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Yak Academy San Diego:
Located in Mira Mesa, just 30 minutes north of Downtown San Diego, Yak Academy San Diego provides Mandarin Chinese immersion programs for children ages 1-10, including General Chinese immersion classes, "Parent & Me", "Preschool Program" and once-a-week Enrichment Classes. We are confident that you will find a program that meets the developmental needs of your children whether they’re babies, toddlers, preschoolers or elementary school age.

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Why Choose Yak Academy?


- Fun, Play-Based Approach
We believe there is a right way to aid language acquisition. When children have to understand to “survive” (participate) in an immersion environment, they acquire chunks of useful language. This becomes even easier when preschool curriculum is presented in a fun, play‐based fashion just like in an English‐only setting.

- Believing in Children
We believe that children are intelligent. At a young age, they know what they like and learn better if the content being taught relates to their interests. This allows a preschooler’s natural love of learning to take over, encourages feelings of competency and increases the probability of classroom success.

- No-Pressure Environment
We believe in a no pressure environment. In an effort to inspire success, we create a feeling of “home” in our facilities. When children feel safe and nurtured in their environment, they have fun, express themselves openly, and most importantly, learn.

Qualified & Experienced Instructors:

Our amazing instructors are more than an intelligent, interesting and globally aware group of native speakers. They are hard workers on a mission to create a climate of trust and respect from the child’s point of view in a “nose to nose, knee to knee” kind of way. We also provide Spanish and French language immersion classes.

Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Programs for Kids Ages 1-10:

- "Parent & Me", "Preschool Program" and once-a-week General Enrichment Classes
- Taught by native speaking instructors through game, music, song and art.
- Spanish & French classes also available                

Parent Testimonial:

“My daughter is living proof that it is never too early to introduce a second language.  I started her in the Yak Academy classes when she was only one year old and could only utter a handful of English words. 

Now she is two and a half years old and has learned more Chinese than I ever did my entire childhood taking the 'traditional' Chinese classes.  What's so wonderful is that Yak Academy makes Chinese so easy and fun.  My daughter is becoming bilingual in English and Chinese without her even realizing it.  To her, it's just a chance to go to class and play with friends."
- Cathy, mother of Caleb, Katara & Wyatt

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Address: 9939 Hibert Street, Suite, 105, San Diego, California 92131, USA
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ABC Languages, San Francisco CA & Online Chinese Classes USA
Courses / Programs
• ABC Languages provides group and private Mandarin Chinese classes in the Bay Area to children, teenagers, college students and adults at our language schools in downtown San Francisco and Menlo Park, as well as at-home tutoring.

• We also offer Chinese instruction to schools, organizations and corporations throughout San Francisco and the Silicon Valley and Peninsula region of the Bay Area, including in Palo Alto, San Mateo, Mountain View, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and San Jose.

• Whether it's a once a week after-school session, an at-home Chinese language play group, or a more intensive program of several times a week, ABC is able to design a Chinese language program to match your request.

• Mandarin Chinese is not only one of the most popular languages to learn worldwide, but also at ABC Languages. Our Chinese programs incorporate effective new methods in teaching that get students speaking right away and gaining practical skills for the real world.

• Using a popular textbook (“Chit-Chat Chinese”) written by ABC’s Founder, students get to experience a new way of learning Mandarin Chinese that involves role-play, picture prompts, audio aides and much more that keep lessons lively and ensures students are actively learning.

• Voted “Best of the Bay Area” by SFGate users, ABC is recognized as one of the best places to learn Mandarin Chinese. Teachers are native speakers with a minimum of 2 years teaching experience.
Mandarin Chinese classes for kids & teens:
• Group Chinese lessons 
• Private or At-Home Chinese Tutoring
• After-School Chinese programs
• Chinese classes for schools
• Enrichment & homework help

Mandarin Chinese classes for adults:
• Group Chinese classes for beginners to advanced
• Chinese conversation classes
• Private Chinese lessons
• Corporate Chinese training
• Online Chinese lessons

Other Foreign Language Classes:
• We also offer instruction in French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Italian, German, Portuguese, Farsi, Arabic & more..
English Camps for International Students - San Francisco
Courses / Programs
If you are searching for a quality English language camp in the USA for your child or teenager, look no further than an accredited English language school in the beautiful Bay Area of California.

Our summer and winter English camps combine language classes with exciting afternoon and weekend activities.

Conveniently located in the Financial District of Downtown, San Francisco provides Junior English Language Adventure Programs for kids and teens ages 10-17, and Leader in Training Programs for young adults ages 17-21.

