About Us

Facts and Figures
Office
Meet the Team
Mission and Core Values
Giving Back - Corporate Social Responsibility
In the Press
Our Partners & Accreditations
How can we offer lower prices than schools & who pays for our service
How our clients rate us on review sites across the web
We also have mobile apps. See what our app users say
More information

LanguageCourse.net was founded back in 1999 with the belief that there must be a better way to compare language course programs. At the time language courses were sold nearly exclusively via print brochures and most national providers just listed one single school per city. Since then we have come a long way, pioneering in the sector with the publication of uncensored student reviews, presenting a multitude of school options per destination and the possibility to have a price quote within seconds. We continue to provide you an even better way to compare language courses worldwide.

Today, LanguageCourse.Net is one of the most visited independent websites for comparing language courses worldwide and among the largest language course agencies in the world. On top of providing a transparent comparison of more than 10.000 language courses in over 50 countries, LanguageCourse.Net offers a free enrolment service and guarantees that clients pay the lowest prices.

Facts and Figures

Year of foundation: 1999
Website languages: 24
Satisfied clients: from over 170 different countries
Number of language courses listed: 34.525
School reviews: 30.381 uncensored reviews from our clients
Agency fees paid by our clients: 0
Client savings compared to price when booking directly with school: 953.016 €
Most popular school: Ciao Italia (last 12 months)
Most popular city: St. Julians
Downloads of our vocabulary learning app: Over 25 million
Client ratings of our service:
- 4.7 out of 5 stars average satisfaction upon registration (from 3000 reviews in the last 12 months)
- 4.7 out of 5 stars average satisfaction after course (from 2000 reviews in the last 12 months)
- 4.8 out of 5 stars (1.274 reviews) on Trustpilot

Office

Our head office is located in the heart of Barcelona.

Opening hours for walk-in visitors are:

Monday to Thursday: 9:30 to 18:45 Friday: 9:00 to 16:30

Directions to our office on Google Maps

Meet the Team

Albert VilaIT ManagerLanguages:Lived in Spain, Norway, AustraliaStudied at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) (Degree in Informatics Engineering)

Ana Carolina dos SantosLanguage Travel Consultant PortugueseLanguages:Lived in BrazilStudied at University of La Verne (Strategy Management & International Marketing)

Angela LigartovaLanguage Travel Consultant EnglishLanguages:Lived in Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Spain

Ángel Marcos PortolesService Delivery ManagerLanguages:Lived in England, Scotland, Spain, LatviaStudied at CETT University of Barcelona, Spain (Tourism Management Degree)

Carolyne TomissonSchool Partner Relations Languages:Lived in England, New Zealand, Spain

Daniel SpohnCEO & FounderLanguages:Lived in Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, China, USA, Sweden, SpainStudied at University St. Gallen (Dr.oec.)

Fraser ProvanLanguage Travel Consultant EnglishLanguages:Lived in Scotland, Spain

Huilin DaiLanguage Travel Consultant ChineseLanguages:Lived in ChinaStudied at Hubei University of Education (Degree in English)

Irina ZotovaLanguage Travel Consultant RussianLanguages:Lived in Russia, England, SpainStudied at Voronezh State University (Barchelor in Linguistics and Cross-Cultural Communication)

Istvan ProsingerSystem AdministratorLanguages:Lived in SerbiaStudied at University of Novi Sad (BASc degree in Electrical Engineering)

Josep Maria BalcellsFull Stack DeveloperLanguages:Lived in SpainStudied at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) (Degree in Industrial Engineering)

Julia von Vopelius-FeldtLanguage Travel Consultant GermanLanguages:Lived in Germany, SpainStudied at Ludwig Maximilian University (Diploma in Biology)

Layla FaulmanSchool Partner Relations Languages:Lived in South AfricaStudied at University of Cape Town (Bachelor of Social Science)

Louise GranathLanguage Travel Consultant SwedishLanguages:Lived in Sweden, France, Spain

Loreto SousaSchool Partner Relations ManagerLanguages:Lived in England, SpainStudied at University of La Coruna, University of Santiago de Compostela, University of Birmingham (Degree in English Philology. M.A. in Education (TEFL), EdD in Language Studies)

Marta MayorgaSchool Partner Relations Languages:Lived in SpainStudied at University of Barcelona (Bacherlor in English Philology)

Matías Cluet MiceliFull Stack DesignerLanguages:Lived in Italy, Argentina, Spain

Madly SimbaLanguage Travel Consultant FrenchLanguages:Lived in Belgium, England, Scotland, Netherlands, SpainStudied at Erasmus University of Rotterdam (Master degree in Media, Culture and Society)

Maksym SterpulLanguage Travel Consultant RussianLanguages:Lived in Ukraine, SpainStudied at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (Master Degree in Philosophy, Humanities and Language)

Melanie BesnardLanguage Travel Consultant FrenchLanguages:Lived in France, SpainStudied at Faculte Saint Charles Marseille (Bachelor in Foreign Language Studies)

Mishkah CroeserSchool Partner Relations Languages:Lived in South AfricaStudied at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Bachelor's degree in Public Relations Management)

Natalia Blazquez SanzOperations DirectorLanguages:Lived in England, SpainStudied at University of Salamanca, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Degree in English Philology, MBA in Hospitality)

Robin Rebecca PietersmaLanguage Travel Consultant DutchLanguages:Lived in Netherlands, SpainStudied at University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam (HvA) (Bachelor of Arts - Pedagogy (Specialization Philosophy, Ideology, Sociology )

