Founded in 2002, Gateway School of English GSE has become one of Malta’s best English language schools, preferring quality to quantity, combining academic excellence, the best possible facilities and equipment with an extraordinary commitment to individual attention. This is our cutting edge. This is our competitive advantage. A family enterprise, owned and managed by a dedicated family! Gateway School of English (Licence no. 241/MB 08), fully licensed by the Ministry of Education and fully compliant with the regulations of the Ministry’s ELT English Language Teaching Council (the recognised authority regulating the English language teaching industry in Malta), and the Gateway School Residence are owned and managed by Netz Educational Services Ltd., a company registered (Registration no. C26605) under Maltese law on the 27th of June, 2000. The founders of the company are Mrs. Marisa Sammut and Mr. Charles Sammut. The family work hands-on at the School and the Residence. They bring to their work the attention to detail and the dedication typical of the best traditions of European Mittelstand enterprise, to borrow the German term. The company owns the School and its adjacent residential complex. In the best traditions of European Mittelstand, we prefer to own all our assets. The buildings are constructed on our own land and are wholly owned by us. The family supervised the whole construction process from design and the laying of foundations to decoration, the acquisition of furniture, the recruitment of teachers, the development of courses and marketing. Today, they manage the day-to-day operations themselves. They dedicate themselves 24/7 to the School, the whole year round. The Director of Studies, Mr. Roman Azzopardi, together with the assistant Director of Studies, Ms Michaela Micallef, co-ordinates his work closely with the family, thus ensuring the highest standards of pedagogic professionalism with first-hand attention by the owners and the dedication typical of a family enterprise. Visa information
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  • Name: The Gateway Teacher Training Programme of Language Education for Hearing Impaired Adults
  • Description: 30 lessons per week Including 2 Half Day activities (Valletta by night & Mdina Tour) This course takes trainees through a holistic development in their dual roles as language teachers and as themselves students of English. The aim of the course is a three-pronged approach to trainees’ development in the following areas: General methodology – trainees are introduced to a variety of innovative ideas concerning lesson preparation, adaptation of existing materials, exploitation of authentic resources, effective error correction and task-based activities among others, which, while general-purpose, are creative enough to be of great use in the special needs/hearing-impaired classroom. Special methodology – participants can explore teaching techniques, methods and approaches tailored to the specific needs of their hearing impaired students and can easily be added to their own toolkit of lesson plans, resources and ideas. This ensures that they are ever up-to-date with the specifics of their particular area, and that they continue to retain a sensitive approach throughout, from materials selection and preparation, to classroom strategy and lesson delivery, to concept/instruction checking and error correction. Language enrichment – trainees are granted several opportunities to improve their own English language skills through various tasks that can all be adapted for use in their classrooms with hearing impaired students. This will allow them to refresh their grammar base and add to their lexico-idiomatic repertoire in functional, topical contexts relating to their area of inclusive education. Who is this course for? Practising or former teachers in foreign language education for the hearing impaired; English/foreign language teachers who would like to revisit aspects of both general and specialised teaching methodology, the latter as relevant to their specific target audience; Language teaching practitioners whose priority is to keep themselves up-to-date with the latest trends in teaching with the intention of ensuring sensitive application/transfer of innovative techniques to their own classroom for the maximum benefit of their students; English/foreign language teachers who are fully aware of their own continuing development and permanent status as students who ultimately never really stop learning, and who choose to use this to the advantage of their students by keeping in touch with their own inner learner and regularly putting themselves at the “receiving end” in a classroom, in order to become better teachers; Teachers who are sensitive to the reality of hearing impaired adults struggling to keep up with the demands of modern society, both professionally and academically, and who are therefore willing to do their bit to make the process of learning a language as enjoyable as the successful outcome is rewarding, regardless of the challenges posed by impairment. Objectives: To provide participants with an opportunity to update their teaching techniques to better cater for the real-world language needs of their hearing-impaired students, and discover new and different ways of improving their students’ language learning experience; To help trainees find out how they can make lessons more engaging, student-centred, learner-empowering and effective for students whose hearing impairment typically presents obstacles that can negatively influence learner motivation, classroom participation, self-study efforts, communicative performance and the overall language learning experience; To give trainees the possibility of improving their own English language skills, by refreshing their grammar base and adding to their lexico-idiomatic repertoire of functional language in topically relevant contexts relating to their professional area of inclusive education;
