Improve your English, prepare for a Cambridge exam and have the time of your life

ELC is well known as a leading provider in Cambridge exam preparation courses, having trained and enrolled over 2,000 candidates for the exams, and consistently achieving high pass rates, with many students reaching higher grades.
 We offer courses to prepare you for the B2 First and C1 Advanced levels year-round, and we are the only college in Sydney also offering preparation courses at C2 Proficiency level!


To ensure the courses are of utmost quality, we run them on set program dates, in closed classed. This means that you will benefit from great synergies in the class, fast-tracking your progress and keeping you motivated to reach higher goals.


Our courses are always delivered by highly qualified, Cambridge-specialist teachers and program coordinators, who ensure they achieve the perfect balance of all-round English and skills & techniques for exam success.

Our key to great program success also lies in offering up to 27 hours of tuition each week through elective and optional classes.


Studying in the daytime, you will also get to enjoy an amazingly vibrant, multi-cultural atmosphere in class and at school, with many break times and opportunities to mingle, make new friends and practice English.


If you are looking for the best possible learning experience as you prepare for the Cambridge exam, then this course is for you!

Why choose one of
our Cambridge Exam Preparation courses?

In Cambridge Exam Preparation you will:

  • Gain an internationally recognised certificate from Cambridge University
  • Develop key skills and techniques to achieve excellent exam results
  • Study with highly qualified and experienced teachers who have completed our ELC Cambridge Teacher Development Program
  • Improve your confidence in your all-round English skills
Learn more about our Cambridge Exam Preparation courses

Intensive Cambridge Exam Preparation Daytime 
Program Features

Fixed Start dates

3 intakes per year in January, March and September

Fixed course length

Courses range from
10 to 12 weeks

Available at 3 levels

Choose from B2 First,
C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency

Study on any visa

All our Cambridge courses are accredited to welcome student visa applicants.

Small class sizes

Average of 13 students per class and maximum of 16 only!

Classes for adults

Average age: 24
(minimum 18)

27 hours per week

Intensive course with
20 core hours and 7 hours
optional classes

Closed class
for faster progress

Studying in a closed class accelerates your learning

What are
the Cambridge exams?

Cambridge English exams are the world’s leading range of certificates for learners of English. Each year they are taken by over 5 million people, in 135 countries and are recognised by universities and employers throughout the world.

As well as giving you the confidence to communicate, a Cambridge English certificate can boost your opportunities for future employment, higher education courses, and more.

ELC is an approved Cambridge Exam Preparation centre: in the daytime you can choose between 2 courses to either prepare for the B2 First or the C1 Advanced exam.

Intensive Cambridge Exam Preparation
Course Customisation

This program is made up of 4 different components which allows ideal personalisation to suit your needs, goals and interests.

Cambridge is your Major course: you will join the same class every day, Monday to Thursday, for 15 hours per week.

The Cambridge program focuses on making progress in your all-round English ability whilst developing skills and techniques for exam success. ELC’s thoroughly researched syllabus, up to date teaching materials, and excellent teaching methods ensures students will make fast progress in:

  • Examination skills
  • Fluency and pronunciation
  • Grammar and vocabulary
  • Writing skills
  • Listening and reading skills

These elective classes run in 4-week blocks and you can either change every 4 weeks, which is great for variety, or continue with the same elective for several months, which will help you greatly if you need to focus on one area more particularly.

Choose from:

Cambridge Testbuster

Learn tips for each paper of your Cambridge exam; complete practice tests and tasks with feedback and target your strengths and weaknesses to excel in your exam.

This is for students who especially need to focus on their writing skills for the FCE, CAE or CPE exams.

This course is for exam students who need to improve their grammar and vocabulary.

This module focusses on the skills needed to do well in the speaking test and listening exam.

Our range of Special Focus Modules changes regularly and more choice will be available once you progress to a different course.

Keen to make even faster progress?
Join 5 hours per week or free English Extra classes on Fridays!

Most Cambridge students should attend our Cambridge skills sessions on Friday. These sessions are optional, but it’s a good idea to join at least some weeks. You also have other optional classes you can join, especially Business English, but overal, we recommend that you take part in several Cambridge skills sessions to  make the most of your course.

Depending on your level, you can choose from English Extras in the following fields:

Cambridge Skills

Dedicated Cambridge Exam practice sessions are also offered at times during your Cambridge Exam Preparation course.

Classes offered include conversation, pronunciation, video talks and vocabulary to go.

Join up to 5hrs of classes and workshops focused on vocabulary and communication in a range of Business fields.

Practice for the IELTS exam with expert tips, techniques and feedback.

Visit places of interest in Sydney with other students (additional entry fees might apply).

Keen to learn even more?
Join an additional 2 hours per week of conversation class!

ELC is Sydney’s only school offering up to 27 hours per week of face-to-face tuition. Not all students join, but if you would like to make fast progress, joining these 2 hours will help you grow your vocabulary range and your fluency even faster! Topics change every week but include fields like travel, family, science, the environment, sports, etc.

Your class schedule

Your core classes will run Monday to Thursday, with optional classes on Fridays, as well as in the late afternoons on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The following schedules show how you can choose to study anywhere from 20 hours to 27 hours each week to best suit your availability and goals.

This program includes up to 27hrs tuition per week, ideal for fast progress!

Coming on a student visa? Make sure to attend the 25hrs classes presented in blue and yellow.

The Intensive Cambridge course is offered at 3 levels in the daytime:

B2 First is an upper-intermediate level examination. It indicates that your level of English is sufficient for practical use in clerical, secretarial and managerial jobs in many industries. You can communicate effectively in most social and travel and some work situations. You can use all basic grammatical structures and some more complex. Your range of vocabulary is sufficient to express yourself clearly.