Rubén de HaroLanguage Travel Consultant SpanishLanguages:Lived in SpainStudied at University of Barcelona (Degree in Geography)

Sabine KrafackLanguage Travel Consultant GermanLanguages:Lived in Germany, Spain, Indonesia, South AfricaStudied at Univeristy of Hamburg (Degree in German Socioeconomics)

Lisa SchiwyLanguage Travel Consultant GermanLanguages:Lived in Germany, SpainStudied at University Siegen and Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, (Degree in Language and Communication Literature, Culture, Media)

Sawsan ZeinLanguage Travel Consultant ArabicLanguages:Lived in EgyptStudied at Ain Shams University, Cairo (Degree in Languages)

SuJin KimLanguage Travel Consultant KoreanLanguages:Lived in South Korea, Ireland, VietnamStudied at University of Busan (Degree in Foreign Languages)

Tanja RixeckerLanguage Travel Consultant GermanLanguages:Lived in Germany, Spain

Veronica RomualdiLanguage Travel Consultant ItalianLanguages:Lived in Italy, Spain, BulgariaStudied at University of Pisa

Mission and Core Values

Mission

Our mission and our pride is providing the best worldwide service for comparing and booking language course programs.

To achieve our mission, we strive relentlessly to offer our clients:

the best prices
the best booking terms (payment, cancellation, changes etc.)
the largest selection of courses and schools
the best tools and user experience for quickly and transparently comparing useful course information and reviews
the highest level of service in consulting and support

Moreover, it is our intention to build innovative world-class learning tools and make them available for free.

Core Values

Our actions towards our clients, colleagues and school partners are guided by our core values CARE+:

Caring
Ambitious
Reliable
Effective
+Positive

Giving Back - Corporate Social Responsibility

We are passionate about supporting outstanding charities with extraordinary impact on the health and well-being of people living in extreme poverty.

We believe that more people should know about the research provided by the charity evaluator GiveWell and the fact that a donation of only 4500€ can save one life and avoid 300 nonfatal malaria infections ( see the in-depth impact analysis of Malaria Consortium).

Mostly guided by the annual ranking of the most effective charities in recent years we have donated to the following charities:

Malaria Consortium (project for seasonal malaria prevention)

Distribution of malaria prevention drugs to children during the months of greatest disease risk. The Malaria Consortium is also involved in other malaria control projects.

Detailed review by GiveWell

In the media:

Financial Times: How close are we to defeating malaria? (19. Apr. 2018)

Le Monde: En Afrique subsaharienne, le succès de la chimioprévention contre le paludisme (16. Apr. 2018)

MIT News: MIT-USAID program releases supply chain evaluation of malaria diagnostics (13. Oct. 2016)

The Guardian: Malaria scheme cuts child deaths during Sahel’s rainy season (24 Jun. 2016)

The Guardian: Malaria: can we eradicate one of the world’s deadliest diseases? (20 May 2015)

Against Malaria Foundation (AMF)

Free distribution of mosquito nets that have been treated with insecticide.

Detailed review by GiveWell

In the media:

New York Times: Donating, and Making Sure the Money Is Put to Work (26 Apr. 2014)

Business Insider: The world’s best charity can save a life for $3,337.06 (29 Jul. 2015)

Huffington Post: Together We Can Eradicate Malaria (27 Apr. 2015)

Mashable: Deadly but dwindling: The global fight against malaria (25 Apr. 2015)

Vaxtime.com - Online vaccination reminders

Our IT team has built a free online service for notifying parents about their children's upcoming vaccinations. The service is available in over 35 languages and for any country worldwide. We have published the project as open source on Github to be used for any charity or health organization interested in using it or adapting it to their particular needs.

In the Press

LanguageCourse.Net has received a lot of positive feedback from the press.

Our Partners & Accreditations

Over 1000 of the leading language schools worldwide have appointed us as their official global representative and trust in offering their courses on our online platform. Many of these partnerships date back for decades.

Commitment towards transparency

All partner schools adhere to our transparency policies accepting that uncensored reviews of former students are published on our site.

Accreditations

Apart from our unbiased reviews from former students you can see the independent accreditation bodies for each school, which have audited and certified our partner schools. Consult here a complete list of accreditation bodies.

LanguageCourse.net has been accredited by the leading associations in the sector including English UK (English UK certified partner agency, see accreditation certificate), IALC (IALC approved agency, see accreditation certificate), Quality English (Quality English Authorized Quality Agent, see accreditation certificate) and FEDELE (Fedele Accredited partner agency, see accreditation certificate).

Ongoing monitoring of business conduct

Our partner schools are required to act professionally, engage in ethical business practices and to deliver upon their promises. We have been rigorous in terminating representation of schools where we believed that schools where not engaging in such business conduct.

Excellence awards

Every year we collect course reviews from thousands of our students. Schools that are ranked highest in these reviews are recognized with the customer satisfaction excellence award.

How can we offer lower prices than schools & who pays for our service

In the same way that airlines and tour operators pay commissions to travel agencies for each booking, language schools also pay commissions to agencies. Part of this commission is used to finance our service, and another part of the commission is passed on to our clients as a discount on the school's prices. Our online registration process saves administration tasks. The schools presentation online reduces costs significantly. These cost savings are passed on to our clients. So you can benefit from a superior service at the lowest prices available.

Whenever you come across any website where you can book a language course and it is not the school's own website, you are on a website operated by an agent. Even though agents generally don't mention this explicitly, they will receive a commission per booking from the school.