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  • Name: Residence -Twin Room - Bed&Breakfast basis incl. access to communal cooking facilities
  • Description: Gateway School of English GSE Residence student accommodation – your perfect home away from home in Malta right next to your school! Thanks to the Gateway School of English Residence, students wishing to live close to Gateway School of English are guaranteed excellent service, speed of access to the school (less than 30 metres and only 3 minutes from bedroom to classroom!) and the relaxation that comes with not needing to plan your means of travel to and from your place of study. If you want: fully air-conditioned bedrooms (heating in winter & cooling in summer) (air-conditioners are coin operated and cost around 1Euro for 4 hours of usage) the luxury of living right next to your school/classroom (3 minutes’ walk Image result for clipart walking away!) free Wi-Fi access all over a clean and peaceful area that is still minutes away from the main tourist resort buffet breakfast & modern communal kitchen facilities where you can prepare your own meals living in an international environment and interacting with people from all over the world (great English practice!) … the Gateway School of English Residence is definitely for you! Residence Location Very conveniently, the school and the residence are situated within easy walking distance of the island’s most popular tourist resort, nearest beach and top recreational/shopping centre (with plenty of cafés, bars and restaurants): Spinola Bay in the city of St Julian’s, which is only 12 minutes away on foot (walking distance). In addition, Valletta, Malta’s capital city, is less than half an hour away by bus from where our students learn and live. These can all be reached very easily thanks to the easy access to the public transport network, with bus stop ‘Baltiku’ (bus number 120) only 2 minutes on foot from the school and the residence. There is also a direct bus (number 22) to Valletta and bus stop ‘Anard’ is only 5 minutes on foot from the school and accommodation. Both the school and residence are located in an upmarket villa area in St Julian’s, which is well-known for its beautiful houses and quiet environs. The surrounding environment provides the right atmosphere for our students to comfortably focus on their studies without noise and distraction, and yet remains within easy reach of the cosmopolitan hustle and bustle in the downtown part of St Julian’s (minutes away on foot). Address of the school residence: Gateway School of English GSE Residence, no.1, Bosfru Street , San Gwann (St Julian’s). SGN1953, Malta Residence Premises Adjacent to the school, the school residence provides a clean, comfortable and modern home for those students at GSE who choose to live as close as possible to the school, with just a 3-minute walk from bedroom to classroom, and in the peace and quiet that is possible in a residence reserved exclusively for adults and families (any minors must always be accompanied by their parents/guardians and are never unattended). The building itself is a fully detached, three-floor structure made out of local Maltese limestone and has 22 oak-furnished bedrooms (6 double rooms, 12 triple rooms and 4 quadruple rooms), and 8 bathrooms. A big bonus is that, unlike in most other places of accommodation (including host families), all bedrooms are fully air-conditioned (coin operated – you need to insert the coins to use the air-conditioner at an extra charge) all the year round (therefore allowing both heating and cooling). Students have their own desk, chair, wardrobe and locker. Bed linen is changed once a week and towels twice a week. Single rooms are available in the low season (winter/autumn/spring) and high season (summer) at an extra supplement. Common areas include 4 TV rooms, outdoor recreational patios and the in-house canteen in which breakfast is served. Free Wi-Fi is accessible all over the building. The communal kitchen where students can prepare their own meals can be found at ground floor level, in the same place where breakfast is served. Residence Breakfast As from January 2019 GSE Residence Accommodation is available on B&B breakfast only basis and cooking facilities. Breakfast is served daily in the canteen between 7:30 hrs and 9:00 hrs Buffet breakfast includes a selection of: two types of bread; toasted bread; two choices of cereal; scrambled eggs or hard boiled eggs; butter, ham, sliced cheese and jam; tea, coffee and hot