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.