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Welcome to our September newsletter. September’s weather was much better than other months: a nice and warm month with the leaves announcing a beautiful autumn with all its bright and vibrant new colors. It’s a good time to plan some hiking trips to different regions of Quebec. This is a great time for our students because it’s not too hot, not too cold, and they can still enjoy spending time outside, sitting on a terrace, going for a bike ride or for a walk.
This month, we had events to please people of all tastes. There was the Montreal marathon for our most athletic students and for our school’s romantics, there was "The magic of Lanterns" celebrating the traditional Chinese astronomy at the Montreal Botanical Garden. Our comic book fans definitely enjoyed the 2 day-event called “Montreal Comic-Con”. The students interested in cultural diversity enjoyed the “Journée de la culture”, a three day event with free activities. Plus, pop music fans had a chance to enjoy the Pop Montreal festival. The best event, however, was the book launch party of Ian Orti, our beloved teacher. GEOS Montreal Staff members and some students went to the event and listened to the author read from the book. It was a really inspiring evening. If you are interested, the book’s title is "The Olive and the dawn".
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Our students have fun in Montreal and hang out quite often at clubs, bars and house parties. We organized few activities for this month: Old Port tour, Bagel tour, exhibition at the museum of Fine art and ice skating tour. On Mondays, our students also enjoyed movies like “Bon cop, bad cop”, “The decline of the American Empire” and “Les invasions barbares”.
What is happening in October in Montreal?
An important festival that must not be missed is the Festival du nouveau Cinema, starting on October 7th. "The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma is committed to highlighting and contributing to the development of new trends in cinema and new media. It is a showcase for new, original works, particularly in the fields of independent cinema and digital creation".
.jpg) Our french teacher Proshat introduces herself: "Je m'appelle Proshat Hemmati et j'ai 34 ans. Je vis aujourd'hui à Montréal avec mon mari, mais je ne suis arrivée dans cette merveilleuse ville qu'il y a 17 mois. Passionnée de littérature, j'ai étudié les Lettres françaises à l'Université de Téhéran, la ville où je suis née en Iran. Après 2 années de travail en tant qu'enseignante du français langue étrangère et en tant que secrétaire bilingue dans une société d'exportation, j'ai choisi de continuer mes études en France. J'ai alors fait un master II en Lettres Modernes à l'Université de Provence à Aix en Provence. J'ai aussi fait quelques recherches sur les maisons d'éditions françaises et pendant les deux dernières années de mon séjour en France, j'ai travaillé dans plusieurs types de bibliothèques: universitaire ou de recherche.
Après m'être installée à Montréal, j'ai enseigné le français langue seconde dans quelques écoles de langues de la ville, mais finalement j'ai décidé d'enseigner seulement à GEOS, car c'est mon école préférée. Je passe mon temps libre à découvrir la région en randonnée pédestre, à faire de la natation et parfois, je traduis les articles du "Monde diplomatique" en persan."
We are very proud of our Nationality mix for this month. Currently we have 35 Nationalities represented in the school among our 202 students
You can take a look where our students are coming from:
Europe: 25%
(Germany: 7 %, Spain: 11 %)
Canada: 12 %
Mexico: 7 %
Korea: 5 %
Colombia: 7%
Japan: 6 %
Brazil: 9 %
Russia: 2 %
Saudi Arabia: 5 %
Others: 21 %
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Concerning staff members, we welcome the Regional Marketing Coordinator Rita Chen and a new intern Naoko Shiina to our office. One of our English teachers, Ian Orti, has left us for an exciting journey in Ecuador for 6 months.
“The time that I’ve been here was one of the best, funniest, exciting and friendliest time that I have ever had. Montreal is a beautiful place , with many different and interesting things to do. I always had fun, each day that I stayed here is one different amazing experience. The people that I met in GEOS are so good and friendly… I made many friends, I’ve gained a lot of knowledge about all different cultures. The people that work in GEOS have been there when I needed something, with advice, help, all that I could need.
I am so happy to be here!”
Sergio Andres Romero
Colombia
Full-time English, 24 weeks
The French and English beginner evening classes start on October 12th. The Japanese evening class for Beginner starts on November 2nd. Students with an intermediate level can join the classes at any time. The Japanese class (level 2) starts on October 5th.
Not to forget, we have our friendship campaign: If you bring a friend to sign up with GEOS , you will receive a week of classes for free.
Concerning our elective classes, here are some of the most popular elective classes at the moment:
As of October 5th, we will alternate the writing class and the pronunciation class each month. October, 5th the writing class will be given for 4 weeks and then pronunciation class will be given for 1 month afterwards.
A new elective class: the IELTS preparation class will be opening on October, 13th for a session of 16 weeks. This course will be offered like the TOEFL class from Monday to Thursday from 4.00pm to 5.30pm. This course is for students of an upper-intermediate and advanced English level. Students can start at any Monday. Concerning internships, we have a few companies looking for interns in the marketing and in the financial industries. If you are interested, you can contact me at studentservices@geosmontreal.com. This is the opportunity to gain in professional experience and practice your language skills (French and/or English).
If you have any questions regarding the programs or the starting dates, just send us an email by CLICKING HERE
You can download our 2009 School Brochure here.
 "Being in Canada has been one of the most wonderful life experiences for Mexican students. Families, school and life in this exciting city are the main reasons as to why they had so much fun in this country.
The host family is very important in the students’ first contact with this beautiful land. They have learned that houses, meal schedules, and family expectations have enriched their life and experiences. Now they have lots of stories to tell their own families back home in Mexico.
GEOS has played an important role in giving students extra tools for communicating with their teachers, classmates, friends and Canadian families.
I always tell Mexicans that if they want to take friends they must take a language course and attend each and every one of the classes. So, please, come everyday and practice your second or third language as much as you can!
Telling students what Montreal is like at night has been the main ingredient in encouraging them to come here every summer.
In fact, it is the time students enjoy the most because they look forward to meeting someone new, dancing a lot and having a few drinks, all of which help and motivate them to continue on with their language studies here or back home in Mexico.
Students always say “Next year I’ll return to Canada with a much better English or French level”.
Please be part of this exciting experience. Give yourself the opportunity of meeting a really good friend from Mexico, try to learn and have fun together at school (or)after classes."
Eduardo Hernandez
Mexican student
French Full-time, 4 weeks
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