American Communication

Columbia West College

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Course description

This program develops students’ conversational skills in English with an emphasis on vocabulary and expressions used in everyday life. Critical thinking skills, real-world grammar, intonation and tone, idioms
and paralinguistic communication, as well as slang and idioms and presentation/argumentation skills are also stressed.

Students who take this course will:

- Feel more confident and comfortable speaking English at school, work, or in daily life
- Learn the conversation skills you need to succeed
- Perfect program if you want to improve your English speaking skills
- Sound more like a native speaker with our Slang/Idioms class

Course topics

Listening, Speaking, Pronunciation and Grammar

Class schedule

Course duration
1-48 weeks
Classes per week
12 lessons per week (each lesson lasts 90 min)
Class days
Monday - Thursday
School holidays
24 Dec 2024, 25 Dec 2024, 31 Dec 2024, 01 Jan 2025

CWC does not hold classes on the holiday dates above. The school does not compensate for these holidays, so make sure to choose your start date accordingly.

Class times

You can choose from the following class times:

Evening session
06:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Class schedule may change depending on availability and season.

Class level

All levels, beginner to advanced
You will take a placement test on your first day to determine your class level. You may also take this test before your arrival in Los Angeles.

Class size

Average 5 students
Maximum 10 students

Student age

Age range 18 years old and older
Average 25 years old

Certificate

A certificate of completion will be issued at the end of the course.
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Reviews

96% recommend

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"Really good college for elementary and intermediate level and so nice and kind teachers and staff"

Sarvenaz Anvari, student from USA

"Personally, what I really appreciated was on the first day of class when the teacher realized that the class was too low-level for me. They suggested I try the upper level, which turned out to be much better suited for me. It's clear that they truly care about your learning experience. The teachers and staff are incredibly kind and accommodating, welcoming individuals from diverse cultures and nationalities. The location is fantastic, with plenty of charming local cafes, and the college provides convenient access to parking areas."

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3 weeks
Date of study
1 Apr 2024 - 26 Apr 2024
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Yes
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"It was good for studying the basics."

Jihyun Kim

This is my personal view, so please refer to it.
First of all, it was good to meet good friends.
It was a little uncomfortable not to receive support for parking.
We were assigned a new classroom and felt frustrated because it was too small.
There were some teachers who fit me well, but there were others who didn't fit me well.
Still, I had a lot of fun experiences while attending this school.
I realized how bad I was in English and was motivated to try.
Thank you for everything.

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19 weeks
Date of study
8 May 2023 - 21 Sep 2023
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Yes

"Good!"

Erina Kon

Class is good! And classmates are kind! But I don’t really like how to teach of teachers.

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72 weeks
Date of study
2 May 2022 - 19 Sep 2023
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No

"Awesome school"

JEONGJIN JEON

every teacher has great passion when they teaching.

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6 weeks
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7 Aug 2023 - 18 Sep 2023
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Yes

"My experience has been enjoyable, I'm acquiring a lot of knowledge, I've met people from different countries, who share the same type of life and in some way we are sharing the same goal in life."

Paula Cristina Borges Artiaga

CWC is a nice environment and I honestly feel good and happy when I'm at school. The activities are always cool and memorable. I really like my student friends, but it's unpleasant and difficult to focus when a small room is extremely crowded (which doesn't always happen). Regarding the teachers, I think we have had much better ones at American Communication, one of them for example at least knows how to explain the material clearly and feels uncomfortable and irritated when questioned. Overall, I love and am treated very well by everyone who works at CWC.

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104 weeks
Date of study
26 Sep 2022 - 26 Sep 2024
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"The Columbia West College teachers and employees who love their work.Thanks for everything."

Varvara Tataryan

When I started learn English our teachers help us in everything. All teachers are very qualified and friendly who loves what they do.The activities for a students were funny and coolness. In a year and a half of my study, my level has improved, for which I am grateful to my teachers and all the staff of the college for their patience and good attitude.

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72 weeks
Date of study
2 May 2022 - 18 Sep 2023
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"I learn a lot and make a lot of friends"

Raissa Chiari

The CWC experience is great.
I love the teaching methodology and the teachers, coordinators, classmates and the school atmosphere.
Thank you all.

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36 weeks
Date of study
3 Jan 2023 - 18 Sep 2023
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"Highly qualified staff and pleasant energy!"

Smyrnova Daria

CWC staff are always very supportive and friendly! Aaall of the teachers in Columbia West College not only high level professionals with passion to teach, but also have interesting versatile personalities. There is always a pleasant energy at school! Every month CWC organizes different activities, that’s a big plus.
I am grateful to CWC for my English improving and my new international friends

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67 weeks
Date of study
29 Aug 2022 - 14 Dec 2023
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Yes

"Nice place to be"

ivett perez

what I like about CWC is that everybody is willing to help and to teach you everyday... the whole place is surrounded by the kindness people!

