I can’t believe it – I’m flying back to Germany in two days. The time flew by so quickly.

I arrived in South Africa 10 months ago. I remember it, as if it was yesterday. I was so excited, scared, apprehensive and curious. I didn’t know what to expect. And now I already miss South Africa, Cape Town, the people, my friends…. Just everything!!

Before I came to South Africa, I didn’t know that I’d stay for 10 months. Only 6 months were planned. But I knew very soon that I would like to stay longer. An internship at Kurus English was a great opportunity to extend my stay and to experience more of South Africa, Cape Town, the people and the culture.

I want to thank the whole Kurus Team for the great time I had with you. The opportunity to experience your Language Excursions – they were great fun! Thank you for giving me the chance to improve my English and for making my five months worthwhile.

My 10 months in South Africa were awesome, so eventful and diverse. I wouldn’t have wanted to miss them!!

I hope that I could fulfill your expectations and that I could support Kurus English.

Goodbye Johannes, Diana, Gavin, Ian and Michael!!!

Wish you all the best! We’ll keep in touch!!

Anke

Congratulations Gavin!
Kurus English would like to wish you all the best in your new position as Director of Studies (DOS) at Kurus English.

Gavin has taken over the DOS position from Aaliya Bulbulia, who left Kurus English at the end of April. Gavin and Aaliya were jointly responsible for Academics from the outset of Kurus English. From now on Gavin is the sole head of the Academic Department.

Aaliya, Kurus English would like to thank you very much for your most valuable support and also for your lasting contribution to the school during the start-up phase!

We wish you all the best for your future endeavours.

this is me, Anke, and I will be the new intern of Kurus English for the next few months.
I’m from Germany where I study Business Administration.
I have been in South Africa for five month already. The reason why I came to South Africa was my decision to study a semester abroad at Stellenbosch University. Stellenbosch is a small student town not far from Cape Town and very famous for its wine-growing.
The time I have had so far was wonderful and in the meantime I can’t get enough of Cape Town, the people, the landscape, the sun and the good vibe. So I used the chance to extend my stay in South Africa by doing an internship at Kurus English.
I am very glad that I can support Kurus English for the next five month. I will do my best and I am sure that I cannot only improve my business and marketing skills but also my English skills. But of course I’m also looking forward to getting to know South Africa and its locals better.

Last but not least I would like to use this opportunity to thank Kurus and all involved for the great welcome dinner. It was delicious

If you want to find out more about me or Kurus English don’t hesitate to contact me.

Looking forward to meeting many new Kurus students and friends.

Yours Anke

Hello everybody,

First of all, thank you for the warm welcome at Kurus English.
I’ll be the marketing/communication intern for the next.. (almost) 5 months. I come from Holland, so I can understand the ‘Afrikaans’ language. But my goal will be to speak better English then my English teacher in Holland at the end of my stay here in Cape Town. I am afraid I can’t reach that because he’s a native speaker but I’ll give it a try. Besides improving my English I also want to experience the work at Kurus English. I’m gonna practice my learned knowledge at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences. I study International Business & Languages, so I also want to improve my skills concerning the educational programme.
Please feel free to ask questions or whatever you want to know about me or Kurus English!

Kind regards,
Jessica

A warm welcome to Jessica! Jessica joins the Kurus English team for the next 5 months. She supports us with our marketing and communcication efforts. Thanks, Jessica, for your support! We all wish you a great time in Cape Town and at Kurus English!

June Issue: Starting-Up

The German Magazine “Starting-Up” published Kurus English’ and Johannes’ founding story in their June issue. Please download the article here! (In German only, sorry!)

Hello Janne!

Welcome to Kurus English and thank you very much for your support!

Janne is doing a 5 months internship with us and she will focus on marketing and communications.

Enjoy!

Welcome, Sina, to Kurus English!

Sina is doing a 4 week English Language Course with Kurus English. Afterwards she will be working with us for 2 more months, until January 2009. Sina is helping us with the administration of the school.

Thanks!

Hi Rita!

Welcome to Kurus English and thank you very much for your support!

Rita is doing a 2 months internship with us. Rita will be liaising with language travel agencies in Brazil.

Kurus English would like to contribute to the practical training of students not only from South Africa, but also from the rest of the world. Anybody, who is interested in working with us is warmly invited to send a letter of motivation and a CV to info@kurus-english.com

So far three interns have worked with Kurus English during its start-up phase. Firstly, Michael Letlala, a South African Tourism graduate joined Coffeebeans Routes and Kurus English from November 2007 to April 2008. Nowadays, Michael is the Operations Manager at Coffeebeans Routes! Well done, Michael!

Secondly, Mokgadi Molapo, a Tourism student from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology has finished her 6 months compulsary practical training with us. She worked with us from January to March 2008. Mokgadi is now graduating and we wish her good luck for her exams and all the best for her future.

Finally, Karina Krukowski from Germany completed a 4 week internship with us while visiting Cape Town, in February 2008. Karina is studying in Krakau at the moment and we wish her a great time in Poland!

I would like to welcome on board the whole team of M Kommunikation, a German marketing agency, that is supporting us in promoting Kurus English in Europe! Thank you very much for joining us!

For more information about M Kommunikation please visit their website: http://www.m-kommunikation.eu/

Gavin Cuttler (Director of Studies)

Diana Horvat (Operations Manager)

Johannes Kraus (Director)

Iain Harris (Coffeebeans Routes)- Joint Venture Partner for our Language Excursions)

For more information about our team please click here!