Summer Intensive Language Program at Monterey

… sorry about this! 😬 Can you believe in French the word voyageraient ([they] were traveling) is pronounced voyage-er-ay? And in English we have gnaw (pronounced nah) and receipt (pronounced re-seat)? If this inspires you to want to understand language rules and more, we have our amazing Custom Language Services! 📚📖

As our spring ESL program recently started, here’s a fun English language game to finish the end of the week! (Seriously, it’s funny hearing yourself speaking out loud trying to place “only” in all different parts of the sentence)

Have you checked out these language (or C-dramas) on Netflix yet?

How Netflix is eyeing China with first ever original C-dramas Taiwanese dramas Nowhere Man and Triad Princess are the streaming giant’s first Chinese-language originals – and they look pretty good to us

C'est cool! Or no?

'Franglais' on the Rise, Say French Language Watchdogs And it's expressions like 'fake news' (instead of information fallacieuse) and 'cool! that are to blame.

You can count on Sesame Street to connect with children of all cultures, especially those in refugee communities.

Sesame Street to launch Arabic-language show for refugee children to help them deal with trauma Basma, a nearly six-year-old purple Muppet with pigtails, loves to dance.

Content-based instruction (or learning in language) has been at the center of everything we do for decades. Thrilled to see it begining to catch on with other institutions.

Colleges adding second language sections to English-instructed courses A move to add language-specific sections to English-instructed courses allows students to keep up their skills in a second language without another course.

Don't want to end up like Eleanor Shellstrop and find yourself in the Bad Place? Then make sure to practice speaking in a foreign language!

Speaking in a Foreign Language Can Impact Your Moral Judgment Ethical integrity has more to do with language than you'd think.

Happy from the Middlebury Institute! Many SILP students plan to use their language knowledge to study overseas. Check out this fascinating infographic from the Institute of International Education about U.S. students studying abroad.

US Study Abroad Data Open Doors 2019 US Study Abroad data.

Happy World Kindness Day! Here are some ways to celebrate: https://abc7.com/society/simple-acts-of-kindness-you-can-do-to-celebrate-world-kindness-day/2640428/

And I'd like to propose a 22nd way: learning and using a new language to be kind to even more people! :)

Simple acts of kindness you can do to celebrate World Kindness Day How often do you pause in your busy routine to do something nice for someone else? Nov. 13 is an especially great day to bring that intention to fruition: It's World Kindness Day!

"The data, analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies, found that in the top five American cities, an average of 48% speak a foreign language at home, mostly or ."

Record 67.3 million speak foreign language at home, over 50% in 90 big cities, 59% in Los Angeles A record 67.3 million U.S. residents speak a foreign language at home, the latest sign of the growing influence of immigrants on American culture.

Learning a (or two, or three!) is now more important than ever, thanks to the world becoming even more interconnected. If you want to learn how to , be sure to check out our programs at ! @ Monterey, California