Acadia Center’s intensive combination (private/mini-group) courses feature everything you need to raise your English to a higher level.
The individual attention we provide allows you to learn the English skills most essential to you in a total immersion setting.
Our combination courses are open to adult learners with an intermediate or advanced level of English. Because of the immersion framework in which students speak only English from morning to night, in class and out of class, at meals and on excursions, the course is ideal for adults with an English level of lower-intermediate or above.
Course highlights:
- Personalized learning program including pre-course evaluation, orientation interview, detailed teachers’ recommendations, and weekly individual assessment meetings
- Lively small group classes (maximum of 4 students with 1 teacher) that help you master th
e most important English vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills for your level - Private, customized lessons that give you intensive practice in the language topics most essential to you, for example: business communication, listening comprehension, TOEFL or TOEIC preparation, writing, or general English
- Experienced, dedicated, creative teachers
- Total English immersion from morning to night
- Comfortable private room accommodations
- Family-style meals with teachers and native-English-speaking hosts providing constant conversation practice
- Excursions with teachers two afternoons per week – activities include sailing, touring local museums and shops, kayaking, hiking, and visiting local businesses
- Companionship with fellow adult students from all over the world who are mature, motivated professionals and who understand the importance of speaking only English all day, in class and out of class, at meals and on excursions
- Involvement in a friendly, safe, small-town community with lots of opportunities to meet local people, make new friends, and practice English conversation
- Easy access on foot to ocean, harbor, and mountains and to shops, restaurants, cafes and everything else that our classic New England town has to offer
Daily Schedule (Monday/Wednesday/Friday)
9:00am – 9:45am: breakfast at homestay
10:00am – 12 noon: mini-group English lesson (maximum of 4 students with 1 teacher)
12 noon – 1:00pm: lunch with teachers
1:00pm – 2:00pm: private English lesson: 1 student/ 1 teacher
2:10pm – 3:10pm: private English lesson: 1 student/ 1 teacher
3:30pm – 6:00pm: guided independent study in the study center
7:00pm – 8:30pm: dinner with dinner hosts
Daily Schedule (Tuesday/Thursday)
9:00am – 9:45am: breakfast at homestay
10:00am – 12 noon: mini-group English lesson (maximum of 4 students with 1 teacher)
12 noon – 1:00pm: lunch with teachers
1:00pm – 4:00pm: group excursion/conversation practice with teacher
4:00pm – 6:00pm: guided independent study in the study center
7:00pm – 8:30pm: dinner at restaurant (not included in course package; student-organized)
Acadia Center offers a variety of course options for different budgets, with discounts for companies sending two or more students, for friends or couples taking a course together, and for alumni. See our Course Prices page for details, and like us on Facebook to see special offers and discounts throughout the year!
Register now for a combination (private/mini-group) English course, or for a private English course.
Questions? Call us at 617-939-9209 or contact us by e-mail.
