Raising sail on the schooner Olad, playing tennis, snowshoeing in the Maine woods, skiing at the Camden Snow Bowl, performing our own special version of Men in Black, reciting a poem by the famous Camden poet Edna St. Vincent Millay — you can see clips of Acadia Center students up to all these tricks and more on… Read more »
Posts Categorized: What’s New
New Immersion Course Packages, New Discounts
Acadia Center has added more features to its most popular course packages, giving more value to you and making it easier to plan your immersion course in Maine. The packages for both our combination (private/mini-group) courses and our private courses now include the following features: 16 hours per week of English lessons weekly individual 30-minute… Read more »
Artist Paints Portraits of Acadia Center Students
Artist Albie Davis has recently exhibited several portraits of Acadia Center students she and her partner John Chandler have hosted in their Thomaston, Maine, home. Albie writes that in her art she tries many different forms and materials, but she is “always coming back to portraits, whether of humans, other animals, houses, cars, you name it. Making… Read more »
Try an Online Lesson for Free
Since the launching of the new program last fall, our online English conversation lessons have become very popular. Convenient, affordable, and very effective, our online classes can help you improve the two skills that most English learners feel are their weakest points: speaking and comprehension. All you need is a telephone (landline, mobile, or internet phone)… Read more »
Acadia Center Alumni T-Shirt Contest
Announcing Acadia Center’s first-ever alumni T-shirt contest! Send us a photo (by e-mail) of yourself wearing your Acadia Center T-shirt and try to win one of our contest prizes. Contest rules: 1. The T-shirt must have the authentic Acadia Center logo (not the cheap replicas you find in Times Square). 2. You have to be… Read more »
New Discount for Winter Courses
Take advantage of Acadia Center’s winter course discount and the lower off-season airfares to immerse yourself in English — effectively and affordably – in a beautiful New England town! Enjoy a personalized learning program, lively lessons focused on your needs, delicious and healthy meals, comfortable accomodations, and total English immersion from morning to night. You might… Read more »
Acadia Center Co-Sponsors Maine Literary Festival
The Acadia Center for English Immersion is very pleased to be a co-sponsor of the Maine Literary Festival 2009, taking place at the Camden Opera House at 6:30 pm on Saturday, November 7. This year’s theme is Literature of New Voices in America: Reflecting Cross-Cultural Experience. An extraordinary line-up of novelists, poets, and non-fiction writers… Read more »
New Discounts for Fall/Winter Courses
Is improving your English essential to doing your job well or finding a new job? Have you been too busy with work and family life to study English? There’s no better way to improve your English quickly than taking an English immersion course, and with new discounts for fall and winter courses at Acadia Center, there’s… Read more »
Give Your English an Upgrade This Fall
Autumn is a great time of year to take some time off from your job and dedicate two or three weeks (or more) to improving your English skills. Acadia Center has new English immersion courses beginning every Monday all year long. The best way to improve your English in a short time is to focus… Read more »
Summer Mini-Group Courses Start July 6
Summer mini-group courses at Acadia Center begin on July 6 and continue through August 28, with new courses beginning every week. Summer mini-group courses are a great option if you are looking for an affordable way to improve your English while also enjoying your summer vacation in a beautiful place. The Maine coast offers lots… Read more »