Reviews of Swan Training Institute, Dublin, Ireland
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4.1
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Swan Training Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Swan Training Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Based on 38 reviews of former students of Swan Training Institute
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Overall school rating by student age group
Students < 18 years (13 ratings)
Students 18-30 years (10 ratings)
Students 31-49 years (7 ratings)
Students 50+ years (8 ratings)
Verified reviews only, uncensored. All student opinions from students who booked a course at the school with LanguageCourse.net.
Individual Reviews
Swan Training Institute
31. Mar. 2025
Alexander (40 years) 
Course: General English - Afternoon - 9 weeks
Course: General English - Afternoon - 9 weeksOverall rating
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"Beautiful people. Really good teachers. Perfect feeling with everyone in the school I dealt with."
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8. Nov. 2023
Mario (58 years) Italy Course: Intensive English - 1 week
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Positive aspects of school
"The customer care"
Negative aspects
"Nothing"
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6. Feb. 2023
Guilherme (20 years) Brazil Course: Intensive English - 4 weeks
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Positive aspects of school
"The teachers are great."
Negative aspects
"I liked everything."
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"Worth it."
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"I recommend it."
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"I've been to other European capitals and I think the city doesn't know how to encourage tourists to visit historical points."
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"I liked the teachers."
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"The couple was great. But I think they live too far from school."
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5. Sep. 2022
Tommaso (18 years) Course: Intensive English - 4 weeks
Course: Intensive English - 4 weeksOverall rating
Value for money
Positive aspects of school
"Relationship with the teachers"
Negative aspects
"Frequent change of teachers"
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"Definitely yes"
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22. Aug. 2022
Maria Mercedes (61 years) 
Course: General English - Morning - 4 weeks
Course: General English - Morning - 4 weeksOverall rating
Value for money
Positive aspects of school
"Very well located. Very personalized treatment. They know the names of their students."
Negative aspects
"We had to go to another place for a week to have the lessons and there were no electronic whiteboards."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"In my class there were more than 15 students."
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"They care that their students are at the level that best suits their knowledge. They changed me twice."
City/place
"It is a city with a lot of public transport, although I would not like to have to drive there, very dangerous, especially for cyclists."
Quality of teaching / language progress
"The course is not bad, but I don't think you will learn much English. In my case, it does help you above all, to understand it better."
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"The family was very attentive to me. They seemed interested that I learned English in a proper way."
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15. Aug. 2022
Mikołaj (13 years) 
Course: Summer Junior Programme - Homestay - 2 weeks
Course: Summer Junior Programme - Homestay - 2 weeksOverall rating
Value for money
Positive aspects of school
"Afternoon activities and trips"
Negative aspects
"None"
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"You need your phone to be fully charged - needed for quizzes at school.
Always have your city card with you."
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"Cool city"
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"All good"
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15. Jul. 2019
Sara (12 years) Spain Course: Summer Junior Programme - Homestay - 2 weeks
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Positive aspects of school
"The situation and the facility of administrators."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"It is important to advise future students that there are big student groups who speak in their mother tongue."
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"Very good city to do a course."
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"There are big groups with students of the same nationality, making it difficult to speak in English with each other."
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24. Jun. 2019
Sabine (51 years) Italy Course: Semi-Intensive English - 2 weeks
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Positive aspects of school
"Teacher Tara and Brian did a great job: well organised and they also were able to keep the lessons interesting by presenting lots of topic varieties. Thanks to the teacher!"
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"Read English books and listen to English music before starting school"
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20. Feb. 2019
Irene (24 years) Course: Intensive English - 4 weeks
Course: Intensive English - 4 weeksOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"What I liked the most was the employees that have been there for years. They are friendly and eager to help anytime. Everyone can have a bad time but they know how to solve any issues quite well."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"Don't take the intensive course. They are not focused in fast learning. You take the course at a specific time and learn whatever they are explaning. So, unless you go for a very very long time, I recommend you take a course that is not General English."
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"In general, quite good. I would change the chairs that come with that tiny table and are really uncomfortable if you write things down as often as I do."
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3. Sep. 2018
Elena (11 years) Spain Course: Summer Junior Programme - Course & Activities - 1 week
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"The school is very big and has a lot of places for sports or activities."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"The food in the restaurant is awful!"
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"After 12:30 (when lessons finished) everybody was speaking Spanish because the groups were full of Spanish students. The teachers didn't encourage us to speak in English. I didn't like the excursions because they were not for us to practise our English and were not fun at all."
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3. Sep. 2018
Antonio (14 years) Spain Course: Summer Junior Programme - Course & Activities - 1 week
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Positive aspects of school
"They have a ping-pong table and raquets."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"Ping-pong table and raquets."
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"Too many Spanish students (14 out of 16 in my class). The excursions were not educative, the teachers were only watching us instead of making us speak English. So, we were all speaking Spanish, even one of the tutors!"
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7. Aug. 2018
Gabriel (15 years) Course: Summer Junior Programme - Homestay - 3 weeks
Course: Summer Junior Programme - Homestay - 3 weeksOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"The place."
