Foreign Languages

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American Center for Learning
executive director: Honore M. Fila
Location: 1415 Ridgeback Rd., Ste. 1 Chula Vista, CA 91910
                    9919 Hiben St. Ste. B, San Diego, CA 92131
telephone: Chula Vista: 619-656-6026  San Diego: 858-549-4250
fax: Chula Vista: 619-656-6052   San Diego: 858-549-4284
e-mail: hmfila@cox.net
URL: www.americancenterforlearning.com
Description:  The American Center for Learning is a full service educational center. We offer diagnostic assessments and skill-building programs in reading, writing, math, algebra, and English as a second language. Our curriculum is unique and has been proven effective for over two decades. We keep our student to teacher ratio at either one or two students to each teacher. This provides the student with direct instruction from the teacher and immediate reinforcement of skill needs. In addition to the basic academic programs, we also offer tutorial programs or workshops for Spanish, Geometry, Calculus, Biology, Physics, SAT Prep, HSPT, ISEE and other test-taking needs. Our experienced teachers provide a caring and motivating environment in which we encourage students to reach their highest academic potential. 

Garymar Academy
director/teacher: Martha Cardenas-Loutzenhiser, M.Ed.
Location: 10251 "O" Mast Blvd., Santee
Mailing Address: PO Box 711823, Santee, CA 92072-1823
telephone: 619-258-0169
website: www.garymar.org
e-mail: martha@garymar.org
description: Spanish Club - Natural learning approach, stories, skits, and hands-on activities - Fridays 4:30-6:00 p.m. English speaking students interact with Spanish speaking children. Tuition: $12 per week.
Bible-based Dual Language Summer Day Camp (Eng/Spa) - Four one-week sessions - Mon-Fri 9-12 p.m. Tuition $75 per week
Fieldtrips - Several destinations, including Fox Studios in Baja California, Mexico.
Exchange Students - Inbound and Outbound - 40+ countries

KidSchool Foreign Language Center
director/founder: Lena Sisson
Location: 983-A Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach, CA 92075
telephone: 858-792-0750
fax: 858-792-0743
e-mail: office@kidschool.us
URL: www.kidschool.us
Description:  If you want your child to speak one or more foreign languages like a native-speaker, then start your child as early as 16 months in our program!

We’ve been successfully guiding toddlers and children towards fluency for over sixteen years, and have systematically taken them through the very same ‘natural’ process a child experiences in acquiring their mother tongue. 

Our programs are designed to improve the way children learn and experience learning foreign languages. The fact is, it’s too late to start teaching kids foreign languages in secondary and post-secondary colleges and universities, small children learn naturally!

Learning a foreign language in this multi-sensory, interdisciplinary, full-immersion environment is extremely stimulating for young children’s minds.

All of our teachers are fluent in more than one language, so kids continually get the message that learning foreign language in not only fun, relevant, and dynamic, but possible!

One Stop French
Director: Soizic Cifuentes
Location: online courses
e-mail: soizic@eint.com or   frenchalavanille@yahoo.com
URL: http://onestopfrench.3netnet.net/chezsoizic
description: Wherever you are, at home or at your office, you can have live tailor-made French lessons with a native French experienced tutor. All you need are headsets and a good connection to the Internet. The schedule is very flexible and enables you to take classes at your convenience. When you meet me in the virtual classroom for the first time, I will test your level, in order to identify your needs and to make sure the sound quality of your system will allow you to get all the benefits of the class.

I follow throughout your learning process.

You will receive audio assignments at the end of each lesson and get personalized audio corrections. I provide on-line French teaching with a web conferencing platform that connects me to the student.  Each teaching session lasts 60 minutes.

Cost: Fully private: 4 lessons - $80. One lesson is $20 Semi private: (group of 2) $60 per person. One lesson is $15

Professional Tutors of America
Homeschool Coordinator: David Benet
Location: 3350 E. Birch St. #108, Brea, CA 92821
telephone: 800-832-2487
fax: 714-671-1887
e-mail: david@professionaltutors.com
URL: www.professionaltutors.com
description: Professional Tutors of America provides one-to-one tutoring at the student's home. We have qualified tutors for all academic subjects, and for all grade levels. All of our tutors are professional educators, with a minimum of a 4 year college degree. Most of our tutors have advanced degrees and teaching experience. Our tutors are available 7 days a week, and can work with any home schooling curriculum. Our tutors are carefully screened with background checks.

Our Professional Tutors can assist homeschooling in several ways:
Curriculum Instruction: Teaching the curriculum on a daily basis -- Full-time.
Courses: Teaching only selected courses of the curriculum -- Part-time.
Concepts: Teaching only selected concepts or topics from a course -- Part time.
Resource Teacher: Assisting the parent as a consultant, teaching learning styles, monitoring, and assessment of the student. You’ll love the convenience of our tutor coming directly to your home.

Sing 'n Speak Spanish
director: Julia Burnier
Location: 915 Albion Street San Diego, CA 92106
telephone: 619-223-2508
website: www.singnspeak.com
e-mail: singnspeak@cox.net
fax: 619-221-0362
description: A language program children love!
The Sing 'n Speak Spanish® language program fully integrates music into an extensive four year curriculum. It is a highly interactive and fun program with lesson plans that include a wide variety of catchy songs, humorous activities, puppet skits, games, stories, role-playing, and more! Visit our website at www.singnspeak.com to learn more about this excellent program. Contact Julia Burnier  to find out about home-school classes starting in September 2005 or to set up your own homeschool class. 

French
director: Claire Rottembourg
Location: Tierrasanta, San Diego
telephone: 619-666-0497
e-mail: bicinium@yahoo.fr
Description:  I am a native French speaker, and have been teaching French in San Diego for a language school for more than 5 years to children and adults. I take students 4 years old and up, any level.
Cost: varies. lesson weekly

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