Proficiency Test Practice: CAE Reading and Use of English Part III Tips
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Proficiency Test Practice: CAE Reading and Use of English Part III Tips

CISL provides intensive Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English and First Certificate of English courses to prepare students for these rigorous exams; in addition, the CISL Blog provides students activities and tips on each of the test modules. Today we are looking at Reading and Use of English Part III, which is called “Word Formation.” Before...

TOEFL, IELTS, and Cambridge CAE and FCE Scores Equivalency Chart
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TOEFL, IELTS, and Cambridge CAE and FCE Scores Equivalency Chart

CISL is proud to have 45 years of English test preparation experience, including Cambridge preparation and TOEFL preparation classes at CISL San Diego and CISL San Francisco and IELTS preparation courses at CISL San Diego. Are you taking an exam soon to meet your personal, professional, or academic goals? We can help! Our small class sizes...

Career English Student Success: Desiree’s architecture firm!
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Career English Student Success: Desiree’s architecture firm!

CISL’s Career English Program provides students an incredible opportunity to learn English in a small classroom setting, then spend time at an American company. Desiree, from Switzerland, shared her experience with Studio E Architects. Thanks for sharing, Desiree! After spending four months learning English at Converse Languages School in San Diego, Desiree began the Career English program....

Top U.S. majors for Pathway students
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Top U.S. majors for Pathway students

Are you considering getting your degree from a U.S. college or university? With programs like CISL’s University Pathway, you easily can! First, you attend CISL classes and complete Converse’s rigorous English for Academic Purposes program to make sure that you have the English skills necessary to succeed in the American university classroom. Then, you work...

5 Business Idioms for New Employees + Ways to connect in SD and SF
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5 Business Idioms for New Employees + Ways to connect in SD and SF

The business world is the world of idioms: from sports related expressions to idioms about financial problems, office conversations are filled with phrases and expressions English learners quickly pick up! If you are a new employee (or, if you are a CISL Career English student and are spending time at an American company), the following...

Career English Success Story: Katrin from Austria learns all about event planning!
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Career English Success Story: Katrin from Austria learns all about event planning!

What do Austria, mustaches, and marketing have in common? Everything (if you’re CISL Career English student Katrin!). Katrin recently completed her Career English course with CISL. After taking classes at Converse to improve her English, Katrin worked with Gaslamp Event Management (GEM) in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter. Katrin shared her positive experience with the...

Five Academic Vocabulary Words to Impress your Professor
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Five Academic Vocabulary Words to Impress your Professor

  Are you thinking about attending university in the U.S.? CISL offers students the Academic Year Abroad Program, where students first attend CISL classes and perfect their English before taking one semester of classes at community college, and Academic Pathways, where students attend college or university directly after CISL (without taking the TOEFL). After this...