chocolate; hot and cold milk; free flow of water and orange squash. Any special dietary requirements must always be specified in advance Residence Amenities & Facilities On your first day you will be given two keys: one for the room and one for your personal locker. If these are lost, a €20 charge will apply, as locks will have to be changed for security reasons. Personal desk, chair, wardrobe and locker per person Desk lamps can be provided on request Canteen for breakfast and kitchen/cooking facilities (ground floor) Fridge in every TV room where students can keep some snacks and perishable goods for short-term use Cold / soft drinks vending machine (Side A, ground floor, outside below the stairs, same street as school) TV lounges with satellite TV (access to BBC, Sky News, CNN etc); Free Wi-Fi access (on every floor) Adapters can be provided at cheap prices Patio with tables and chairs for outdoor relaxation and socialisation The communal kitchen at Ground Floor Level: The cooking facilities can be found in the canteen at ground floor level where breakfast is served. Kitchen lockers where you can store your food, cooking utensils and cutlery are provided for each bedroom. The key for the locker can be found in your bedroom. Please make sure your food is clearly labelled in a bag to avoid mixing it up with other students’ food stored in the same locker. In the kitchen area you will have cooking stations consisting of ceramic hot plates and microwave ovens as well as refrigerators.Basic kitchen utensils such as frying pans, knives and forks and pots are provided for each bedroom. The kitchen is open daily between 9am and 9pm. Cleaning at the GSE Residence The entire residence, including all bedrooms and bathrooms, is cleaned on a daily basis from Monday to Sunday (floors are washed and bins emptied everyday). Bed linen is changed every weekend. Towels are changed once a week but can be changed more regularly upon request (maximum once every two days); just ask a staff member whenever you would like a fresh towel. Laundry at the GSE Residence A self-service coin operated launderette (washing machines located in the kitchen area) is available for washing of clothes at very reasonable prices.
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  • Name: Residence - Single Room - Bed&Breakfast basis incl. access to communal cooking facilities
  • Description: Gateway School of English GSE Residence student accommodation – your perfect home away from home in Malta right next to your school! Thanks to the Gateway School of English Residence, students wishing to live close to Gateway School of English are guaranteed excellent service, speed of access to the school (less than 30 metres and only 3 minutes from bedroom to classroom!) and the relaxation that comes with not needing to plan your means of travel to and from your place of study. If you want: fully air-conditioned bedrooms (heating in winter & cooling in summer) (air-conditioners are coin operated and cost around 1Euro for 4 hours of usage) the luxury of living right next to your school/classroom (3 minutes’ walk Image result for clipart walking away!) free Wi-Fi access all over a clean and peaceful area that is still minutes away from the main tourist resort buffet breakfast & modern communal kitchen facilities where you can prepare your own meals living in an international environment and interacting with people from all over the world (great English practice!) … the Gateway School of English Residence is definitely for you! Residence Location Very conveniently, the school and the residence are situated within easy walking distance of the island’s most popular tourist resort, nearest beach and top recreational/shopping centre (with plenty of cafés, bars and restaurants): Spinola Bay in the city of St Julian’s, which is only 12 minutes away on foot (walking distance). In addition, Valletta, Malta’s capital city, is less than half an hour away by bus from where our students learn and live. These can all be reached very easily thanks to the easy access to the public transport network, with bus stop ‘Baltiku’ (bus number 120) only 2 minutes on foot from the school and the residence. There is also a direct bus (number 22) to Valletta and bus stop ‘Anard’ is only 5 minutes on foot from the school and accommodation. Both the school and residence are located in an upmarket villa area in St Julian’s, which is well-known for its beautiful houses and quiet environs. The surrounding environment provides the right atmosphere for our students to comfortably focus on their studies without noise and distraction, and yet remains within easy reach of the cosmopolitan hustle and bustle in the downtown part of St Julian’s (minutes away on foot). Address of the school residence: Gateway School of English GSE Residence, no.1, Bosfru Street , San Gwann (St Julian’s). SGN1953, Malta Residence Premises Adjacent to the school, the school residence provides a clean, comfortable and modern home for those students at GSE who choose to live as close as possible to the school, with just a 3-minute walk from bedroom to classroom, and in the peace and quiet that is possible in a residence reserved exclusively for adults and families (any minors must always be accompanied