2010 College Guide
Mission Statement The mission of Inforum Education Australia is to deliver an innovative, superior quality international language and culture experience for our clients. This is achieved by: • Providing innovative, professional and enjoyable language solutions that exceed the expectations of our students. • Delivering service excellence to our customers. • Fostering closer links between our students and Australians by providing maximum opportunities for them to work in, and integrate into the local community. • Delivering a range of quality, value for money accommodation solutions. • Valuing diversity by recruiting clients from a wide range of countries and cultures. • Inspiring and empowering employees through professional development and providing opportunities to innovate.
Contact Details Inforum Education Australia CRICOS Provider Code: 02894G ABN: 54 124 743 237 Level 4, 33 Scarborough Street Southport, QLD 4215 PO Box 3671 Australia Fair, QLD 4215 Phone: +61 7 5571 2624 Fax: +61 7 5571 2924 Website: http://www.inforum.com.au Email: info@inforum.com.au
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This is why Inforum is special! Contents Page
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inside Inforum Page 6
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We are HERE! Australia's sunny Gold Coast
Australia Darwin Cairns Kakadu 2,733 km away.
The Great Barrier Reef 435 km~ 3,035 km away.
Brisbane Gold Coast Adelaide
Perth
Sydney Melbourne
Uluru 2,245 km away.
Gold Coast We are here!
Hobart
Byron Bay Lighthouse 1 hour by car.
Sydney Opera House 687 km away, 1.5 hours by plane.
Lamington National Park World Heritage-listed rainforests: 45 min by car.
Compare Australia to your country Country
Area
Population
7,682,300 km²
21,000,000
1,402 km ²
500,000
Brazil
8,514,215 km ²
196,000,000
Colombia
1,141,748 km ²
45,000,000
Czech republic
78,866 km ²
10,500,000
Hungary
93,030 km ²
10,000,000
377,835 km ²
127,000,000
99,373 km ²
48,000,000
312,679 km ²
38,000,000
Switzerland
41,290 km ²
7,500,000
Taiwan
35,563 km ²
23,000,000
Australia Gold Coast
Japan South Korea Poland
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Gold Coast • Australia’s premier tourist destination • 55km of the best surfing beaches in the country • Many attractions including Sea World, Dreamworld and Movie World • World Heritage Listed Lamington National Park
Southport • One of the main business centres on the Gold Coast • The Southport Broadwater is great for fishing, swimming and BBQs • Has all major facilities such as shopping centres, library, hospitals, Sea World
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The Gold Coast & Southport The Broadwater
Parkwood International Golf Course
South Stradbroke Island The Seaway
The Spit Sea World
Southport
Southport Main Beach
Surfers Paradise Northcliffe
Jupiters Casino
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Broadbeach
Mermaid Beach Pacific Fair Shopping Centre Nobby’s Beach
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Currumbin Currumbin Sanctuary Tugun Bilinga Gold Coast Airport
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Bus B Stop
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Large shopping centre, 3 minutes on foot: • supermarkets • clothes shops • food courts • Asian supermarket • post office • mobile phone shop
Im mmigration n Immigration
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Look inside Inforum Where great things happen!
Reception You will receive a friendly welcome from our reception staff!
Classrooms Bright, modern classrooms. Studying can also be fun!
Student Lounge
Computers for students
Eat lunch, use the computers, watch a DVD or just relax with friends.
Many languages available.
Kimiko from Japan: I really enjoy working at the Inforum Café. I can practise my Barista skills and talk to all of Inforum’s students and staff, and be friends to them! I want to keep working here forever!
Inforum Café Study Barista and practise at our Inforum student coffee stand!
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The Inforum Team The secret of our success!
Student Committee Members of Inforum's student committee are at reception ready to help you. (If you want to be part of the committee, please download the application from our website.)
Teachers and administration staff We are ready to help you achieve your goals!
Simon Craft, Managing Director "We are a young, dynamic school with great staff and fantastic classes. Thank you for taking a look at our brochure and hope to see you on the Gold Coast very soon!"
