Have you heard of our weekly menu of academic workshops? They’re good fun, popular and absolutely free.

Pronunciation Clinic: Your weekly chance to learn quick tips, pointers and secrets to practise and correct some common pronunciation difficulties. There are specialised sessions for different nationalities.

Chill and Chat: It’s all in the name! Join a conversation with one of our teachers to discuss an issue or subject of interest on a weekly basis. See it as a great, additional opportunity for you to speak English outside of class, sometimes outside the school itself but always in a relaxed, pleasant environment.

Lecture Series: Held once a month, this series is there for you to practise listening skills in a real-life setting, under the guidance of a teacher, staff member or another native English speaker in the community. Take notes, ask questions and write an essay after the lecture – you won’t regret a minute!

Tutorials: Tutorials are one-on-one meetings with teachers which take place every 3 weeks. We encourage you to take tutorials if you have studied for 3 weeks or longer. These meetings will allow you to express any concerns and to talk about your strengths/ weaknesses and what you’d like to work on or improve.

Reading Circle: Join our reading circle if you want to work on your reading skills in your General English core classes. Once a week, your reading circle teacher will discuss what you have read, go over new vocabulary and comprehension questions.

There are other free activities for you to participate in and enjoy, but we’ll talk about them some other time, in the very near future!

For more information about our FREE Academic Workshops, contact us.

ESOL Preparation in Miami!

Want to get your best FCE or CAE score but only have a limited time to study? At our Miami Beach English school you can take the unique Cambridge ESOL Summer Course. This 4-week course of 30 lessons per week (22.5 hours) is taught by our friendly, experienced and professional teachers. They will help you learn the skills you need to take an ESOL exam.

On this ESOL  course you will:

• Practice speaking, listening, writing and reading.
• Learn the techniques needed to get your best possible score.
• Study in a modern school in a wonderful location.
• Improve your English in classes with students from all over the world.

For more information on this Cambridge ESOL Summer Course, contact us.

Here, we see Jeannette (from Switzerland) in our student lounge catching up on Dalgliesh’s adventure.

Good luck to all of our students as they start their Cambridge exams next week!

-Mark

Segafredo

Coffee/espresso bar

Close enough to walk in our 15 minutes break.

Location: On the Lincoln Rd. right side of the street when walking from EC. 

Fresh Market

High-end grocery store. Have everything for lunch and everything is fresh.

Location: 1800 West Avenue. Take you 7 min to walk.

Epicure

Combined grocery store and coffee bar.

Epicure has many fresh alternatives, sushi, salad, sandwiches and warm/cold bar.

Location: On the opposite side of EC on Alton Rd.

Dunkin’Donuts

Cheaper coffee than Segafredo.

Close enough to walk in our 15 minutes break.

Location: Same side as Epicure just further up the street.

Doraku

Happy hour during our lunchbreak. Make sure you have enough time to eat there.

Price level: approximately 6/8 $

Asian cuisine

Location: At the Lincoln Road across from the school.

A trip to Key West the most southern point on the east side of the US, is something that we highly recommend you to do. We have both been there and we would like to tell short about how to get there and what to do.

There are different ways to go, one way is to go on a one day trip with Half Price Tours which is very convinient and cheap. Another way is to rent a car and gather a group which can be very fun. There are several car rental shops located on South Beach and also at the airport. Do some research in advance there are many rentals and prices can vary widly. The road down to Key West may give you some good sights so take your time an make some stops on your way. Hotels or hostels is easy to find and with resonable prices some places is also recommended by previous back-pacers. So if there is lack of people in in your group or just hard to figure out and land on an activity that suits everyone, find a back-pacer that think like you.

Attractions:
If you want to learn something about the history of Key West,  sightseeingtours can be done by busses who will drive you around in town while you can practice your listening skills by listening to the tour guide. If you want to see Key West from the water we recommend you to do a jet-ski tour around the island, it takes about 2 hours. Other adventures can be snorkeling, parasailing and sunset cruise (check that in advance), which is cheaper to do here than in Miami. Do not forget to look for the most southern continental point, picture beneath and watch the sunset at the marina.

My name is Shawn Pantin and I am super excited to join the EC Family as a Part-Time International Student Advisor.

I am born Trinidad and Tobago but I have lived in Miami for about 10 non-consecutive years.

I spent the past year and a half working Activities Coordinator for another international language school. That being said I am an outdoorsy person and love doing extreme sports, such as Skydiving, Horseback Riding  and SCUBA Diving. I hope to bring that same passion for life and adventure to EC!

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Student’s Miami Thoughts

Study abroad is a unique experience in our lives. EC Miami provides to all students excellent teachers and the opportunity to be in contact with different cultures. Moreover, Miami Beach is also an amazing place to enjoy the nightlife and spend your time at the beach with the sunny weather.  Don’t forget to eat at Zuma restaurant and party at LIV club. Enjoy Miami Beach!

Teacher’s Comments

Will is an incredibly accomplished guy – he holds a law degree, an MBA, and he’s training for the Ironman competition. He applies the same kind of work ethic to his English studies. Perhaps more importantly, though, he’s got a great sense of humor and really serves as a leader in the classroom.

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Teacher’s Hometown

Andover, Massachusetts

Teacher’s Miami Recommendation

Everyone should definitely check out the Wynwood Art Walk at least once. It happens every second Saturday of the month. I’m not a Miami native, but I found it to be a great way to meet local people and artists and “get off the beach”. Plus, there are food trucks!

Teacher’s English Tip

The more exposure you can get to English outside of school, the better. Read a newspaper every morning. Attend a concert. Go shopping at the mall (a very tough assignment, I know). See a movie without subtitles.

Hi, my name is Marisa Steiger I’m from Switzerland. I like Miami because the weather is perfect, the people are friendly and open-minded.

I recommend scuba diving in the Key’s it an awesome experience. You will see many different kinds of fish and corals. If you aren’t  a scuba diver there are many places to discover scuba diving lessons or take snorkeling trips.