by their parents/guardians and are never unattended). The building itself is a fully detached, three-floor structure made out of local Maltese limestone and has 22 oak-furnished bedrooms (6 double rooms, 12 triple rooms and 4 quadruple rooms), and 8 bathrooms. A big bonus is that, unlike in most other places of accommodation (including host families), all bedrooms are fully air-conditioned (coin operated – you need to insert the coins to use the air-conditioner at an extra charge) all the year round (therefore allowing both heating and cooling). Students have their own desk, chair, wardrobe and locker. Bed linen is changed once a week and towels twice a week. Single rooms are available in the low season (winter/autumn/spring) and high season (summer) at an extra supplement. Common areas include 4 TV rooms, outdoor recreational patios and the in-house canteen in which breakfast is served. Free Wi-Fi is accessible all over the building. The communal kitchen where students can prepare their own meals can be found at ground floor level, in the same place where breakfast is served. Residence Breakfast As from January 2019 GSE Residence Accommodation is available on B&B breakfast only basis and cooking facilities. Breakfast is served daily in the canteen between 7:30 hrs and 9:00 hrs Buffet breakfast includes a selection of: two types of bread; toasted bread; two choices of cereal; scrambled eggs or hard boiled eggs; butter, ham, sliced cheese and jam; tea, coffee and hot chocolate; hot and cold milk; free flow of water and orange squash. Any special dietary requirements must always be specified in advance Residence Amenities & Facilities On your first day you will be given two keys: one for the room and one for your personal locker. If these are lost, a €20 charge will apply, as locks will have to be changed for security reasons. Personal desk, chair, wardrobe and locker per person Desk lamps can be provided on request Canteen for breakfast and kitchen/cooking facilities (ground floor) Fridge in every TV room where students can keep some snacks and perishable goods for short-term use Cold / soft drinks vending machine (Side A, ground floor, outside below the stairs, same street as school) TV lounges with satellite TV (access to BBC, Sky News, CNN etc); Free Wi-Fi access (on every floor) Adapters can be provided at cheap prices Patio with tables and chairs for outdoor relaxation and socialisation The communal kitchen at Ground Floor Level: The cooking facilities can be found in the canteen at ground floor level where breakfast is served. Kitchen lockers where you can store your food, cooking utensils and cutlery are provided for each bedroom. The key for the locker can be found in your bedroom. Please make sure your food is clearly labelled in a bag to avoid mixing it up with other students’ food stored in the same locker. In the kitchen area you will have cooking stations consisting of ceramic hot plates and microwave ovens as well as refrigerators.Basic kitchen utensils such as frying pans, knives and forks and pots are provided for each bedroom. The kitchen is open daily between 9am and 9pm. Cleaning at the GSE Residence The entire residence, including all bedrooms and bathrooms, is cleaned on a daily basis from Monday to Sunday (floors are washed and bins emptied everyday). Bed linen is changed every weekend. Towels are changed once a week but can be changed more regularly upon request (maximum once every two days); just ask a staff member whenever you would like a fresh towel. Laundry at the GSE Residence A self-service coin operated launderette (washing machines located in the kitchen area) is available for washing of clothes at very reasonable prices.
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  • Name: Residence - Dormitory -Bed&Breakfast basis incl. access to communal cooking facilities
  • Description: TRIPLE/QUADRUPLE ROOM Gateway School of English GSE Residence student accommodation – your perfect home away from home in Malta right next to your school! Thanks to the Gateway School of English Residence, students wishing to live close to Gateway School of English are guaranteed excellent service, speed of access to the school (less than 30 metres and only 3 minutes from bedroom to classroom!) and the relaxation that comes with not needing to plan your means of travel to and from your place of study. If you want: fully air-conditioned bedrooms (heating in winter & cooling in summer) (air-conditioners are coin operated and cost around 1Euro for 4 hours of usage) the luxury of living right next to your school/classroom (3 minutes’ walk Image result for clipart walking away!) free Wi-Fi access all over a clean and peaceful area that is still minutes away from the main tourist resort buffet breakfast & modern communal kitchen facilities where you can prepare your own meals living in an international environment and interacting with people from all over the world (great English practice!) … the Gateway School of English Residence is definitely for you! Residence Location Very conveniently, the school and the residence are situated within easy walking distance of the island’s most popular tourist resort, nearest beach and top recreational/shopping centre (with plenty of cafés, bars