A new Way of Learning

Please watch this video from Sir Ken Robinson.

In the video you will find a new hope for our youth as well as the ability to cultivate creativity for what it is in new and refreshing ways.  It is time to rethink how we educate.  It is time to move away from dumbing down of our overall creative force and encourage... encourage... encourage.

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What's the Point?

We live for about 50... 80... maybe 100 years?  For what?  Really, for what purpose?  I think we all have thought about this at least once in our lives.  Maybe we ask this question when we feel like we are not on the path we ought to be on.  Maybe we are on track but feel that we could do even more.  So why not?

Right now, I feel that I am at one of the greatest points in my life... ok, so when I got married... and when our son was born, I thought this too...  I guess it is a pattern that I am happy to have as a reminder that I am doing something right. Or at least right for right now. 

So, what's new?  There is a new idea, that's what.  A new goal...

I have fallen in love with what I do.  Don't take me wrong.  I have always loved teaching languages; German and English primarily...  I have enjoyed building a solid company with a strong belief in increasing our students' quality of life.. and I really enjoy working with other people who have the same passion for language and helping other people.

But now there is something different.  What I do is even more complete.  Maybe it is from the act of redesigning the company's services to now reach out to anyone who wants to learn a language, instead of only to our corporate clients.  I think it is more from the acts of giving back to the community...  Recently, the company has taken on  a very special project that is close to my heart.  The project is simple:

Take a portion of our profit and invest it in members of our community in the US who need to learn English to live a better and fuller life...

Of course it makes sense that a language company would do this...  and although the company could use every penny of our profits to put towards growth, my question is simply, if we don't start giving back now... when will there ever be a good time?  And to go back to the title of this post... this is THE POINT.  To help others and to share a community wide outreach that can improve the lives of individuals in our community and our entire community overall.

I look forward to updating you on our project and any new projects in the near future. 

The Art of Learning a Language... great article by avangend

I saved this blog post to my favorites because it really struck home with me.  The article relays the fundamentals in language training and how to make learning a language either boring or exciting (of course, having the right instructor is important too).  It must have been something in my subconscious, but now that we are organizing our meet groups for different languages, this article is especially relevant.


Read on...


Article by  avangend on HubPages
Learning a foreign language is a concept that entralls, and a practice that bores. And why should it not be? When the vast, unbounded creativity of communication is reduced to the mathematical tedium of verb tenses and grammatical structures, the luster of language of dulled. What is the appeal of something that teaches one how to memorize rather than to learn, to think, to create, to use? Education, it seems, is not always the desired outcome of schooling. As Mark Twain puts it, “Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” Thus, I think it is now time – and probably overdue - to unlearn our prior, ineffective methods of foreign language “education,” and seek something more beneficial.


click here for the rest of the article...

New Newsletter

Make sure you check out our newest CORE-News Newsletter!  It went out on the 20th of March and we hope that if you like it or see something on there that looks exciting to you, you will share it with others.
Thank you!

Stephen

CORE Kidz

WOW... It really has been a busy year for us at CORE Languages.  A lot is going on and we look forward to sharing it with you in our next newsletter, which will be sent out tomorrow...

But... there is one thing I can't wait to talk about so I will mention it first here.  CORE Kidz!  Yes.  We will be offering a series of classes focused on children learning new languages.  If you are interested, contact us... otherwise, more information on the way!

Mission Trip

We love working with our local communities to help with outreach programs.  Often we meet at religious centers to hold group classes.

Here is a quick thought for anyone who is going on a short- or long-term mission trip to a foreign country. Try to learn the language before you go. Learning a language will help form some deep connections with the people you meet there.  Learning the local language shows that you care enough that you took time to learn how to communicate with the people you are reaching out to.  A great experience you will have when you are on your trip is to learn and practice the language with the locals and they will be happy to help teach you.

Contact us if you are headed on a Mission Trip and want to put together a small group for learning or hold a larger class at your local sanctuary or meeting place.  We are happy to provide affordable pricing for your good cause...  Keep up the good work and thank you for helping others around us.

New Location

Core Languages has been operating in Charleston SC for over four years now.  We have been expanding our range of services and making sure those services were effective, efficient and easy to measure.  We also have been able to drastically reduce our prices because we are able to function so efficiently.
So now that we have everything worked out and planned out... its time to shake it up again!  We are considering opening a location somewhere in Charleston, SC to act as a headquarters and an area to hold classes for our corporate and public clients.  Our goal is to get enough people talking about us so that we could open in the 3rd quarter of 2011.  We will keep you posted and we ask you to share any and all experiences that you may have had with Core Languages with friends and family...

Feel free to share any ideas on where you would like to see us open up... or any services that you would like to see in particular.