7 addresses to learn English in Toulouse
Apart from school, college, high school or university, where can you learn English in Toulouse? How to practice the language of Shakespeare in Haute-Garonne face-to-face with other speakers, beyond online english courses ? Here are 7 addresses to know in and around the Pink City.
No. 1: Europe House Toulouse Occitanie
Address: 32 rue de la Dalbade, 31000 Toulouse
The Maison de l’Europe Toulouse Occitanie is a non-profit association born in 1986. Among the many activities it provides, offered in different formats.
Level tests
On its official website, the house offers an online English test to assess your level on the CEFR scale ranging from A1 (introductory level) to C2 (mastery level). You are submitted to 60 written questions, at increasing difficulty level. This tool is used to better assess the courses you will need.
Year-round courses
Group lessons are reduced throughout the year for groups ranging from 6 to 12 people for beginner to advanced levels. Each student has the possibility of following 2 sessions of 18 hours each year. The Maison de l’Europe also offers you a tailor-made formula for taking private lessons.
Semi-intensive courses
You can take an accelerated English course spread over 4 days:
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either face-to-face, for 4 hours daily, i.e. a total of 16 hours (cost: 251 euros)
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either virtually, for 2 hours per day, i.e. a total of 8 hours (cost: 131 euros)
Groups must be made up of a minimum of 6 people and a maximum of 12 people.
Professional training
Finally, the Maison de l’Europe Toulouse Occitanie offers group lessons, private lessons or intra-company lessons for students wishing to integrate English into their professional career. These courses can be financed via the CPF (personal training account) and end with the presentation of the Linguaskills English test.
No. 2: Capitol Training
Address: 66 boulevard de Strasbourg, 31000 Toulouse
Capitole Formation specializes in training for adults in Toulouse as well as in Lyon, Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux, and its customers include Airbus, Orange, Allianz and Canal+. It organizes English training:
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either general
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either professional, then oriented towards legal, commercial, financial English, etc.
In addition, the organization prepares for many English assessment tests such as:
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the TOEIC
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the TOEFL
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IELTS
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the Linguaskill
Your training can be financed by the CPF.
No. 3: Cambridge Center
Address: 23 avenue Georges Brassens, 31700 Blagnac
Located in the neighboring town of Toulouse, the center offers English courses:
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for adults
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for kids
Several formats are available for adults:
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individual coaching, with modules ranging from 5 hours to 40 hours
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pair lessons
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group workshops ranging from 4 to 12 people
For children, the center has designed the Cambridge Kids & Teens formula. It includes, a la carte:
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courses over the school year, in reinforcement of lessons learned at school
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a summer camp with a whole week spent at the center during the summer, 7 hours a day
No. 4: Speak, blah, blah
Address: 8 rue Thomas Dupuy, 31300 Toulouse
Speakablabla is a recreational and educational Toulouse language club for children and teenagers. The organization offers activities adapted to different ages and takes care of children during:
Located in the Cartoucherie eco-district, the center of Speakablabla is thought of as a house. It includes (among others):
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a kitchen, where learning sessions around foreign culinary specialties are organized
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a dining room, where we share meals in English between young and old
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a multilingual library
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a games and music corner
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a park for outdoor activities – always in the language of Shakespeare
Note: the club also offers conversation groups between adults.
No. 5: Toulangues
Address: 24 impasse Berlioz, 31100 Toulouse
The Toulangues association allows you to:
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to find a partner for a linguistic exchange (or linguistic tandem) directly on its website
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take part in language game evenings every last Wednesday of the month to learn and practice English in a fun and friendly atmosphere (free admission)
And if you like what the association offers, you can even become a volunteer or pay an annual subscription of 5 euros.
No. 6: El Dorado
Address: 10 descent from the Halle aux Poissons, 31000 Toulouse
At the Toulouse bar-restaurant El Dorado, no English cassoulet but Latin American tapas, Peruvian cuisine, fresh fruit cocktails… and, every Tuesday, a multicultural evening to multiply encounters and improve your language skills.
Since 2016, the Blabla Exchange Language association has met in more than a hundred cities around the world, for language evenings. It is in this bar along the Garonne, just next to the Pont Neuf, that she has taken up residence in Toulouse. Once a week, the students – but not only come – have a conversation in English over a drink. They come from France, but also from Spain, Morocco, or even across the Atlantic.
The right place to chat in English on a full stomach… before exchanging a few phone numbers.
No. 7: The Cactus
Address: 13 boulevard Lascrosses, 31000 Toulouse
Just a few steps from the Compans-Caffarelli garden, the Le Cactus brasserie is home to the Bilingue 31 association. It organizes language evenings there every Tuesday from 7:30 p.m., open to everyone, of all origins, and without registration.
Please note: the Bilingue 31 association does not require any membership from its participants. Its sole purpose is to organize discussion exchanges between French people and foreigners residing in France. We therefore speak the language of Shakespeare as much as the language of Molière and even, sometimes… a little Franglais.