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14. Aug. 2017
Ekaterina (15 years) Russia Course: Summer Junior Programme - Residential - 2 weeks
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Positive aspects of school
"I really enjoyed the whole learning atmosphere and being a part of such nice team where you can relax and feel yourself like an adult. Also, the teachers are very understanding and encouraging."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"Pay attention in class and participate in all sorts activities because it will help you make new friends. Campus accommodation is way better than staying in host family as you can meet more people"
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"It is such an amazing experience. You can meet people from all over the world, explore new things, make some extraordinary projects."
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21. Feb. 2017
Marco (31 years) Course: Intensive English - 2 weeks
Course: Intensive English - 2 weeksOverall rating
Value for money
Positive aspects of school
"Teachers and the teaching method"
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"Can rest assured, they will feel completely at ease."
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"Wonderful school with wonderful people"
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6. Sep. 2016
Julie (22 years) 
Course: Intensive English - 4 weeks
Course: Intensive English - 4 weeksOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"I liked its location and the teachers were very attentive and fun."
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28. Aug. 2016
Josep (62 years) Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeks
Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeksOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"How friendly the staff was."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"I advice you to attend the activities organised by the school."
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"Perfect"
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23. Aug. 2016
Laura (60 years) Course: GE15 - General English - Morning - 2 weeks
Course: GE15 - General English - Morning - 2 weeksOverall rating
Value for money
Positive aspects of school
"The staff was friendly and kind."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"The activities organised by the school are worth attending."
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"The school deserves a 10 out of 10."
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9. Aug. 2016
Roberto Antonio (28 years) Course: General English - Morning - 8 weeks
Course: General English - Morning - 8 weeksOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"Excellent teachers"
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23. Sep. 2015
Gloria (30 years) Course: Cambridge First (FCE) - 3 weeks
Course: Cambridge First (FCE) - 3 weeksOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"The location"
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25. Aug. 2015
Caterina (38 years) Course: General English - Morning - 1 week
Course: General English - Morning - 1 weekOverall rating
Value for money
Positive aspects of school
"I really appreciated the location of the school, on the main street in the city center, but it's a pity for the noise."
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"The classrooms are small for all the people the school accepts. There are many good teachers, especially for the higher levels."
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"I liked their many initiatives, even if they were not well organized and not so punctual"
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11. Sep. 2013
Silvia (44 years) Course: General English - Morning - 1 week
Course: General English - Morning - 1 weekOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"A lot of teachers, the presence of very few Italians, the presence of students from all over the world"
Insider tips about what future students should not miss
"During the summer months, the street in front of the school hosts the buskers (street musicians)which, even though they're pleasant listening, they are also a great disturbance during the lesson."
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"The management staff is very helpful in finding solutions for problems that may occur."
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7. Aug. 2018
Mª Luisa (52 years) Course: General English - Morning - 3 weeks
Course: General English - Morning - 3 weeksOverall rating
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Positive aspects of school
"Staff"
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16. Aug. 2013
Moulinier (19 years) Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeks
Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeksOverall rating
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"The course do not really last 4h in the morning. Students arrive at any time. Teachers do not have any authority. The courses are not intensive. Little work in 4 hours."
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Flat Share - Zone 1
4. Dec. 2023
Margherita Italy Course: Intensive English - 2 weeks
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6. Nov. 2023
Cecilia Italy Course: Intensive English - 1 week
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12. Sep. 2019
Anna Cecilia (15 years) Italy Course: Summer Junior Programme - Residential - 2 weeks
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27. Aug. 2019
Riccardo (49 years) Italy Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeks
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19. Jul. 2019
Alisa (15 years) 
Course: Summer Junior Programme - Residential - 2 weeks
Course: Summer Junior Programme - Residential - 2 weeksOverall rating
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13. Jul. 2019
Elena (15 years) Italy Course: Summer Junior Programme - Course only - 1 week
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9. Jul. 2019
Martina (24 years) Italy Course: General English - Morning - 4 weeks
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29. Oct. 2018
Valerio (32 years) Italy Course: Intensive English - 6 weeks
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29. Aug. 2018
Tomatis (40 years) Italy Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeks
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20. Jul. 2018
Sergio (14 years) Course: Summer Junior Programme - Course only - 1 week
Course: Summer Junior Programme - Course only - 1 weekOverall rating
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20. Jul. 2018
Arancha (12 years) Course: Summer Junior Programme - Course only - 1 week
Course: Summer Junior Programme - Course only - 1 weekOverall rating
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15. Aug. 2017
Arina (15 years) Russia Course: Summer Junior Programme - Residential - 2 weeks
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6. Sep. 2016
Raquel (27 years) Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeks
Course: General English - Morning - 2 weeksOverall rating
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2. Sep. 2013
Yasuko (31 years) Course: Intensive English - 4 weeks
Course: Intensive English - 4 weeksOverall rating
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22. Jul. 2013
Sven (27 years) 
Course: Intensive English - 1 week
Course: Intensive English - 1 weekOverall rating
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