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Welcome to our December newsletter. This month was much appreciated by everyone: the snow, the cold days, the christmas trees and decoration made this month one to remember. Everyone had a good holiday season with good food, warm drinks, Christmas songs, and some gifts. Now, that Chritmas is over and that the new year is upon us, it is time to enjoy winter activites. Put on your skates, your skies or snowshoeing and enjoy the snow that montreal offers to all its inhabitants. GEOS Montreal wishes to each of you a Happy New Year 2011. Hopefully this year will bring you hapiness, health and success and... good English and French...to our students!
If you would like to stay in touch with GEOS Montreal, please join our Facebook group! Feel free to also upload pictures and share your experience with your friends and even former students. You can also be informed about our activities at anytime. Join then our grop on facebool (GEOS Montreal - activities). You can also take a look at our videos (please visit http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=GEOS+MOntreal&search_type=&a... ) and have a look at the testimonials on our website (http://www.geosmontreal.com/testimonials).
If you also would like to take a look at a video about Montreal, please visit: http://vimeo.com/12111078
Please find below one of our French teachers. Her name is Valentina and she introduces herself:
"Je suis née le 03 Mars 1968, à Sliven, en Bulgarie, et je suis le deuxième enfant de mes parents. Mon éducation (primaire et secondaire) je l'ai terminée dans ma ville natale.En 1987, j'ai été acceptée en tant qu'étudiante au Collège d'enseignants pour les écoles primaires et secondaires, à Kurdzhali, lequel j'ai terminé en 1990, ayant reçu le Certificat de fin des études postsecondaires et avoir obtenu un brevet d'aptitude pédagogique comme enseignante de langue bulgare, langue française et musique.La même année(1990), j'ai eu la chance de pouvoir continuer mes études superieures de 1er cycle à l'Université de Véliko Tarnovo (spécialité langue bulgare et langue française).
Cependant, je me suis mariée et j'ai eu mon premier enfant en 1989 et mon deuxième en 1993.J'ai travaillé comme enseignante de français langue seconde pendant plus de 15 ans et je peux dire j'aime beaucoup cette profession.
En 2004, après avoir divorcé, j'ai commencé la procédure pour venir ici, au Canada, et en 2007, au mois de septembre, je suis arrivée à Montréal en tant que résident permanent.J'ai trouvé mon premier emploi trois mois plus tard.
J'aime beaucoup la musique (j'ai chanté dans un choeur d'enfants pendant 12 ans-musique classique), le maquillage , les voyages et lire des livres historiques. J'ai oublié -j'aime beaucoup rire aussi!"
Valentina Stoycheva
Professeur de Français
For those who know her, Yuly Gonzalez got married two weeks ago in Colombia in presence of of her friend and family. All our congratulations and may 2011 bring hapiness to the new couple!
"Quand je suis arrivé à Montréal, j'ai découvert la sensation de ne pas avoir mes pieds sur terre toutes en devenant complètement habitué a cette belle ville. C´est seulement à GEOS, Montréal que j´ai trouvé cet expérience et cette sensation. À l'école, le divertissement, la culture québécoise, l´apprentissage des langues, les amis, les professeurs, toute l'équipe et même la ville comme t´elle se mélangent ensemble pour me rendre de moments heureux qui ne sont pas fini, mais restent immuables dans ma tête pour toujours. J´aimerais retourner et bien sur dire que GEOS vaut la peine!"
Elisa Toro
Colombie
Programme de Français, temps plein, 16 semaines
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We are very proud of our Nationality mix for this month. Currently we have 42 Nationalities represented in the school among our 184 students.
Canada: 16.30%
Saudi Arabia: 10.33%
Brazil: 9.78%
Mexico: 8.70%
Korea: 7.07%
Japan: 5.43%
Libya: 4.35%
Vietnam: 3.80%
Colombia, Turkey: 2.72% each
Peru: 2.17%
Venezuela, Russia, France, Germany, and Taiwan: 1.63% each
Argentina, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Chile, China, Iraq, Spain, Egypt and England: 1.09% each
Others: 8.64%
Our French beginner dates for 2011 are on the following dates: January 4, February 22, March 22, May 17, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 6 and November 1. Our French evening starting dates for beginners will be the same as the ones in the daytime for 2011. Improving your French and/or English can be your resolution for the new year. Sign up for January 4th.
