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Every month you can find out all about the exciting activities that the CSLI family enjoyed by reading the CSLI Newsletter. You can learn more about the month's Friday Activities and special events, as well as who won the coveted Student of the Month award! |
| June 2006 Newsletter |
| Last Chance for German Reunion |
CSLI directors Lawrence and Lori-Ann Keenan are already in Germany, taking in the sights (past and present!) and preparing for the World Cup.
Anyone wanting to meet up with them for the German CSLI reunion at Gasthof ‘Frankfurter Haus’ in Neu-Isenburg on Saturday June 10 (17:00 – 20:00) [www.frankfurter-haus.de], please contact rwkremer@rwkremer.de |
Lawrence Keenan and Lori-Ann Keenan in Germany |
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| Fall promotion coming up! |
| We are already taking reservations for later in the year, and as extra incentive, anyone who books online for a minimum of 4 weeks full-time starting between September 25 until December 18 will receive a 10% discount. If you or anyone you know is interested, be sure to consider the timing of your visit with this discount to help you spend more time learning English at CSLI! Click here to Register Now! |
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Boat Cruise Grad
One of our most anticipated graduation parties took place at the end of May – our Boat Cruise. This is when CSLI rents its own boat so students and teachers can enjoy a scenic cruise around beautiful Vancouver!
First was the graduation ceremony, when we said goodbye to many graduating students, followed by the Student Of The Class medals.
After that came the much-anticipated Student Of The Month award – May’s winner was Ramaroson “Tsiry” Tsiritantely from France, who wins a one-month full-time scholarship to CSLI.
We then set sail from beautiful Granville Island for a beautiful tour under clear skies – lots of music, dancing, and great conversation followed.
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| Students on Grad Day (above). Student of Month Tsiry with CSLI teachers |
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| Pronunciation Contest |
On the last day of May, CSLI held its monthly contest – Pronunciation. As all students are concerned with and focused on improving their pronunciation, this contest gave them a great chance to focus on developing this skill. Three lists of challenging words were circulated for a few weeks to give students a chance to prepare. CSLI’s Listening and Pronunciation teacher Nicolle was the perfect host for the contest, and kept standards high, focusing on pronunciation, minimal pairs, and syllable division and stress. The winner was Young Hye Lee, who beat out the very tough competition of over 20 other students, and is the first student at CSLI to win two competitions two months in a row!! Congratulations to all the participants and winners.
In June – phrasal verbs! ! |
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| Jin Hwa, Nicolle and Young Hye (winner) |
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| Theme Nights |
| Our Thursdays in May, our students’ culinary experiences with international food continued, with theme nights including Brazilian, Japanese, and Turkish nights. June will have 5 great nights: Korean, Swiss, German, Thai, and Chinese nights. Bon appetit! |
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| Corporate Program |
CSLI is planning well ahead for our Corporate Program, to be held in October of this year. This program is for executives looking to focus on their use of English in marketing, presentations, meetings, and other key areas of business. Click here for more about the Corporate Program
If you or anyone you know would be interested in this exclusive program, please write to corporate@csli.com |
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| Friday Activities |
Outdoor activities continued to reign in May. Lynn Valley Canyon, Bowen Island tour, Horseback riding, and Hiking gave students a chance to enjoy the wild outdoors.
Academic activities were still on the agenda, with Idioms, TOEIC/TOEFL practice, Grammar, Resume Writing, and Listening classes being well attended. June’s activities will include a combination of academic activities and outdoor events like Shannon Falls, Golfing, Grouse Grind Hike, and Deep Cove Hiking. |
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| Hollywood North |
| Vancouver is known as Hollywood North because so many Hollywood movies are made here. The current hit “X-Men 3” was filmed in Vancouver, and several famous actors in currently in Vancouver making other movies. Matthew Perry (from “Friends”), Danny DeVito, Robin Williams, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson…all of them have recently been seen around Vancouver – several of them in CSLI’s trendy neighbourhood of Yaletown! |
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| Look Who’s Talking |
CSLI Japanese Reunion
On the 3rd and 4th of May, we had a kind of reunion on the West side of Japan with a lot of people who went to CSLI in 2005. We rented a big log house to do it! 17 people took part; 4 of them came from such far away places such as Okinawa, Chiba, and Tokyo. In fact not everyone knew each other before the reunion. So, to break the ice, we did a lot of things! We played volleyball, made curry rice together, had some games and shot the breeze with lots of drinks until midnight! We had a lot of fun instead of sleeping! When I came up with this plan, I was alone to plan it. But Makoto and Miwa lent me a hand and were so cooperative to make it successful! We spent one month to make a detailed plan. In the end everyone got to be much closer with each other than before. And we decided to have such a plan as often as possible! The fact that we could get to such a big success made me so glad and fulfilled! And I really appreciate that CSLI gave us such good encounters!! We all remember well what we could experience at CSLI!!
Thank you!!!!
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| Eiki, Eri, Hiromi, Hirotomo, Kenta, Makoto, Mana, Mayumi, Miwa, Shingo, Shinya, Shuhei, Tadanori, Toshiyuki, Yuko, and Yusuke. |
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CSLI Reunion in Berlin
In May, students from Germany and Switzerland met in Berlin for a CSLI reunion. Jennifer wrote:
I think you already know that our reunion took place in Berlin, Germany from 12th to 14th May. We didn't spent much time visiting the city as most of us have already been there before. Anyway, we had a lot of fun, partied, and already planned the new reunion: it will take place in Wuppertal, Germany around May 2007...:-) |
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| Jens, Dominik, Jennifer, Katharina, Joanna, Thomas, and Jeanette |
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Lawrence & Lori-Ann Keenan
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