California Language Academy

Classes were ok.
The first teacher Kris was strange. I guess, he did not have any lesson plan. We attended his class only one day and asked to transfer us to another teacher. The second teacher, Philipp, was great! We enjoyed the classes very much!
The orientation session took the whole 1st day at school, unfortunatelly, no lessons were provided that day.
Friday is called as a speaking club/accent reduction day. We visited one Friday, faced Kris again with no plan, we just lost our time and did not come next Friday.
So, from our 9 days payed we really got knowledge only during 5 days.

Location was good.
Housing was good and near the school, but surprisingly was not clean and had no towels and hairdryer.

And the main problem still not solved: I can not receive the refundable deposit for the housing back - $600! I dont understand why!

First I gotta say this school definitely has some people that really make effort.
The classes were pretty mixed in the age, which is really good. All students were really nice a it wasn’t hard to make friends.
Some teachers are really good, especially Philip is an awesome teacher. He really teaches new things every day and tries to include every single student. With his knowledge in a lot of topics it is really pleasant to have conversations with Philip.
The location of CLA is good, it isn’t a bad area.
All in all I would say this school is perfect for people that plan to stay at least 2-3 months, and start with a solid knowledge in the English language. The school is very helpful if you have any issues, the will always find a solution as far as they can.

Anyone who thinks about staying with a host family, do it. There isn’t an better experience, especially your language improves a lot.

On first you get a test, that the school know, how well your English is. You can do this test before you start the school. At school they showed me my class and introduced everyone. Always very friendly and helpful! The lessons are also great. At class we talked a lot about different subjects to make speaking much easier. We also wrote some texts or learned more about grammar. Everything was very helpful for me and speaking English after "CLA" works much better.

I went to the school for one week only due to the limitation of my vacations.
But I could enjoy study and life in Los Angeles.
A explanation by using several examples is very good and I can see easily.
Talking with teachers and students are fun.
On top of that, I do home-stay. The host family is very kind and I could relax in own room.

i stayed 2 weeks in CLA, the teachers are very good, and the people are very friendly.

I wanted to stay longer

its a good program to meet people, learn English and visit California

I liked so much the didactic of classes!
It’s near the airport, what can help people that never have been in LA.

Teachers and the whole team have inspired me a lot, as a teacher
I am teacher, I am Band Director in a Middle and High School Band in Brazil.

The way They were so kind with me since the very first moment at the School was unforgettable!