Lingua 21 started as a project to fulfil language learners' needs by providing customized sessions that align to each student's linguistic goal. We all have been part of a crowded language class in schools that generalize language instruction neglecting what each student really needs to acquire in the language. Interests, routines, jobs are different for each person, so language instruction cannot be generalized; we all need to express who we are in order to make our language adquisition meaningful.
Over a decade experienced language profesors are part of our staff; we all have worked in private and public institutions in Mexico and abroad. Thus, we have been exposed to different language settings that enrich our goal, guiding you through your journey towards your target language. This is how we created this language project, we offer customized services according to your specific goal:
-Full language course
-Language certification training
-Language for specific purposes (hospitality, business, medicine, etc)
-Kids: language nest
-Conversation club
-Reading club
-Language for traveling
Our programs are designed to be taught online with a constant student support in order to reach your linguistic goals.
These are the steps in order to start your language journey, so Lingua 21 will get to know you better and create a customized program for you:
-Online survey about you: interests, hobbies, linguistic goal (why you want to learn another language).
-If you are familiar with the target language, we will have an oral interview to see how much you can recall: understand and produce in the language.
Language courses
-Full language course
This is a course designed with customized elements, based on the student's needs as all our courses are. Not only does it provide our students with the necessary tools to express who they are, interests, job and life, but it covers all language areas (reading, listening, speaking, writing and use of language) at a more relaxed pace.
Students are provided with useful linguistic tools to talk about their everyday life and who they are; at the same time they acquire language to use in basic interactions such as shopping, ordering at a restaurant, talking about their last vacation, etc. All of this is connected through the different language areas previously mentioned. Compared to our other tutoring options, this is a normal pace course because students are not in a rush compared to a language certificacion or a trip abroad. The progress is determined by the number of sessions per week chosen by the student.
-Language certification training
If you are taking a language certification soon, we are your best option. We have worked as language examiners for different schools, at the same time we have taken these language certifications. We know the test formats to help you.
Spanish:
-Instituto Cervantes- DELE
-Servicio Internacional de Evaluación de la Lengua Española- SIELE
English:
-TOELF
-TOEIC
-Cambridge A1-B2
-Reading comprehension
French:
-DELF
-DALF
We focus on the language that you need to certify, we can also focus on a specific language area that you need to improve. The frequency of the sessions to get you ready for the certification is determined by the date of your required certification and the student's time availability.
-Language for specific purposes
We focus on the required language of your specific area such as medicine, nursing, business, office and hospitality; we strengthen your confidence with the functional language needed by acquiring vocabulary and structures used at work.
You will acquire the language to express who you are, plus the language that will make you grow in your job.
Currently we are expanding our areas to offer you more options to thrive at work.
- Kids - Language nest
We immerse children in the target language through engaging and playful methods such as gamification and sensory activities that bring the language to life.
Short stories, crafts, and creative writing activities allow children to express who they are while also strengthening their basic math and reading skills in the target language. Our approach encourages them to compare how both languages work, developing critical thinking and linguistic awareness at an early age.
By learning through play, creativity, and reflection, children gain the confidence to use the language naturally in real-life situations.
- Conversation club
Have you studied the target language before? Do you want to actually be able to speak it? Our speaking clubs are designed to provide the language scaffolds for you to speak your target language, so eventually you gain confidence and continue adding more structures to express yourself.
By using short texts, discussing vocabulary, acquiring language scaffolds, talking about your everyday life, we boost your speaking skills.
- Reading club
Are you looking for a language book club? Do you want to use your target language to talk about books? We have a reading language club with graded material according to your language level.
We use material for language learners. Books contain graded vocabulary and structures for your language skills. This allows you to use and increase the language you know even more at the same time.
We will discuss about the characters, moments in the story, plot, what a chapter is about, possible alternative endings by presenting vocabulary and untangling possible complex or confusing structures in the story. At the same time we will provide students with useful language to express their opinion about the book.
- Traveling
Are you traveling soon? Do you speak the local language of the place you are visiting? It would be a great idea to have the gist of the language for basic interactions. Traveling is a door to experience culture and connects us with locals, the best way to do it is experiencing the local language. This is a sign of respect and interest in their culture, and it gives us confidence to do basic activities such as ordering at a coffee place, or asking for directions or information.
Immerse into the local culture of your next destination by acquiring the basic language to talk to locals. Live the local culture and maximize your travel experience, we can help you with that!
