Contributed by Arthur Fong, Accommodations Assistant, ILSC-San Francisco Have you thought about taking your English skills to the next level? Take some inspiration from Shakira, the hip shaking Colombian who took the time to practice her English in realizing her full potential. Shakira always had tremendous success in the Latin music markets in the US,...
5 Tips to Accelerate Your Language Learning
Contributed and edited by Lacy Edney, Marketing and Social Media Coordinator, ILSC-San Francisco I’ve been on the language learning track for a while. It all started with Spanish, which was more of a lackadaisical wandering through vocabulary and tenses that never seemed to sink in. French was a slow trot over some of those hurdles, but somehow...
Top Three Benefits of Learning a New Language
San Franciscans know that their city is hip, eclectic, eccentric, open, delicious, avant-garde, multi-cultural, and maybe a little foggy! But San Francisco is also rich with bilingual and multi-lingual speakers, from Spanish to Chinese, Tagalog to Vietnamese and Punjabi, including significant hubs of Persian, Arabic, Portuguese and French speakers – the majority of whom also speak English....
5 Tips for Creating Realistic Language Learning Goals
One of the first questions that students ask us here at ILSC Education Group is how long do I need to take classes to be able to speak Spanish, French, Mandarin, etc. The problem, is that this isn’t the right question to ask. What do students mean when they say “speak the language”? Do they mean being able...
Learning English Through Social Media
Contributed by Patrick Davey, ILSC-Sydney Did you know that websites you regularly use to keep in touch with your friends and family are some of the best ways you can study your English skills? Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or even Mixi and Cyworld can be great places to meet and share tips with other people who are learning...