The Language Academy

The Language Academy the – «American Venice» (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA) –world-famous resort town also owes its popularity. Washed by the Atlantic Ocean with its diverse underwater world, with a large number of convenient natural bays – all this brought it fame «mecchi» for lovers of water sports (diving, windsurfing, swimming, yachting, etc.).

More than 4,000 restaurants, 120 nightclubs, concert halls, exhibition pavilions and many other places are based in the vicinity of the city. Unique «natural monument» - Everglades Park – in which thousands of tropical plants and animals, more than 30,000 lakes and tens of kilometers of sandy beaches are in their natural habitat – will not leave anyone indifferent.

The TLA School is located in the Plaza (Art Museum) building. A computer laboratory, library, free coffee and water, and Wi-Fi are available to students on school grounds. All classrooms are air conditioned and computerized. «Heart» school – media center with language labs and language laboratories.

Students are given several accommodation options to choose from. The most popular is living with a host family. After all, this is a unique opportunity to plunge into American life, improve the level of English and make new acquaintances.

• Host family accommodation (room for two, shared bathroom, half board) - students over 15 years old. Cost: from $30/night. The most popular option.
• Host family accommodation (private room, shared bathroom half board) – students from 15 years old. Cost: from $55/night
• Host family accommodation (room, private bathroom, half board, from 15 years old). Cost: from $70/night
• Hostel (room for 4-6 people, shared bathroom, no food, from 21 years old) – Cost: $40/night
• One-room apartment (private room, no meals, from 21 years old).
• School apartments (for one or two people, from 15 years old). Cost: $630/week
• Located a 5-minute walk from the school building. The number of seats is limited!
• Hotel (private room with bathroom, no meals, from 21 years old). Cost: from $1000/week.

The location of the housing relative to the TLA involves up to 20 minutes of travel by public transport. Assistance in the selection of housing is provided by Student Advisor.

Students of The Language Academy they have a huge choice in organizing their leisure time: parties, excursions, watching films and shows. Close proximity to Miami (37 km) makes it possible to take a unique excursion to NASA, visit DisneyLand, and also go shopping in the world's largest outlet Sawgrass Mall.

The Language Academy offers the widest selection of language courses:

• General Intensive English (GEB) – course intensity 30 lessons/week, cost: $400/week;
• General English 1 (GEA1) – course with an intensity of 20 lessons/week, cost: $260/week;
• General English 2 (GEA2) – course with an intensity of 22 lessons/week, cost: $275/week;
• Executive English (EX) – course with an intensity of 20 lessons/week, cost: $900/week;
• TOEFL Preparation (TP) – course intensity 20 lessons/week, cost: $325/week;

The duration of one lesson is 50 minutes.

Students are formed into small groups of 5 to 12 people, which allows for more complete control of each individual’s performance.

The English language course is conducted in continuous communication with other students and teachers. At the same time, the main aspects of language are studied: vocabulary, grammar, oral speech, phonetics and listening.

Students who want to pay special attention to certain topics have the opportunity to take advantage of individual lessons.

Preparation courses for IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge – prepares students to successfully pass exams.

Teacher training course its goal is to exchange teaching experience and new teaching methods.

Business English – is perfect for students over 21 years old who want to improve their language skills in a narrow field (journalism, law, economics, etc.). The course takes the form of debates, conferences and business trainings.

All programs The Language Academy accredited by ACCET (US Department of Education).

All newly arrived students are required to take an English language test consisting of oral interview and written assignment. Student progress is monitored weekly test.

The requirements put forward for teaching staff are quite non-standard. They are required to use live materials such as newspapers, cinema, radio, etc. instead of – «textbooks. A special role is given to communicative communication with students (which is facilitated by the small number of groups).

An undoubted «plus» is the international composition of students, which contributes to faster mastery of the English language.