C1 Advanced is an advanced level examination. It recognises the ability to communicate with confidence in English in most everyday situations, including work and academic contexts. You can communicate fluently in social, travel and work situations. You have good operational command of English, using an extensive range of vocabulary and complex grammatical structures effectively.

C2 Proficiency is the highest-level Cambridge qualification. It recognises the ability to communicate with fluency and sophistication at an exceptional level. You can communicate fluently in social, travel, work and academic contexts. You are a highly competent English speaker, with the potential to work in a very senior professional or academic environment.

ELC is a fun school that is serious about learning. Studying abroad is an incredible opportunity to accelerate your language learning and it’s our job to make that EASY for you! With highly qualified and experienced teachers in learning spaces designed to facilitate communication, your classes will be dynamic and engaging, keeping you energised throughout the day. You will learn practical English, with many opportunities for practising the language in real-world contexts and collaborating with your classmates and teacher.

The ELC approach will help you make maximum progress with your language learning in just a short period of time!

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Studying in the daytime is optimum for faster progress: you will be better rested and ready for intensive learning, and you will be surrounded by other students who make their English language studies their main priority.

ELC is renown for its outstanding nationality mix in the daytime, with students from over 35 countries at school on any given day. This is a truly amazing opportunity to experience a once-in-a-lifetime cross-cultural experience and to make friends from all over the world. This also means you will have to speak English all day, every day, which will again fast-track your progress.

As a daytime student, you will enjoy generous break times, which will allow you to meet more students, make more friends and practise your English all day.

In the daytime, you will be able to make the most of all our services and facilities, inlcuding our student services desk, our travel desk, our computer lab, as well as flexible student counselling appointment times.

Studying in the daytime means you can join social activities after class, in the evenings and on weekends. These are a great chance to meet other students, practise your English and explore Sydney. Typical activities include coastal walks, visiting local attractions, pub nights, cultural events and more.

If you are planning to work in an evening job, such as working in a restaurant or in office cleaning, studying in the daytime will be ideal for you.

In the daytime, in addition to your core 20 hours of lessons per week, you have access to up to 7 hours of optional classes each week. This means learning more, improving faster, as well as meeting more students from other countries!

For all the reasons above and many more, around 80% of our students choose to study in the daytime! Trust them and enrol today!

What our students say

Livia Zitnanska

Livia Zitnanska

Slovakia

The school is absolutely great – the first month I had great classmates and most of them were from Europe (two from the Czech Republic), so we meet after school 2-3 times a week and we are still in touch. I have never played so much billiards as we play here in my entire life.We got the best teacher at the school and I really liked his way of teaching. It never feels like traditional studying because he is always giving us feedback – I’ve already learned so much from it. On the first day he suggested I transfer to C2 at Cambridge, so I was very happy and from 15 September, I am already studying CPE.
I am also satisfied with the accommodation, we met a good group of people here and there is a direct line to the school from here, for this reason I plan to stay in the house and not change accommodation. It was “more work” with work, but after 2 months I have a job and I’m really looking forward to it.
I’ve already managed to go on a road trip with my classmates to Cairns and Port Douglas, where I felt the real Australian life, just as I imagined it. To sum it up, I’m satisfied, I’m enjoying every moment and I’m looking forward to being here. Australia is beautiful and although Sydney is not 100% representative, so far everything meets my expectations and I’m happy here.
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Ao Mizuno

Ao Mizuno

Japan

I must say I am very thankful for you to put me in the CAE class despite the fact that I wasn’t here from the beginning of the course. All my classmates were bright and cheerful, but at the same time they were all different which made me feel very comfortable and gave me the sense of belonging. Elin was definitely one of the best English teacher I’ve had in my life, as she was always open to questions, understood our characters really well, and gave us effective suggestions for our improvements.
I would recommend ELC because the teachers and the staff were all supportive. All the teachers and classes are incredible!

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Arturo Gaitan Nicholls

Arturo Gaitan Nicholls

Colombia

CPE is the best English course I have had in many years. It emphasizes the natural use of English, and it has helped me solve many specific questions I had about complex grammar and lexis.

All the students in my class were very satisfied with the content of the program, as well as with the overall results. We all passed the test with high marks!

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Tomomi Miura

Tomomi Miura

Japan

At ELC, I experienced far more than I could have ever imagined. I have studied at ELC for more than one year, my English has improved a lot since I arrived. When I came here, I couldn’t speak English at all, so I started at a pre-intermediate level. I still remember my first day at ELC, I was super shy and I was shaking because I couldn’t understand what the teacher and classmates were saying.

The General English course was very relaxed and enjoyable, which led me to get used to my class quickly. After a few months, I studied in Cambridge exam preparation courses, PET, FCE and CAE. The courses enabled me to develop all English skills, reading, writing, listening, speaking and grammar with very competent teachers. More importantly, all my classmates had the same goals, which provided us with a high level of motivation and close relationships with classmates and the teachers.

Thanks to the amazing courses, I accomplished to pass the exams, PET, FCE and CAE, at which point I decided to study at university in Sydney. To prepare for my further studies, I’ve studied in Academic English course for 10 weeks. In this course, I learned how to write an academic essay and give a presentation, which are necessary skills to study at an Australian university. Everything I gained in this course was fresh for me because I’ve never learned these skills in Japan.

Thanks to ELC, I’ve got ready for my further studies in Sydney with confidence in my English.

Thank you for a wonderful experience.

Special thanks to Andrea, Adela, Eric, James, Meg, Nigel, Sophie and Terence.

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