Learning the English language will be a breeze if you have access to quality English language instruction and if you happen to choose a learning method which can assure you to learn the language quickly and effectively.  Learning languages abroad is one of the most trusted and reliable language learning methods since it allows you to be fully immersed in the language that you are learning and the culture of the place where it is spoken.  Learning the English language in the country of Malta is one of the quality languages we offer here at Abroad Languages and we can assure you that you will be enjoying your language learning experience!

Malta is a small and densely populated island republic composed of an archipelago of seven islands.  Three of its islands namely Malta Island, Gozo, and Comino are the ones which are populated.  It is located in Southern Europe in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea.  The country has a seven thousand year history and all throughout is has been considered an important strategic location due to its position in the Mediterranean Sea.  Many ancient cultures have had Malta under their rule and have influenced the cultural and physical make up of what the country is today.

Malta has become a tourist destination owing to its cultural and historical heritage as well as its beaches and beautiful spots.  In Malta open spaces and green areas are quite rare but the location of the islands provides extreme natural beauty as well as magnificent waters and endless coastlines.  Malta has many interesting villages with a church in each of its centers, the churches serving as evidence of the devotion of the Maltese to the Roman Catholic religion which was introduced to the inhabitants in 60 AD during St. Paul’s shipwreck in one of the islands on his way to Rome.

Even though the country is rich with historical sites and traditions, it is also keeping pace with the world since it is also modern in many ways.  It has shopping centers, restaurants, theaters, schools, and activities which are at par with the latest in the world.

Malta is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations and the European Union.  The official languages of Malta are Maltese and English.  The English language is a legacy of British rule when the country was a British colony for more than a century.  Learning English in Malta will be an interesting and enlightening experience since the natives speak the English language which is a significant element for your language immersion.  You will have the opportunity to learn the language as you discover the beauty and history of the country and as you enjoy the company of the locals.

Learn English in Malta and be enthralled by one of the gems of the Mediterranean!

There is one universal truth: for learning a language there is no better way than to practice, study, speak … learn about the culture of the country whose language you are studying. So the best way to do all this is also to travel and to experience the whole process personally.

Studying is an important step in learning a language, but not the only one; nothing better to practice a language than get  into a real environment where the language is naturally connected as the vehicle to do everything  in our diary routine in a country that is not yours.

In our site www.aprenderidiomas.com there are so many choices about many courses that are offered in several countries and including various forms of accommodation.

However, there are also cheaper options that not everyone knows: for many people, the courses are very interesting but difficult to access for some reasons, for example, because the price of lodging. For others, the form of housing is simply crucial  for learning a language. These people try to find a place to stay by choosing to rent apartments or houses, which logically implies an additional search effort involving long time and sometimes does not imply any advantage economically, even quite the opposite.

For those who travelling is an economic problem that stands in the middle when it comes to learning a language, I suggest two practical solutions:

1 – You can choose to take an online course and practice the language you want without having to travel and being free to choose your schedule.

2 – Or, you can minimize travel expenses using free resources like CouchSurfing, or other hospitality services or hospex.

What is the CouchSurfing and how it works?

CouchSurfing is an online hospitality service, organized like an online social network that offers accommodation without exchange of money and under certain conditions. In some cases looking for a cultural exchange and socialization, others in exchange for social work or otherwise. By registering, members can locate contacts in areas where they would like to travel and have the option of staying in their sofas at their houses, and you can also accommodate other travellers from all over the world. More than one million travellers from everywhere move around the map using this service that offers free accommodation and assistance to the trippers.

If your economy was an excuse for not learning a language, what will be your excuse now?

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The success of language learning is not developed overnight. With its gradual, step-by-step methods, a learner will undergo different levels of obstacles and challenges. Sometimes, learners will attempt to suspend their learning because it appears like they are not moving forward or improving their language skills. And even by trying out different methods, sometimes, they are still not motivated to learn and just decide to call it  “quits”.

If you really want to improve and learn a new language, you need to work hard. After a while you will see that the effort has worth your while. This post is dedicated to one person who has made a difference and is an example to language learners out there, Joanne Lee. Out of her eagerness to learn, this champion overcome all of her language barrers and has achieved her goal with excellent results.

The Herald-Mail issued an article about a current event where a youngster by the name of Joanne Lee, who presently,  is the frontrunner of the Washington Country Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. The thirteen-year old student, is famous for earning prestigious trophies by winning the Spelling Bee in her sixth, seventh, and eighth year. On June 2nd of this year, Joanne, together with the other 274 contestants across United States, will represent the Washington County Public Schools on the mentioned Spelling Bee.

This may sound ordinary compared to other brilliant students, but Joanne is no ordinary apprentice since English is not her native language.  Joanne’s mother, Hsiu-Hsueh Schubel, was an immigrant from Taiwan to the United States in the 1990s. Naturally, Hsiu-Hsueh was not a good English speaker when Joanne was still a toddler, so she wasn’t able to teach English to her daughter. Instead, she allowed Joanne to speak Mandarin Chinese around their house and her daughter started developing bad habits when trying to speak English.