Our next Japanese class will be in the week of January 39th, 2011.
We presently have three different elective classes in English: The TOEFL, the IELTS preparation classes, our academic writing class and our writing tutorial course. In French, we have a “communication francaise” class.
If you are interested in any of our elective classes, feel free to contact us at info@geosmontreal.com.
 We also offer seasonal study tours/holiday group courses that students can join individually for one or two weeks.
Furthermore you can send your own group. Please fill out the study tour analysis form that you can find on our website and we will then design a program and prepare a quote for you based on the activities and accommodations requested.
You can download our 2011 School Brochure here.If you have any questions regarding the programs or the starting dates, just send us an email by CLICKING HERE
December in GEOS Montreal was very busy month.
On Thursday December 2nd, Spanish speakers and non-spanish speakers enjoyed a fun and festive evening at Limon, Mexican delights. We learned a lot of spanish sentences and words. This shows that we can learn more than English and French at GEOS Montreal...
The day after, the students enjoyed an exciting Bowling Night at Quilles G plus. As it was a night organised by University of Quebec in Montreal and there was plenty of students from different school with whom to share laughs, drinks, and of course,exiting bowling games. It’s not always easy to put at least one pin down.
Christmas celebrations never stop in Montreal. From December 3rd to the 23rd, the Salon des Metiers d’Art du Quebec offered the opportunity to enjoy and buy nice pieces of art made by artisans from all over Quebec and even world wide. An interesting way to find unique gifts and souvenirs.
December 10th is a date students will remember for a long time because of our Christmas Party. Celebrated at Le Magnan, a well-know restaurant in Montreal, the students enjoyed a traditionnal Quebecois Holiday dinner including tourtiere (meat pis), turkey, porc leg ragout, mashed potatoes and cranneberry sauce, and of course the famous Christmas Log.
To truly enjoy Winter in Montreal, we need to keep busy and try all the Winter sports. Therefore, we went ice skating on Bassin Bonsecours in Old Port of Montreal. As it was the first time ice skating for most of the students, many of them fell but everyone kept laughing. Finally, the 21 students that were there are now ice skating champions and will remember that night all their life!
http://www.geosmontreal.com/activities.
What is happening in January in Montreal?
In January, don’t miss the Happening Gourmand, from January 10th to 31st, where 8 fine cuisine restaurants will offer their menu for a fraction of the regular price. It’s a great way to taste some of the finest meals that Montreal has to offer. Also, starting on January 13th, every Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays of January, join hundreds of people on the Quays of Old Port of Montreal for Igloofest, the most anticipated series of outdoor rave events of the winter season. Finally, La Fete des Neiges de Montreal offers family and adults tons of Winter activities to enjoy every weekends from January 22nd, in Parc Jean-Drapeau.
Also, you can read below a few words from an Italian student who gives us his feelings about winter in Montreal:
"When I decided to move to Montreal for the winter, people told me: "Man, you're going to freeze there! It's not the same weather of Rome!", but i always answered them that some grade less couldn't be so bad...Well, now that i'm here in Montreal, i really understand what the term "cold" means:
Snow, ice, frozen ears, feet and hands (not to mention the nose!), a strong necessity of hot chocolate!
Here in GEOS, teachers told us that "the only way to survive the canadian winter, is to enjoy it!", and i've no doubt that, with all the amazing activities that GEOS organizes (thanks Marykim for that! :) ), we found the best way to live the cold season!
Ice skating, bowling, ski trip, sledding on Mont Royal, cinemas and even walking in the snowy streets downtown to discover (in great company, of course!) peculiarities of winter in Montreal, are the right things to do...and we do them!!
During winter, being at home is the shortcut to feel depressed! It's so much better to go outside with my GEOS friends from all over the world and enjoy a winter so different from my home city's one!"
Alberto Imbaglione
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