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32 weeks
Date of study
31 Jan 2023 - 18 Sep 2023
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Yes

"All staff is super supportive!"

Etsuko Nakamura

I was so impressed by how much all staff at CWC is supportive. Not only teachers but also all staff is so friendly and kind.

I take ESL class in the morning and have 3 teachers. Every teacher has their own character and teaching skills, and I enjoy all lessons. In addition, it seems that the lessons continue evolving to meet student needs. Although only 3 weeks have passed since I enrolled in CWC, I believe I can improve my English here!!

Moreover, CWC often offers a variety of activities. It's also one of the recommendations I can share.

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2 weeks
Date of study
28 Aug 2023 - 15 Sep 2023
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Yes

"Have fun learning English"

KAHO TAKAHASHI

The classes has many students who come form various countries. We not only learn English, but we also get to interact with people from various countries and learn about their cultures, which is a lot of fun !The teachers are so friendly and easily to ask questions! There are a lot of time to speek in classes.

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51 weeks
Date of study
27 Aug 2023 - 24 Aug 2024
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"Cultural diversity"

Franco Javier Lo Brutto

I think that I learned so much, I improved my English, I'm feeling more comfortable when I'm talking with American people. I learned about different cultures, and teachers are really nice, they really want the best for us. The college is always offering new activities to do in groups, to visit museums, to improve our pronunciation, etc.

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38 weeks
Date of study
13 Mar 2023 - 4 Dec 2023
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Yes

"Awesome"

Amina Turkhuu

The teaching style and attitude of the teachers is really good.

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7 weeks
Date of study
28 Sep 2023 - 16 Nov 2023
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"Sosososososo good"

Hansol kang

All the Teachers are kind so I had many opportunities to speak English with them.
CWC have a lot of different country students so I could make international friends
But little bit many Japanese people,,

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23 weeks
Date of study
3 Apr 2023 - 13 Sep 2023
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Yes

"So friendly school"

Taro Hasunuma

There is a lot of people from all over the world. The atmosphere of the school is friendly and very easy to concentrate on the classes.

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52 weeks
Date of study
2 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2024
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Yes

"They really teach"

Alisher Bazarlinov

I’d like to say thanks for CWC staff, they are really professionals.
It is a good experience to study here. I've met international students from all over the world.

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11 weeks
Date of study
3 Jul 2023 - 21 Sep 2023
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Yes

"I love this school."

Warot Saengngoen

The teachers intend to teach, but the problem is that the students are too chill . If they need to improve their English , they have to talk more in the classroom.

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9 weeks
Date of study
4 Jul 2023 - 11 Sep 2023
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Yes

"I'm glad to go to Cwc"

haruhito takada

I like this school and teachers , there are a lot of activities i like them

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75 weeks
Date of study
5 Jul 2022 - 14 Dec 2023
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Yes

"I always can talk,study and help each other with my classmates"

Hibiki Onodera

Before I came to this school, I went to a different one. I'm starting to understand about CWC.
If i back to last year, i definitely recommend CWC. Because, each student is closely attended in studying, not only for the improvement of English but nurturing mind to respect others with the joy of communication.

Thank always.

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39 weeks
Date of study
24 Jul 2023 - 24 Apr 2024
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Yes

"One of the best ESL in LA"

Adul Doheng

I enjoy studying here. Staffs are friendly, and the teachers are incredible. Before I came here, I could barely speak English, but after 6 months at CWC, I feel my English has improved a lot. I can hold a long conversation with native speakers, and my TOEFL score was above 90, So that I could get in the MBA program. Thanks CWC.

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Duration of study
53 weeks
Date of study
1 Jan 2019 - 9 Jan 2020
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Yes

"Learned the culture and emotions of other countries from my experience at Columbia West College."

KyuBo Ryu

I took the morning class and the location was in the center of Korea Town, so it was really nice. Every month, they held a different event, and in order to learn English, they were able to learn from many different countries to exchange culture and emotions with each other, and teachers were also very kind and tried to teach them knowledge.

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52 weeks
Date of study
1 Jun 2016 - 31 May 2017
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Yes

"Blending in diversity"

Keiko Yamamoto Stevens

I met many people here and I still keep in touch with them. This school's students' age average is probably a little higher than other language schools, there were many adult students. Some students are living in US for a while, so I was able to learn a lot of living tips in US from my classmates.

I liked the classes are divided to Grammar, Reading and Writing, and Listening and Speaking for each level because I was able to see which part, I am doing good/bad. I eventually transferred to community college, then university. And sometime, I recalled the writing technic, or some US history events we discussed as class topic in CWC. Those are very helpful during learning in college.

And many activities provided by the school! Those were very fun and good memories that is my treasure.

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62 weeks
Date of study
7 Jan 2013 - 21 Mar 2014
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Yes

"Even It's been ten years, I can tell that it was a good memory and a chance of learning English."