Inforum's Students Don’t forget - students are a very important part of the Inforum team!!! Hugo from Chile: “The Inforum reception team is the best!" Tassio from Brazil: “Inforum is a small school but the teachers and staff are all very professional!”
Diana, Accommodation Manager “You will love our homestay families. I carefully choose them myself! It is my pleasure to meet your requests for accommodation.”
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Great Courses Easy as 1, 2, 3 Inforum’s Accelerated English Program
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Inforum’s Accelerated English language program is the fast, effective and fun way to learn. It lets students combine THREE great courses into ONE. Here’s how it works:
1. Core Programs
• Students are tested and placed in the Core Program.
2. Focus Classes
• The Focus Classes give students more practice.
3. Workshops
• Choose a free workshop that’s right for you.
Core Programs
Course name
Minimum length of enrolment
Start date
Requirements
Hours per week
General English
1 week
Any Monday (check the preferred start dates in our calendar)*
None
20 hours
IELTS
5 weeks
Any Monday (check the preferred start dates in our calendar)*
Finish INFORUM Upper-Intermediate or satisfactory result on placement test
20 hours
Cambridge FCE
12 weeks
4 January 2010 (10 weeks) 22 March 2010 13 September 2010
Finish INFORUM Upper-Intermediate or satisfactory placement test result
25 hours
*If Monday is a public holiday then Tuesday
General English Inforum's most frequently-taken course. Study all the important English language skills and then do the Focus Class for further practise and extension.
Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) Exam Preparation The FCE Exam is one of the most popular English language tests in the world and with Inforum’s specialist teachers, program and small class groups, we’ll make sure you are thoroughly prepared.
IELTS Exam Preparation Course The IELTS examination is the most widely-accepted English language test in Australia. Our course is an Advanced level program that practices all the important points of taking the exam but which you can start anytime of the year. Average class size: 12 Taught by IELTS examiners Three full practice exams Start any Monday (min. enrolment: 5 weeks)
Anne (Korea) Anne: "I like my teacher very much. She is very kind, always smiling, and takes time to teach me till I understand. I can talk to her about my personal life, too."
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Maximum 14 students per class (Average 10) Closed class Lots of practice tests to get you ready for the real thing! Svetlana from Serbia "Excellent teachers! They really try hard to help you with preparing for the exam!"
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General English Focus Class details
Level
Focus Classes
Focus Course Description
Elementary
Conversation 1
Practise basic day-to-day conversation
Pre-Intermediate
Conversation 2
Practise day-to-day conversation
Intermediate
TOEIC
Focusing on listening, reading, accuracy in grammar and American Business English
Upper-Intermediate
International Business or
Study the leading business issues of today including marketing, business communication and human resource management
Advanced
News 24
Upper level conversation class. Discuss what everyone is talking about! News stories from the last 24 hours.
Sample Intermediate General English Timetable (Textbook: Total English) Time
9:00 – 10:30
Monday Lesson 3.1 Your place or mine? • Introduction: Talking about the future • Writing: Letter of complaint
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Lesson 3.2 Top cities • Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives • Reading: Comparing cities
Lesson 3.3 Homes that think • Grammar: Future possibility • Speaking & Listening: Making a formal phone call
Vocabulary extension Prefixes and suffixes
10:40 – 10:50
10:50 – 12:20
• Speaking: Stating preferences • Listening: “Yuppies”
12:20 – 13:20 13:20 – 14:50
• Writing a formal email or letter • Reading:” The Mulitplex Centre”
DVD: Listening • “City or country?” (p180) • Vocabulary 2: “How do you say…?”
8:30 – 10:30 Friday Forum / (10:45 ~ 11:45 Guest Speaker on guest speaker's day)
Lunch Focus class
Focus class
15:00 – 16:00
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Speaking Discussing your dream house
Break • Vocabulary extension • Speaking: What are you doing in the future?
Friday
Focus class
Focus class
School Activity
Free Workshops
Workshops
Take any workshop relevant to your level anytime you want! All free! 5-week courses, once a week.