and restaurants): Spinola Bay in the city of St Julian’s, which is only 12 minutes away on foot (walking distance). In addition, Valletta, Malta’s capital city, is less than half an hour away by bus from where our students learn and live. These can all be reached very easily thanks to the easy access to the public transport network, with bus stop ‘Baltiku’ (bus number 120) only 2 minutes on foot from the school and the residence. There is also a direct bus (number 22) to Valletta and bus stop ‘Anard’ is only 5 minutes on foot from the school and accommodation. Both the school and residence are located in an upmarket villa area in St Julian’s, which is well-known for its beautiful houses and quiet environs. The surrounding environment provides the right atmosphere for our students to comfortably focus on their studies without noise and distraction, and yet remains within easy reach of the cosmopolitan hustle and bustle in the downtown part of St Julian’s (minutes away on foot). Address of the school residence: Gateway School of English GSE Residence, no.1, Bosfru Street , San Gwann (St Julian’s). SGN1953, Malta Residence Premises Adjacent to the school, the school residence provides a clean, comfortable and modern home for those students at GSE who choose to live as close as possible to the school, with just a 3-minute walk from bedroom to classroom, and in the peace and quiet that is possible in a residence reserved exclusively for adults and families (any minors must always be accompanied by their parents/guardians and are never unattended). The building itself is a fully detached, three-floor structure made out of local Maltese limestone and has 22 oak-furnished bedrooms (6 double rooms, 12 triple rooms and 4 quadruple rooms), and 8 bathrooms. A big bonus is that, unlike in most other places of accommodation (including host families), all bedrooms are fully air-conditioned (coin operated – you need to insert the coins to use the air-conditioner at an extra charge) all the year round (therefore allowing both heating and cooling). Students have their own desk, chair, wardrobe and locker. Bed linen is changed once a week and towels twice a week. Single rooms are available in the low season (winter/autumn/spring) and high season (summer) at an extra supplement. Common areas include 4 TV rooms, outdoor recreational patios and the in-house canteen in which breakfast is served. Free Wi-Fi is accessible all over the building. The communal kitchen where students can prepare their own meals can be found at ground floor level, in the same place where breakfast is served. Residence Breakfast As from January 2019 GSE Residence Accommodation is available on B&B breakfast only basis and cooking facilities. Breakfast is served daily in the canteen between 7:30 hrs and 9:00 hrs Buffet breakfast includes a selection of: two types of bread; toasted bread; two choices of cereal; scrambled eggs or hard boiled eggs; butter, ham, sliced cheese and jam; tea, coffee and hot chocolate; hot and cold milk; free flow of water and orange squash. Any special dietary requirements must always be specified in advance Residence Amenities & Facilities On your first day you will be given two keys: one for the room and one for your personal locker. If these are lost, a €20 charge will apply, as locks will have to be changed for security reasons. Personal desk, chair, wardrobe and locker per person Desk lamps can be provided on request Canteen for breakfast and kitchen/cooking facilities (ground floor) Fridge in every TV room where students can keep some snacks and perishable goods for short-term use Cold / soft drinks vending machine (Side A, ground floor, outside below the stairs, same street as school) TV lounges with satellite TV (access to BBC, Sky News, CNN etc); Free Wi-Fi access (on every floor) Adapters can be provided at cheap prices Patio with tables and chairs for outdoor relaxation and socialisation The communal kitchen at Ground Floor Level: The cooking facilities can be found in the canteen at ground floor level where breakfast is served. Kitchen lockers where you can store your food, cooking utensils and cutlery are provided for each bedroom. The key for the locker can be found in your bedroom. Please make sure your food is clearly labelled in a bag to avoid mixing it up with other students’ food stored in the same locker. In the kitchen area you will have cooking stations consisting of ceramic hot plates and microwave ovens as well as refrigerators.Basic kitchen utensils such as frying pans, knives and forks and pots are provided for each bedroom. The kitchen is open daily between 9am and 9pm. Cleaning at the GSE Residence The entire residence, including all bedrooms and bathrooms, is cleaned on a daily basis from Monday to Sunday (floors are washed and bins emptied everyday). Bed linen is changed every weekend. Towels are changed once a week but can be changed more regularly upon request (maximum once every two days); just ask a staff member whenever you would like a fresh towel. Laundry at the GSE Residence A self-service coin operated launderette (washing machines located in the kitchen area) is available for washing of clothes at very reasonable prices.
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