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Language Travel magazine recently held their annual 'Star Awards' ceremony in London. Every year, language travel agents from around the world nominate language schools for the awards based on the level of student satisfaction and the level of service offered to agents.

For international students looking for high quality language programs in a market cluttered by so many schools, enrolling with a �Star Award� school is a great way to guarantee that they have found a school that offers the highest standard of service, an excellent academic program and great value.

The agents voting for the 'Star Schools' enrol anywhere between 20 and 10,000 students in educational programs abroad every year. They are constantly in contact with these schools and receiving feedback from students so they therefore have an excellent knowledge of which language course providers are the best.

'Star Awards' nominees and winners include the following schools-

LTM Star English Language School - Europe: Centre for English Studies, Ireland and UK.

Other Nominees:
EAC, UK
Intuition Languages, UK
Atlantic Language Galway, Ireland

LTM Star English Language School - North America: Ilac - International Language Academy of Canada, Toronto, Canada.

Other Nominees:
Study English in Canada, Toronto, ONT.
Pacific Language Institute, Vancouver, BC.
Language Studies Canada,Toronto, ONT.

LTM Star French language school: France Langue, Paris.

Other Nominees:
Accord, Paris.
French in Normandy, Le Petit Quevilly.
Institut Linguistique Adenet, Montpellier.

LTM Star Spanish language school: Malaca Instituto, Malaga, Spain.

Other Nominees:
Babylon Idiomas, Barcelona (also in Madrid, Valencia and Seville).
Jakera Tours, Merida, Venezuela.
International House Sevilla CLIC, Seville.

LTM Star Italian language school: Dilit International House, Rome.

Other Nominees:
Linguaviva, Florence.
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Florence.
Societa Dante Alighieri, Sienna.

LTM Star German language school: did deutsch institut, nationwide.

Other Nominees:
GLS Sprachenzentrum, Berlin.
Humboldt Institut, Argenbuehl.
IH Prolog, Berlin.

LTM Star English Language School - southern hemisphere: English Language Company, Sydney, Australia.

Other Nominees:
Good Hope Studies, Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Studies, Cape Town, South Africa.
Languages International, Auckland, New Zealand.

A list of all the �Star Awards� winners can be found on the LTM website here.
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I don't wish to sound negative here, merely informative, but here's my considered professional opinion as a teacher who has worked at numerous ESL schools around the world.

Contrary to what the poster asserts, choosing an English school because it has won some sort of industry award, is no "guarantee" of high quality.

The problem with such an assertion is that the organizations that bestow such awards tend not to be non-profit organizations; so, there may be a lack of true independence.

Secondly, it is natural to expect that these awards would tend to select bigger schools, at least because they have more awareness in the minds of voting members. The reality is, however, that smaller and therefore less bureaucratic schools often can provide more personal attention to their students.

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Did you know ILAC is the most awarded English School in Canada?

Year after year students and agents from around the world consistently vote ILAC as the #1 English Language School in the country. ILAC is honoured to be recognized for our excellent programs, quality of teaching and dedication to customer service.

We are very proud of our numerous awards and continuously strive to provide the best experience for international students who come to study and learn English in Toronto and Vancouver.

We thank all our partners for their support, and we especially thank our students for choosing to make us a part of their English Language Experience.

Voted #1 English Language School in Canada