking time rather than sitting at the back of a large group. Every student takes a placement test before classes begin, and the course covers reading, writing, listening and speaking alongside grammar, vocabulary and functional language. Lessons may be timetabled in the morning or in the afternoon. Students finish with a Clubclass end of course certificate and an Oxford Quality Centre certificate.

The programme is sold as a single weekly package covering tuition, accommodation with breakfast and dinner, and the leisure programme. Airport transfers on arrival and departure are included, as is a course book with materials, access to Oxford Practice Online e-learning, a student discount card, a student bag and a local SIM card. Students also have use of the outdoor campus pool and the fitness centre, with customer care available around the clock. Insurance and exam fees are not part of the package.

Two options are offered at different weekly rates. The Garden View Complex sits on the Clubclass campus itself, with shared air-conditioned bedrooms with a private shower for a maximum of three students. The alternative is a local host family, again with a shared bedroom for up to three students. Both options include breakfast and dinner. The school notes that it may place students in alternative premises of a similar or better standard.

Half board is included with both accommodation options: breakfast and dinner are provided every day, whether the student stays on campus or with a host family. Lunch is not part of the package, and the campus has its own restaurant on site.

The leisure programme runs alongside lessons with three half-day trips every week, plus one full-day trip for students staying two weeks or longer. Trips have included Mdina, Valletta, the Three Cities, Marsaxlokk and the Blue Grotto, half-day and full-day beach trips, and an island tour of Malta. Transport to and from the school is provided where it is needed, and students can also use the campus pool and fitness centre between activities.

The school and its accommodation block share a single building in Swieqi. Facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre with a sauna, a campus restaurant, a games lounge, air-conditioned classrooms, free Wi-Fi throughout, a twenty-four-hour internet cafe, a self-study centre with a library and a multipurpose room.

Swieqi is a quiet residential area about four minutes on foot from the seaside village of St Julian's, which puts the beach, cafes and the promenade within easy reach while lessons stay in a calm setting. Clubclass has been teaching in Malta since the late nineteen-nineties and draws a mixed international student body, so teenagers practise English with peers from a range of countries rather than defaulting to their own language. Staff are multilingual and customer care is available at any hour.