Connect with other similarly-aged students from all over the world in our international camps. Make amazing life-long friendships, learn about other cultures while practicing your newly-acquired English language skills.
Junior English Language Adventure Programs:
• Duration: 1-7 weeks in summer; 1-4 weeks in winter
• Age requirement: For students ages 10-17 (13-17 years for homestay)
• Language Levels: Any level
Mandarin Kids Tutoring
Courses / Programs
Serving students in San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County and surrounding areas, Mandarin Kids Tutoring provides hands-on, private Mandarin Chinese language classes to pre-K and elementary students and their parents.

Established in 2005, we offer small hands-on classes that engage children with each other, allowing them to become familiar with the Mandarin tones connected with familiar everyday items.

We use simplified Chinese, yet also expose students to traditional written Chinese characters.
Mandarin Chinese Language Classes:

- Pre-K Chinese Immersion
- Chinese for Elementary Students
- Chinese for Parents
- Group Mandarin classes
- Private / Small Group Mandarin lessons
D'Angon Academy English Camp
Courses / Programs
D'Angon Academy for Language Acquisition provides summer English camps in California for children ages 3-16 as well as academic year, English immersion homestay programs for children entering 4th-8th Grade.

Our programs combine quality English classes with fun excursions to popular tourist destinations that allow our students to experience American culture and practice their English language skills.

Located just 50 miles south of Los Angeles, 80 miles north of San Diego, and 6 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, the city of Irvine is rated one of the safest cities of its size in the United States.

Homestay students reside in a home with a local family, and attend the prestigious Montessori on the Lake school in Lake Forest, CA. 

All of our students return home with noticeably stronger English skills. They will have confidence in their ability to read, write, speak and listen in English.

We provide the Year-Round English Courses for children ages 3 through 13/14 years old at our partner I-20 (student visa) certified school just south of Los Angeles.

Thanks to our ESL programs, our students experience American culture in a way that will contribute to their future academic success. They will have fun and make new friends from around the world!
Academic Year ESL Immersion Homestay Program:
For high-achieving students entering 4th – 8th Grade

- This homestay program is for a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 10 months. 

- Designed as a preparation for students who likely attend high school or university in the U.S.

Summer English Language Camps:
1-week camps for children ages 3-16 & ESL Groups

- English language classes for 3-4 hours each morning

- Excursions to popular tourist attractions such as Disneyland or Sea World with English activities integrated into the excursion
Bay Language Academy, Alameda CA
Courses / Programs
Situated in Alameda CA, Bay Language Academy provides beginner to advanced level classes and after school programs to children and adults in a variety of languages. We currently offer Spanish, Mandarin, French, Japanese, Italian, Korean, English, German and Arabic.

Focusing on the specific needs of students and their parents, the classes are offered once, twice or three times weekly after school in 75 to 150-minute sessions. Parents are informed after each class of what was covered and what is expected from the young students for the next session.

The overall method is based on a modular teaching with an approach based on task, where a balance between practice and theory is achieved. The aim is to develop effective communication skills through the elementary development of the four basic language known skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Our instructors are trilingual, share a passion for languages and provide instruction through an engaging set of media interactive games, songs, art projects, total physical response and classical games. Our team of educators are either linguists who hold Bachelor's degree with certifications, Master's degree, Ph. D degree or are credentialed teachers.
Language Classes for Children & Adults:

Languages include:
- Spanish
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Arabic
- Japanese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Russian
- Korean

Specific courses include:
- After-school Program
- Beginner (for children who only speak English)
- Beginner (for children whose parents speak the foreign language)
- Intermediate (for children who only speak English)
- Intermediate (for children whose parents speak the foreign language)
- Child Advanced
i-Immersion Institute
Courses / Programs
i-Immersion Institute provides Mandarin preschool, after-school, and general immersion language programs for children in the San Francisco Bay Area.

With school locations in San Mateo and San Jose, we offer high-quality Mandarin immersion preschool courses for students ages 10 months - 4 years, General Mandarin language solutions for PreK - Grade 8 students, and Chinese After School courses for students in TK - Grade 5.

The Kuo siblings- Alice, Stephen, and Michael started out providing Mandarin, writing, math, and science lessons at students' homes.

Alice, i-Immersion's DIrector with over 8 years of teaching experience, was committed to bringing the Kuo's lively and interactive teaching style to more kids and families, and founded i-Immersion in the spring of 2007.

Today, i-Immersion has served over 600 families in over 20 San Francisco Bay Area communities in the Mandarin immersion language. The Kuo's are continuing their legacy by empowering new community leaders and educators who share their vision.
Mandarin Immersion Preschool Courses:
- Ages 10 months - 4 years

This class aims at improving children's:
- Preschool Learning Foundations
- Social & Emotional Development
- Physical Development & Health
- English & Mandarin Language Development

General Mandarin Immersion Courses:
- In-class for students in Pre-K through Grade 8