Many international students consider attending a baseball game to be a “must” while studying English in California, and we agree that this is indeed an activity that students should try! If you are a student at CISL San Diego or CISL San Francisco, you have many options for attending a classic American baseball game: San...
Begin your year with the most exciting experience: CISL’s Winter Jr. Program in San Diego! Converse International School of Languages offers an exciting winter program for teens who would like to improve their English and enjoy life in beautiful California. Three words come to mind when describing CISL’s Winter Program: adventurous, fun, and action-packed! CISL organizes numerous...
CISL students preparing for the Cambridge FCE Exam are aware that the Reading and Use of English Module begins with Part 1, which is a paragraph with missing words and multiple choice options for the correct answer. What is the best way to prepare for this section of the test? Familiarize yourself with as many collocations, expressions,...
The verbs WIN, EARN, and GAIN are often confused by English learners, and for good reason: they have very similar meanings! They are also incredibly important words for Business English, and CISL teachers are often asked to clarify the words and their meanings. To test your knowledge of the differences between these words, take a look...
“Go fly a kite!” Have you ever heard this expression? It means “go away.” It’s a very funny and strange idiom of the English language (but also powerful: people know exactly what to do when you tell them to “go fly a kite!”). There is one time, however, that being told to “go fly a...
In a previous article, we looked at the types of questions that students can encounter in the TOEFL Reading Section 1. Today we are applying this information to a practice test on an article about the history of one of the most famous California icons: The Hollywood Sign. This practice test contains all of the...
California’s history is rich: literally! The state’s past is closely tied to the Gold Rush of 1849, which began after James Sutter found a large piece of gold in the foothills of Northern California. Shortly after, many people came to mine for gold, and the population of California skyrocketed. Today you can still visit these mining towns,...
An interview is the first impression you make on a company, so it is understandably very important to enter the interview with confidence. With these interview tips for English learners, you will learn how to prepare for an interview so that you can navigate the questions (in English!) with ease. Interview Tips for ESL Students...
Most picture Napa when they think of California’s world-famous, award-winning wines, but the entire state’s coast is filled with wineries that students living in both San Diego and San Francisco have the opportunity to visit. When you go wine tasting, you will hear specific wine-related words: here is some wine vocabulary you need to know before your next trip to one...
Why would ANYONE want to visit the hottest place in North America . . . especially when it has the name “Death” in it? Death Valley’s name might sound a little morbid, but the scenery certainly is not: in fact, Death Valley is a place commonly visited by CISL students. But how do you get there?...
