conditions of attendance
for all our courses

TEACHING:
Since its founding in 1963 by Friedrich Mandl, the Mandl-Course organisation has successfully promoted and undertaken the teaching of languages in intensive courses to foreign and Austrian children. Wilfried Mandl is the managing director of the organisation. Our aim is to strengthen and enhance the communicative ability of our students within their chosen language. For this purpose our employment of native speakers has proved itself of the utmost value.

COURSE STRUCTURE:
The academic success of our courses has been achieved , we believe, because of various factors: homogeneity- students are setted into groups of equal ability, class size- classes are limited to a maximum of nine students- and the quality of our teaching. 25 lessons are taught each week and comprise: text book study, grammar practice, reading, conversation, listening comprehension, pronaunciation practice as well as three pieces of written work (an essay, a written retelling and a dictation). At the successful conclusion of a course a certificate of achievement is awarded.

COURSE REGULATIONS:
We would like to draw the attention of the young people, entrusted to our care, to the following rules, enforced on all our courses. No smoking for children under the age of sixteen, no consumption of alcohol during the course, no boys in girls´rooms and of course vice versa. Breaking these rules leads, in the first instance,to an official warning. Further transgressions, indecent behaviour or criminal offences will result in expulsion from the course.

CONDITIONS OF ATTENDANCE:
Registration for foreign students: The accompanying registration form should be completed and returned to us. Further we ask for a payment of
€ 330,-. Following registration you will receive written confirmation of your reserved place on the course, further information about the course centre and an invoice of the remaining costs. This invoice must be settled by transfer before the start of the course, at the latest on the day of entering Austria. All prices include 20% V.A.T. for the teaching and 10% for board and lodging. The domestic rail-transfers quoted in our brochure also include 10% V.A.T.

CANCELLATION:
Once completed, registration can only be cancelled in writing up to four weeks before the start of the course. In this event 20% of the inclusive costs will be retained. In the event of later cancellations, non-participation or early departure from the course no monies can be refunded. However each participant has the right to nominate another student to take his/her place. Should a course not take place due to enforced cancellation and a suitable replacement course not be found, then any money paid will be refunded in full. Any disputes arising hereunder will be settled before a competent Viennese court of law.

FURTHER INFORMATION:
What to bring with you: Textbooks for the chosen subject, dictionary, pens and pencils, exercise books. For students taking German as a foreign language all textbooks will be provided by the organisation. Leisure wear and sports clothes, comfortable shoes, indoor shoes (slippers), sports shoes for the gym and playing fields, wet weather clothes, swimming costume and towels.

LETTER OF CONSENT:
For participation in the following sports a signed parental letter of consent is required: riding, sailing, windsurfing, white water canoeing, hanggliding and tennis.

ACCIDENT AND MEDICAL INSURANCE:
We recommend that all foreign students take out full travel insurance. In the event of minor illness we take on the responsibility of care for the student under the supervision of a doctor in the course centre. In the event of serious illness or accident parents or guardians are immediately notified so that treatment can follow according to their wishes.

ARRIVAL AND COLLECTION:
A few of our students are brought to the course centre and collected afterwards by their parents. On all our courses students can arrive on Sundays from 2pm. We can offer reduced rail fares. Courses finish on Saturdays after the midday meal. Departure takes place during the afternoon. Visits by parents are allowed and welcome. Foreign students are collected from the airport or railway station and accompanied back there at the end which is to be paid individually.

TELEPHONING:
The telephone numbers of the course centres are provided. Parents are reminded that, without an intercom, it can often be difficult to locate a student immediately and should expect to have to wait. Alternatively we ask parents to ring back at a specific time when their children, having been informed, will be waiting in the office.

SPORTING FACILITIES:
Swimming, Sailing, Windsurfing, Hiking, Tennis, Cycling, Riding, Table tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Canoeing, Volleyball, Minigolf, Hanggliding.