What’s New

CONVERSATION TABLES AT CAFE BABEL

We have ongoing conversation tables in Chinese, French, Italian, and Spanish. They are free and available to students and non-students at any level. Drop in to mingle and meet new conversation partners.
SLA Conversation Tables 2008 schedule.

ESL SUMMER ADVENTURE & STUDY TOUR SERIES

Have a blast with these new opportunities to explore the Northwest and learn English! We collaborate with community organizations and guiding services to offer you adventures that are fun, interesting, and safe.
Your facilitator is experienced in outdoor programming and group facilitation, and is an ESL teacher at SLA. A short and informative English class is provided to teach language related to the activity so you can begin your adventure with confidence. ESL Summer Adventure & Study Tour Series Schedule.

HSK PREPS WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE

Comparable to TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), HSK refers to the official Chinese Proficiency Test of the People’s Republic of China at three levels: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced.  Recently, more and more people have recognized the value of an HSK certificate on their resumes for career advancement, studies in China or intellectual enrichment.  Fortunately, an annual test now takes place at Seattle University every October.  We are here to help you to meet the challenge.  Please contact Frank Yang frank@sealang.org and Wei Z. Gao wei@sealang.org if you would like to sign up for the training.  For the more detailed information, please download the file HSK Info at SU.

HOST AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

On Friday, March 14, Seattle Language Academy and Café Babel hosted an informational event for those interested in volunteering as a host family with FIUTS (Foundation for International Understanding Through Students). Housed on the University of Washington campus, FIUTS welcomes hundreds of new UW international students to the Seattle area every year. Please contact Alicia van der Veen at alicia@fiuts.org to attend future events, or visit www.fiuts.org to learn more about hosting a student.

CAFÉ BABEL NOW OPEN

With Café Babel, Seattle Language Academy envisions a vibrant addition to its ‘campus’ life – English students flocking to the café before and after class in the morning; foreign-language students animating it at night; and the SLA staff, the school’s neighbors and surprised passers-by dropping in at all hours of the day. We are very excited about the café’s potential for enhancing the sense of community at SLA, and are delighted at the simple convenience for our staff and our students of having such a wonderful establishment on site.

STUDY ABROAD IN BERGAMO, ITALY - September 2008

Seattle Language Academy is pleased to announce the launch of its first Study Abroad program. In September 2008, students of Italian are invited to attend a two-week immersion course from the 8th to the 19th in Bergamo, Italy, organized jointly by Seattle Language Academy and the University of Bergamo. For more information please click here. To download an application for the program, click here.

BEST LANGUAGE SCHOOL 2006

SLA is pleased to have been voted ‘Best Language School’ in the 2006 ‘Best of Seattle’ readers’ poll conducted by The Seattle Weekly. To see the listing, click on the link and scroll down: Best Language School.