Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival - Free Kids' Activities

Saturday and Sunday July 24 and 24, 1-4pm, Paseo Prairie Garden, Logan Square

Look for us at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, where we'll be hosting a variety of Spanish activities for kids 1-8 years old, including songs, bubbles, crafts and games. No registration necessary - just hope for a nice sunny weekend!

Community Spanish - Free!

Tuesday, August 10th, 6:00pm-9:00pm

Looking for some Spanish basics to help you get around the neighborhood, help you communicate at work or in advance of a trip? Think of this as a mini Bilingual Boot Camp in a 3-hour version, and this time, it's free! Our Community Spanish Class is designed as a fun and quick introduction to practical Spanish you can use everyday. Topics include pronunciation, greetings, courtesies, numbers and more. While this is designed for those with no background in Spanish, if you've studied Spanish in the past but your brain is feeling rusty, this will be a great review!

This is a free event, but registration is required! (**Please choose check/money order at checkout - but there no cost to this event.**)

Kids' Language Fair - Free!

Saturday, August 21st, 10am - noon

Our Language Fairs are offered periodically as an opportunity for parents and kids (1-5) to come for a taste of our Spanish, French and Mandarin 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. Click here to see pictures from our spring fair!

This is a free event, but please register in advance! Be sure to include your child's name and age in the Comments section. (**Please choose check/money order at checkout - but there no cost to this event.**)

Bilingual Boot Camp

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.

Past Events

Free Children’s French Lessons at the French Market!

Join Multilingual Chicago and the Chicago French Market for fun and interactive 15-minute walk-in classes for kids ages 1 through 8! And as an added bonus, participants can enjoy a 10% discount on all classes for our Winter 2010 session!

Ages 1-3 (Parent & Tot): 10:00, 10:15, 10:30, 10:45
Ages 3-5: 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45
Ages 6-8: 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45

You can find us in the Common Area of the market, located at 131 North Clinton (Between Washington and Randolph). No need to register - just see you there!