Because Joanne resides in an English-speaking country, Hsiu-Hsueh had to expose her to a foreign language class in her younger age. And when Joanne started to go to school, she had to double her learning skills by taking up special English classes.

Sounds easy right? But it’s not. Even if children are generally absorbable to what their environment teaches them, you have to consider the attention span these children can contain, particular on traditional classroom set ups. In Joanne’s case, she enables herself to learn both basic classroom lessons and extra English language classes—all at the same time. Usually, she may result only as an average pupil in school, but her results are even remarkable. She excels so much with her language lessons to the extent of lifting her up to the present level she is in right now. Isn’t it amazing?

This is actually great news to those who look at language learning a tedious fad to study. But if only learners could entail this as a stepping stone to great success, then they will pursue such learning. See how rewarding Joanne’s effort has been, when her mom says: “[Joanne] had to go through this language barrier all by herself, it made me very proud of her.” Her efforts were never counted in vain. Instead, it made her into a champion.

Traveling is one exciting activity and learning a language while traveling may be more exciting than ever! Learning languages abroad has its many perks – it allows faster assimilation of the language in a language learner’s system since he or she will be immersed in the language and it gives a lot of opportunities for learning more about the place like its history, culture, and people!

There are many things to consider when traveling to another place yet one of the most important concerns would have to be accommodation. Knowing where to stay when traveling in another place assures the traveler that he or she will have a secure and clean place to stay while enjoying his or her vacation or language abroad program.

One of the most convenient forms of accommodation for travel is a hostel. Hostels are a type of accommodation that provides budget oriented and sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, and share a lounge, bathroom, and sometimes a kitchen with other occupants. Rooms in hostels can be shared among occupants though there are some private rooms available. Hostels are normally cheaper for both operators and occupants and they only assure that the best services are available at affordable prices.

If you are planning to learn a language abroad and would want to spend time with fellows who love traveling and learning languages too, you can opt to stay with any of our partner’s hostels. Hostelworld.com provides on-line confirmed booking for hostels, budget accommodation centers and package tours, as well as comprehensive content such as city and country guides. The staff of Hostelworld is composed of people from different parts of the world and has many years of experience in the budget travel industry. All of the bookings made with Hostelworld are made securely and in real-time, guaranteed for travelers like you.

Hostelworld has hostels on different parts of the planet including the more popular locations such as London, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Dublin, Berlin, New York, Vienna, Edinburgh, Sydney, Munich, San Francisco, Glasgow, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Rome, Venice, Florence, Budapest, Lisbon, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Aside from providing quality services to their customers, Hostelworld.com also donates a portion of their service charge from every booking to UNICEF. UNICEF provides assistance to and works for long term improvement in the lives of children from the poorest countries in the world by supporting programs aimed primarily at protecting children through immunization, education, health, and the long term eradication of poverty as well as emergency relief. Booking your hostels with Hostelworld.com assures you great accommodations, as well as helps you help underprivileged children from different parts of the world.

Booking for Hostelworld hostels is easy; all you have to do is enter your destination city and country, date of arrival, and the duration of your stay. You can book for hostels from the Abroad Languages main page and look for the Hostelworld widget at the left sidebar. You can also connect to Hostelworld’s website and search for more than twenty thousand hostels in over one hundred seventy countries.

Are you set to explore the world? Equip yourself with foreign languages and book in superior hostels right now!

A summer camp in Westside Elementary Schools aims to teach young students the Chinese culture as well as the Chinese language.

Children who have just finished kindergarten are still learning all there is to know with the English language and some of them are learning Chinese as well. 250 students will be joining the Excelling in Chinese Language Learning summer camp, which conducts a four-day activity aimed at expanding on what the students may already know about the Chinese culture.

Diane Jackson, the camp instructor, has said that they have made the program very basic for the young children since some of them have had no Chinese experience at all. Whether the camp teaches basic or non-basic material, it is trying to teach students as young as six years old a second language before they have mastered their first. According to those who are involved in the summer camp, even the youngest students seem to have few problems in learning Chinese.

Doris Grotheer, one of the instructors, said that the children do much better than even some adults do. Diane Jackson also said that the young students actually benefit from being at such a young age when they learn a new language. They are surprised at how quickly the children catch on and that the younger they are, the easier it is for them to learn a new language. By the end of the week, the instructors expect that everything the children have been taught they have pretty much taken in their system.

The Mandarin Chinese program has been funded by the Foreign Language Assistance Grant for the past two years. FLAP funded a rotation of two years through the district’s schools. The grant funded teaching positions which the district will not fund after the current fiscal year due to budget restraints. Yuan Yu, one of the teachers funded by the FLAP grant and an instructor in the summer camp, has said that she has enjoyed working with young students and said that learning about the Chinese culture will benefit them in the future.

The United States and China need to learn more about each other and language is the medium that helps people learn more about each other’s culture. The teachers who are working as instructors in the summer camp went through an intense training session in advance of the camp.