Language Events
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2011
July 29-31st, Friday 4-11pm, Saturday and Sunday noon-11pm
Multilingual Chicago is excited to be a vendor at this year’s
Milwaukee
Avenue Arts Festival, which will take place along Milwaukee
Ave between California and Kimball. The festival will feature 200
artists in more than 20 venues, four stages of music, food trucks
and tons of entertainment for all ages.
Come by the Multilingual Chicago booth for information on our upcoming
classes and events. We will also be offering various activities
over the weekend including:
- Sample kids classes in Spanish, Mandarin and French
- Sample adult classes in Spanish and Polish
- Multilingual karaoke at El
Cid on Saturday from 8-10pm
- Bollywood dance demo and mini lesson by Bollywood
Grooveat our booth on Sunday at 2pm
- Grand raffle! Prizes include movie tickets and language classes
For more information on our programming during the festival, please
contact Jennifer.
Free Polish Sample Class for Kids!
Saturday, August 6th, 11:30am-12:30pm
Multilingual Chicago is now offering Polish classes for children.
For kids 1-4 years old and their parents, begin your exposure to
Polish through traditional songs and games, movement and laughter!
Organic coffee/tea and snacks will be provided for families at the
end of the sample.
Please RSVP with Carolina
Free Community Spanish Class
Tuesday, August 9th, 6-9pm
For those looking for a fun and quick introduction to Spanish,
join us for 3 hours of interactive conversation-based language learning...for
free! This class is designed for beginners or those whose past Spanish
experiences are firmly anddeeply buried under years of accumulated
knowledge. Bring a friend and enjoy free organic coffee, tea, wine
and snacks.
This is a free event, but please register in advance by sending
a note to Adrienne.
Dabble Class: Spanish After Dark
Wednesday, August 10th, 6-7:30pm
Wish you could speak to the Latin cutie in the bar without sounding
lame? Sometimes the textbooks from high school just don’t
pique curiosity or reflect real-life dialogue.
Multilingual Chicago will be offering a Dabble
class at our center that will teach dabblers the practical, situational
Spanish that occurs in everyday conversation. Rest assured, you’ll
come come away with the basics of “bar language” and
other Spanish slang that could very well come to your rescue –
including greetings, pick-up lines, restaurant language and lots
of fun insider cultural facts from a native speaker.
No prior knowledge of Spanish necessary.
Sign up at Dabble.
Free kids Language Fair!
Sunday, August 14th, 10-11:30am
Multilingual Chicago offers FREE Kids Language Fairs periodically
as an opportunity for parents and kids (1-5) to come for a taste
of our Spanish, Mandarin, and Hindi kids classes! Children get a
passport and rotate through all language stations with their parents
and play games, do crafts, and sing songs- all the while laughing
and having fun!
RSVP with Carolina
Spanish Through Nature at Notebeart Nature Museum.
Fridays, September 2nd -October 12th
Multilingual Chicago is now offering Parents and Tots and Kids
3-5 Spanish classes at the Nature Museum. Children will learn Spanish
vocabulary during and experiential, interactive class through songs,
movement and laughter! Children will read a thematic book together
and then do fun hands-on crafts or sing songs relating to the day’s
theme.
Cost: $100/member caregiver and child/series; $140/non-member
caregiver and child/series.
Location: 2430 North Cannon Drive, Chicago, IL 60614
Registration at Notebeart
Nature Museum.
Spanish/Cultural Immersion Week in Costa Rica!
September 10th-18th
We're excited to partner with Ann Becker & Associates to offer
students a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the language,
people, culture and spectacular beauty of this amazing Central American
country. Highlights include:
- Four days of small classes (no more than three students each);
one on one instruction and conversation; and cultural activities
organized in conjunction with Personalized Spanish, a small boutique
Spanish school in a safe, convenient and very hospitable suburb
just outside of San Jose
- Nearby home stays with lovely, warm families who will help improve
your Spanish in practical daily situations
- Three days/nights on the Osa Peninsula, a magical place full
of pristine forests, rugged natural beauty and amazing wildlife.
Our “home” on the Osa will be a small, family owned
lodge where you can easily continue to practice your Spanish with
Manolo, his family and the townspeople.
