|
|
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! |
| February Newsletter! |
| CSLI Welcomes 2009! |
2009 started off with a bang as staff and students got together to pop open some traditional refreshments and sing Auld Lang
Syne to bring in the new year. Students were also treated to traditional gifts as we welcomed the Chinese/Korean New Year just
a few weeks later - Kung Hei Fat Choi!
The beginning of the year is always an exciting time here at CSLI but 2009 is already
off to an amazing start as over 20 nationalities are represented! Welcome to 2009 and welcome to the world!!
|
| An international grad to remember! |
What better way to mark the occasion of having so many international students at CSLI than to celebrate with a World Expo graduation!
For January`s graduation ceremony we did just that, with groups from each country setting up booths to introduce their own culture to
their fellow students (and staff as well!). National anthems were sung, dances danced, and traditional foods eaten. It was an amazing
opportunity for us all to get to know each other a little better and understand our differences while finding common ground at the same
time, especially the most important thing we all share...being a part of the unique CSLI family! For more on some of the wonderful events
that make CSLI such a special place to be, check out the link at
http://www.csli.com/free_activities/special_events_at_csli.html
|
|
|
 Congratulations as well to all the January students who won medals for student of the class and, of course, to our Student of the Month winner,
Luis Augusto Antunes from Brazil, who received a 4-week scholarship to study for free at CSLI! Way to go!
www.csli.com/free_activities/awards_and_winners.html
|
|
Listen to this! |
Are you thinking about focusing more on listening to improve your English but worried that your level is not quite ready to take the big leap into a Listening/Pronunciation class?
Fear not!! CSLI has developed a brand new program just for you! It`s called our Pre-listening Class and has been designed especially for lower-intermediate students who are almost
but not quite ready for our full-on Listening/Pronunciation classes. With this program, movies, stories, and other media are used to introduce students to a variety of interactive
listening and comprehension exercises that will not only prepare them quickly for more advanced courses but also provide focus for those who already realize their weak points. Now,
there`s no reason to wait! Get going right away and take your English to the next level with immediate results! For more information on all of our courses see
http://www.csli.com/programs/csli_courses.html
|
Getting active at CSLI! |
It has been a chilly winter but there is already a sense that Spring is in the air at CSLI. And what better way to bring in the season than to participate in some of the incredible Free
Friday activities that CSLI is famous for! This March, April, and May are already organized and ready to go in order to help everyone get active, enjoying everything this great city (and school)
have to offer. We are looking forward to going hiking on Bowen Island, playing some Frisbee golf, rollerblading in Stanley Park, doing a little Salsa dancing, and plenty more! Not only are
our activities a whole lot of fun, they are a fantastic way to get to know other students who share your same interests. All while practicing English! So take a look at our awesome schedule of
activities and come join us!
http://www.csli.com/free_activities/calendar-../images/CSLI_spring_activities_2009.html
|
Pounding the pavement! |
Speaking of Friday activities, the academic options available are also still in full swing and helping students to really focus on specific aspects of English conversation including pronunciation, slang,
idioms, and more. One special series that will be starting up in March is our Working in Canada series, designed to help students crack the Vancouver employment market and find a nice job! Classes will
look at applying for SIN numbers, creating attractive resumes, conducting successful interviews, job-searching techniques, and telephone skills. Use these classes to get yourself ready for the big job search!
http://www.csli.com/free_activities/calendar-../images/CSLI_spring_activities_2009.html
|
We can all be teachers! |
At CSLI, we hope our dedicated teachers have not only helped you to improve but also come to realize that learning English can be a fun and enjoyable experience! For those of you who have been truly inspired by your
teachers and want to pass on this English philosophy, why not try our TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program? You too can pass on what you have learned here at CSLI and inspire others in your
own countries or elsewhere to challenge themselves and open up a whole new world of international communication in English! CSLI`s 4-week TESOL program will be starting up again this March. Sign up soon before all the
spaces are filled! We look forward to helping you on your way to becoming an English teacher!
http://www.csli.com/programs/csli_courses_tesol.html
|
| Look Who`s Talking! |
Second Time at CSLI!
This is my second time at CSLI! And I can summarize these two periods in school, as definitively important to my English knowledge improvement as well as important to help me on some personal and professional achievements. Both
experiences are also resultants of a combined outstanding work between CSLI staff and academic team.
I had been in CSLI as a full time student in August 2005. I spent one month here focusing on improving my English fluency. I took several speaking-academic classes, and I also had an excellent home-stay experience which helped
me to be completely merged in English culture and extended my speaking to evenings and weekends.
The speaking-academic classes also helped me to improve my English to professional abilities such as presentation skills. It made me confident to attend and lead conference calls and international trainings for example. At the end
of the period, I was chosen "the student of the month" and rewarded one more month, totally free at CSLI.
Now, after three years, I am back. I decided to take my awarded month at school improving my grammar skills. I was received in school as if it was my first time here, and this is fabulous at CSLI. Things naturally flowing,
smoothly and professionally.
Studying here, helped me to get personal and professional achievements. One of them I experienced two months ago, when during my MBA enrollment interview, I got the TOEFL waiver from the MBA program director based on my English
background. At least, being back at school has been a huge opportunity to polish my English, meet old friends and enjoy my time in this beautiful Vancouver city.
Marcelo da Costa
|
Click here for more news from
CSLI >> Newsletters
Archives
>>
Best wishes from your friends at
CSLI,
Lawrence & Lori-Ann
Keenan
Directors & Owners and all the staff @
CSLI, Vancouver, Canada
You will find that we are more
than just a language school to our students! We look forward
to meeting you personally very soon!
PS We hope that
you are enjoying our monthly "What's
New at CSLI?" newsletter.
However if you would
like to be REMOVED from our database, please
email us at: cancel@csli.com
If
you would us like to CHANGE your name or
email that we have in our database, email us at:change@csli.com
If
you have a FRIEND who would also enjoy our
newsletter, email us their email at: subscribe@csli.com
CSLI ..."uniting the world with
English!"
E-mail: info@csli.com
Tel: (604)
683-2754
Fax: (604) 683-8667
Mailing
Address
CSLI
188 Nelson
Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 6J8
| | |
