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CEL STUDENT SNAP SHOT

CEL Student Snap Shot - Wiebke Müller | CEL on Campus Worker

Hey, my name is Wiebke and I am a 26-year-old student from Germany. I have been at CEL Downtown in San Diego since June 2018, studying English and completing my internship. So far it has been a great two months and I will be sad when my program ends in September.

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CEL STUDENT SNAP SHOT

CEL Student Snap Shot - Tamara Gasser | CEL on Campus Worker

Hey, it is me Tamara!
 
I am 21 years old, born and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland. Currently, I am attending CEL in Downtown San Diego. My classes started in the beginning of July 2018 and I am going to stay in San Diego till the end of October 2018. In other words, I am here for 4 months.
 

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CEL STUDENT SNAP SHOT

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CEL Student Snap Shot - Mahyang and Nicolas | CEL on Campus Workers

Coming to San Diego and learning English is cool and all, but you know what’s cooler than that? Working closely with our CEL staff and gaining some work experience you can include in  your portfolio and resume! We currently have 2 student interns, Nicolas and Mahyang, in Pacific Beach and Downtown San Diego who work with us in the office before and after class. We asked them to introduce themselves and tell us a little bit about their experience here in San Diego Here’s a glimpse in to the life of a student intern at CEL!

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CEL SAN DIEGO DOWNTOWN NEW LOCATION

It’s been 2 months since we moved to our new location and we couldn’t be happier.

Check out this quick summary and tour of our new location and what we offer to our students!
We’re very excited to have students new and old enjoy our new location. Here’s a little background:

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CEL STUDENT SNAP SHOT

For this article we’d love to share a very interesting story from one of our students. 
Doteki Ogawa started his course at CEL Downtown on November 27th 2017 and will finish it by October 26th 2018, a total of 48 weeks! When we first met him, his hulking figure was intimidating, but we were blown away by his peaceful, fun-loving personality and eagerness to connect with his new peers.

After speaking with him, we found out his amazing story of honor and discipline to his craft. Check it out! Our Japanese MMA fighter has a lot to teach us! 

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CEL STUDENT SNAP SHOT

CEL Student Snap Shot - Keyla Karina Poll

Initially, Keyla had planned to stay 12 weeks, but then San Diego and CEL Downtown stole her heart. She decided to stay longer and extended her course for 12 more weeks! It was a great decision because she is one of those students that brings happiness wherever she goes.

Since her course ended, she is back in Brazil working as an Optometrist at her clinic. We're so glad she's sharing a bit of her experience with us.

Thank you, Keyla!

 

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CEL STUDENT SNAP SHOT

CEL Student Snap Shot - Seonghyeon Kang

Seonghyeon Kang, "Kang" spent 36 weeks at CEL. It was a great pleasure having this sweet and smart student with us. Now, he's going to serve the military in South Korea for 2 years. We wish him all the best and hope to see him soon!

We're so proud to see your improvment and how confident and confortable you are now when you speak English!

Thank you Kang! We miss you already!!

 

 

 

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HALLOWEEN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!

“Trick or Treat”!

Halloween is fast approaching on 10/31!. Have you planned your costume yet?

It’s vital that everyone has fun at Halloween and embraces the chance to be completely creative! Halloween is the time to be as weird as you want and no one would judge you :)

Here you can find more about the history and American customs of Halloween to prepare yourself for one of the biggest and most fun holidays in America.

We also would like to share some pictures of our past Halloween parties at CEL!!

 

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CALIFORNIA PACKING LIST | CALIFORNIA IS A GREAT IDEA!

California is always a great idea !!

Welcome to California, where the sun shines and dreams come true.

California, the third largest state in the United States, is a land famous for its exceptional coastline and because It is almost always sunny and beautiful even during the winter.

This is one of the places, or maybe the only place on earth, where you can go surfing, skiing, and riding a dunes buggy in the desert in one day.

In this post we want to give you 10 reasons  why we love California so much!! We could have listed thousands of reasons…. so wait for more posts about California !!

 

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CEL GRAMMAR GRIND

CEL GRAMMAR GRIND - PREPOSITIONS BY CLAIRE

CEL Grammar Grind - Prepositions by Claire Zachow

Claire teaches Advanced-A (C1 level) at our downtown school. She has taught here for six years. Clare’s life before CEL included 13 years at Apple as a program, project and product manager. She also spent a decade as a corporate curriculum designer, technology trainer, and director. Claire thinks the most important work she has ever done was her first job; she was a high school teacher in the most dangerous part of LA for four years.

Now, she's going to help us to understand why are words like 'on', 'at', 'for' and 'about' so tricky for learners of English?

A billion people are learning English around the world and most of them are struggling with the same things, and one of the most common areas of difficulty for ESL students is PREPOSITION!

 

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