Workshop name
Suitable level
Description
Work Ready
Pre-Intermediate to Advanced Pre-Intermediate to Advanced Pre-Intermediate to Advanced
Learn how to make a resumé in English, apply for a Tax File Number, understand job advertisements and practise to attend a job interview. Learn the secrets of English pronunciation and practise in a really fun class. Study and practise the language of the hotel and restaurant industry and make an impact on customers and management.
Pronunciation Hospitality English
Language Lifesavers Elementary to Pre-Intermediate
Study assistance for lower level students
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Short Courses More than just English!
Course
Barista Basics
Ecotour Guide Assistant Animal Welfare International Volunteer training
Start date
Every second month (please check with Inforum staff)
8 Mar, 22 Mar, 9 Aug, 23 Aug, 6 Sept
Every Monday (please check with Inforum staff)
Duration
12 hours over 4 weeks (3 hours, once a week, after English classes.)
One week full time
1 ~ 4 weeks according to your choice. Mon-Fri 9am~1pm
English requirement
Pre-Intermediate level or above
Communicative English. (check with Inforum staff)
Communicative English. (Check with Inforum staff.)
Location
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Inforum, national parks, Natura-Ecotours office (Transportation to and from Inforum provided)
Animal Welfare League (AWL) is 20 minutes from Inforum by bus
Barista Training Become a coffee-making professional Learn how to make great coffee using some of the best imported coffee beans in the world!
You will learn to: Choose the best coffee beans, make black and white menus, and create your Signature coffee with Mauricio from Colombia. Mauricio travels all over the world to export the best coffee beans and train Baristas.
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You don’t like coffee? You haven’t tried mine! I will show you what the best coffee beans are and teach you how to make fantastic coffee!
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Ecotour Guide Assistant Program with Natura Ecotours Experience EcoTours! Experience Ecotours in World Heritage-listed national parks, undertake work experience as an Ecotour guide, and learn about Australia’s amazing fauna and flora, all in one week! Learn what real ecotourism is and what it can do to protect the environment. “A Strangler Fig can take up to 200 years to kill the host tree.”
Study with ANU (Australian National University) Environmental Achievement Award winner Masaki, conservation ecologist and researcher Kieran and/or Christopher Audley, an environmental consultant for several governments, NGOs and local communities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Animal Welfare International Volunteer Training Program at AWL Work with animal experts This part of the program includes: • • • • • •
Occupational health & safety training Instructional training on safe dog and/or cat handling Dog obedience training lessons from qualified dog trainer Dog hydrobathing & grooming lessons from AWL instructor Structured workplace training within dog and/or cat section Use of all facilities
The Animal Welfare League of Queensland (AWL) has been a sanctuary for homeless animals for 50 years. AWL is one of the largest companion animal refuges in Australia and has one of the most successful dog and cat re-homing programs in the country.
Study Tours Short term programs by request We can make a great short or long course to meet your request. English / Cultural Experience / Marine sports/ Environmental studies/ Barista / Animal care / Combine anything to your liking! Japanese primary and high school group
Brazilian high school group.
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Fridays = Forum Session + Guest Speaker Session (once a month) + Activities! A great way to end the week Guest Speaker Sessions Every month, we have various guest speakers come to the school to talk about their lives and professions to our students! Our guests include Olympians, migration agents, yoga instructors, police officers, environmental scientists, fire fighters, flight attendants, stockbrokers, aborigines, dancers, marine biologists, animal welfare workers and many more!
Friday Forum Session Every Friday, 8:30-10:30 Two hours of up to 4 mini-lessons to review what you have studied during the week – you help choose the topics! Student counseling in Weeks 5, 10 after school examinations
Daniel Daniel shows how to manoeuvre his racing wheelchair and discusses his experiences in national and international competitions and day-to-day life
Nora from Hungary: “He is so inspiring!”
Myee, our local police prosecutor She can be very hard on criminals but believe it or not, she is one of our kindest and friendliest Inforum host mothers!
Divers from Devocean Peter talks about the latest equipment which makes everyone’s diving experience much easier and safer.