- Guided tours with our outstanding local guide and long-time
friend, Javier, to Corcovado National Park, home to more than
5% of the world’s biodiversity and Cano Island, a marine
biological reserve great for snorkeling, swimming and a picnic.
Click here
for details and dates!
Past Events
Multilingual Chicago Language Fair
Sunday, May 22nd 10-11:30 a.m.
Our Language Fairs are offered periodically as an opportunity for
parents and kids (ages 1-5) to come for a taste of our Spanish,
Mandarin, and French language classes! Kids rotate through all three
language stations with their parents and play games, do crafts and
sing songs - all the while laughing and having fun.
Please register by sending a message to CarolinaCarolina.
This is a free event, but please register in advance! Be sure to
include your child's name and age in the e-mail.
Spanish Film Screening of the film Biutiful
Wednesday April 13th, 6:30 p.m.
Join Multilingual Chicago on Wednesday April 13th to watch the
sad and beautiful Spanish film Biutiful starring Javier
Bardem at the Logan Theatre! We will meet at 6pm in our café
for light discussion and wine. At 6:30pm, we will walk to the theatre
together and watch the movie. The Logan Theatre is ½ mile
down Milwaukee Ave from Multilingual Chicago, and tickets are $4/movie.
For more information about Biutiful, you can see the trailer
here.
CAUTION: this movie contains violence and sexual content.
Bilingual
Boot Camp
Portuguese Bilingual Boot Camp: Sunday, May 21st,
10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
We are excited to partner with Brazil in Chicago to offer our Portuguese
Bilingual Boot Camp! Brazil in Chicago is the only and most comprehensive
Portuguese language school and cultural center in Chicago. They
offer a wide range of cultural and educational programming, and
we are proud to offer this special Boot Camp together at MC!
Following the format of our original Boot Camp, this special class
will have you speaking Portuguese in no time! For those that want
to learn the basics of a language but don't have a lot of time to
do so, consider our 7-hour Bilingual Boot Camp: an intensive program
for beginners looking to learn practical vocabulary and expressions
in advance of a trip or for business.
A must for those traveling to Brazil, especially during the Carnival
season! Turn your vacation into a memorable lifetime experience,
or gain the respect and confidence in business by speaking the language.
The Boot Camp will feature both a native Portuguese speaker as well
as a 2nd language speaker to help students understand the language
learning process from both perspectives. Curriculum materials will
be included for you to use and take home.
Ongoing dates
Give us a day, and we'll get you talking! For those
that want to learn the basics of a language but don't have a lot
of time to do so, consider our 7-hour Bilingual Boot Camp: an intensive
program for beginners looking to learn practical vocabulary and
expressions in advance of a trip, for work or to just get around
your neighborhood.
Multilingual Chicago offers a truly cool program
called Bilingual Boot Camp. Everything, including, the instructors,
the owner, the curriculum, the ambiance of the space, the yummy
snacks and hipness of the neighborhood was perfect for us. The
weekend curriculum covered common verbs, vocab and phrases. All
very useful for a beginning or even a lower level intermediate
spanish speaker. The teachers were great about showing us how
to use what we were learning in real life, as we spent a portion
of the weekend out in the neighborhood going to restaurants, street
vendors and stores where spanish was spoken . Bottom line: A wonderfully
enriching way to spend a weekend learning about Latin American
culture and language, presented by people who are passionate about
teaching.
Click here
for more languages, schedules and registration.
Industry-Specific Spanish
Training
For those who need Spanish for their jobs but just
can't find the time for an ongoing class, consider spending a few
hours with us as you learn key vocabulary and expressions - as well
as important cultural concepts - with immediate application to your
industry. We've worked with English-dominant staff at Illinois Masonic,
Walmart, Palmer House Hilton, Lou Malnati's and numerous other organizations
to help increase communication and rapport with Spanish-speakers,
and we're happy to now be able to offer sessions open to the public.
Upcoming workshops include:
Spanish for Healthcare
Spanish for Manufacturing
Spanish for Human Resources
Spanish for Real Estate
Workshops delivered through our main company, Workforce
Language Services. Details and registration is available by
clicking here.
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