YoungJun Yoon

I started studying English in CWC from level3, and I felt it was great to start with correct level. I wasn't that good in English so I needed the class that suits me, and CWC put me in right class. Teachers were truly awesome and they taught me and classmates sincerely. I really liked the conversation class which was not a regular class. I'm really sure that because of that conversation class, my talking skill got improved. I appreciate Liz who was our conversation class teacher. I still remember teachers name: Tim, Christopher, Liz, etc. :P CWC's location was quite good because it is in the middle of Korea Town so even I didn't have a car, I was able to go to CWC with the bicycle. There are too many good thing that I experienced such as Thanks giving day, Halloween, Christmas etc. I could see how CWC tried to make activities fun, and I was touched by those events because anyway all of students were just people who were from other countries so even holiday came, most of them didn't really have any plans to celebrate. However, because CWC made special holiday events, students could enjoys the USA's holidays and it was really fun. I don't think I can write down clearly until the end so anyway I enjoyed my US life in L.A and in CWC!

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56 weeks
Date of study
1 Jun 2011 - 1 Jul 2012
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Yes

"Amazing"

Ivonildo Aparecido da Silva

Very pleased to have studied at CWC. I had all the support I needed to start my course. The teachers are great and the CWC team makes you feel right at home

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313 weeks
Date of study
1 Feb 2016 - 1 Feb 2022
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"Everything I know about English was thanks to CWC because I started my English from scratch and today I can communicate very well!"

Micheli Serafini de Carli

My experience at CWC was very pleasant. I started my English from the scratch and today I’m doing a MBA in business! I never imagined this would be possible. I always wanted to speak English, but I didn't enjoy learning. At Columbia I learned to take pleasure in learning! Because the teachers are excellent, nice and friendly!. They always willing to teach and go beyond classes. The atmosphere was very pleasant and cozy. I loved the extra curricular activities. My favorite was book club it helped me a lot in the evolution of English! At Columbia I always had help with everything I needed! Whether in the administration part or to the teachers! I just have to thank CWC for everything I learned and for everything that lives there!

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198 weeks
Date of study
26 Feb 2018 - 16 Dec 2021
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"Good teachers, good experiences, with good price."

Gaku Nishida

Teachers are very open to communicate with students, even the outside of class.

And having some school activities were also nice, I enjoyed a Halloween party a lot. Costume, pumpkin carving, food. In Japan people don’t have party so it was a fresh experience for me. Thanksgiving party was also nice.

Location was not bad, however I often met the people who act strange. And one time I saw the road burning.

If the location is more better, Japanese rich people will come I guess lol

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40 weeks
Date of study
24 Sep 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
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Yes

"CWC does their best for beginners"

Seungjae Lee

When i started to study at CWC, I couldn't even introduce myself.
But all of teachers did their best to teach me and have me to be confident.

Everyday they gave me some easy questions before the class, that was really helpful way for beginners

Activities are also great. Every week there are new activities for understanding American cultures such as Halloween, Thanksgiving day.
That was great experience i never forget

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52 weeks
Date of study
23 Aug 2018 - 23 Aug 2019
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Yes

"I am so grateful for having taken classes at CWC."

Lily Luisana Fong Huang

In my personal experience, I liked the teachers at CWC for be dynamic to allow students understand the topic of each class easily such as play games, debates, work in group, etc. I like the location at CWC because in this place has a lot of coffee shop then it could allow the students for having more option to decided was to eat or drink. Also, it was interesting for having free activities to let the student meet each other better and at the time to enjoy the moment. Something that I liked more about CWC was I met a lot of friend and I learned various culture from different counties. And, something that I did not like about CWC was the teacher should afford the students who are shy to speak more because the idea to study English is to communicate and should not let the students maintaining as mute.

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Duration of study
77 weeks
Date of study
3 Feb 2020 - 30 Jul 2021
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Yes
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Visa support

We cannot apply for visas on behalf of students. However, the school can supply you with all the documentation you need to support your visa application.

If you are studying full time in the United States for more than 18 hours per week, you will receive an I-20 that you need to submit to the US embassy along with your F-1 student visa application. The I-20 has a SEVIS tracking number on it. Students who wish to apply for a student visa must pay the SEVIS fee online before going to the US embassy or consulate for their visa interview.

Your I-20 will be sent to your home address by regular mail at no charge to you. If you wish to receive your paperwork by express mail, you will be charged $100 when you register.

Please note that United States law states that an I-20 can only be issued to students who intend to pursue full-time English language studies. United States law does not permit students to study part-time with an F-1 Student Visa. If you are studying for less than 18 hours per week, you have to apply for a Visitor Visa (B1/B2) on your own.

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Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Los Angeles based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

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Study abroad worry-free with Language International's health and personal effects insurance coverage. When you book a course with us, you can opt to purchase an international insurance plan that covers not only your health care cost but also loss of your personal belongings. You must book your insurance in advance when you register.

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