Brian Australian Olympic basketball player Brian Kerle didn’t start playing basketball until he was 21! He says,“It’s never too late you can achieve anything!”
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Lea Surf Life Saving Australia
Always swim between the flags!
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Animal Welfare International Activities you’ll never forget!! Volunteer Training Program at When not studying in the classroom, have fun with your friends, learn English and experience Australian culture!!
Roger from Colombia: “Kangaroos are really cute! I want one as a pet!”
Students’ performance competition
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Eco Tours
Valentine’s Day chocolate-making
Soccer match against another school
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island
A BBQ on our famous Gold Coast beach is everyone’s favorite activity!
Haruna from Japan: “I am a travel agent in Japan but I’ve never seen such a wonderful and beautiful place! The Ecotour guide was great too! I definitely want to go back there again!!!”
Eco Tour to World Heritage-listed Lamington National Park
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Animal Welfare International Volunteer Training Program at Pathways Study The Animal Inforum’s Welfare IELTS League courseoffor Queensland 10 weeks and (AWL) join the programs below without taking an IELTS exam! Some of these courses will lead you to Australia’s best universities! If you are interested in studying a specialist field, you might like to use our Pathway to the following colleges.
Gold Coast colleges
TAFEs
AICA Education • Certificate III in Printing and Graphic Arts (Graphic Pre-Press) • Diploma of Graphic Design • Certificate IV and Diploma of Photoimaging • Certificate IV and Diploma of Visual Arts • Diploma of Community Service Work, and more…
Gold Coast Institute of TAFE • Certificate and Diploma of Hospitality • Certificate and Diploma of Tourism • Diploma in Fitness • Certificate lll in Furniture making • Certificate lV in Engineering (Boatbuilding stream / Heavy Fabrication Stream) • Diploma of IT (Networking / Software Development), and more…
CTIA (Career Training Institute of Australia) • Diploma of Hospitality • Diploma of Hospitality & Cert III in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery), and more…
Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE • Certificate and Diploma, Advanced Diploma in Applied Fashion and Technology • Certificates (Commercial Cookery and Patisserie) and Diploma in Hospitality • Certificates and Diploma in Horticulture • Certificate and Diploma in Children’s Services • Diploma of Nursing
Massage School of Queensland • Diploma of Remedial Massage • Diploma of Shiatsu & Oriental Therapies • Diploma of Aromatherapy • Diploma of Reflexology • Short courses, and more…
Southbank Institute of Technology • Tourism & Hospitality • Arts & Entertainment • Business • Information Technology
Skills Tech • Automotive • Engineering – Fabrication • Carpentry • Building and Construction • Electronic Communications Engineering • Mechanical Engineering
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Inforum’s wonderful accommodation 1.Homestay Our homestay families are very carefully chosen by Diana, Inforum’s Homestay Manager. They're so good that students who leave our homestay families keep coming back! Three types to choose from.
Type
Standard
Quality
Superior*
Homestay service & facilities
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Weekday meals
Breakfast & Dinner
Breakfast & Dinner
All
Weekend meals
All
All
All
Bed & Linen
Yes
Yes
Yes
Desk, chair and lamp
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other facilities
Depends on the family
Three out of these five criteria: internet / own bathroom / air-conditioning / swimming pool / 20 minutes’ travelling time
Transportation to/from school
No
Yes
No
*Students under 18 can stay with a Superior Family only.
Thaina from Brazil with Mr and Mrs Heron “Since I arrived here, they have become my Aussie family and I like them like my real family! Lisa and John are always doing things to make me feel at home."
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2. Student Residence*
Backpackers, motels and holiday resorts There are many motels and backpackers on the Gold Coast. You can arrange it yourself or we are happy to arrange a room for you.*
Michal from the Czech Republic: “I like the student residence. It’s very close to school and very clean!”
(*Not available for students under 18 unless staying with relatives over 21 years of age.)
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Inforum Holiday: INFORUM 3rd Anniversary 20 December 2010 – 2 January 2011 Please note The dates shown in this calendar are subject to change without notice