A great way to practice English is to read the comics – they’re short and funny, they feature everyday English vocabulary that you can really put to use, and like movies they give you plenty of visual clues to what’s going on. A classic American comic strip is Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury. in circulation since 1970 and featuring such [...]... read more

Register by January 31, 2012, to qualify for a 5% Early Registration discount off the package price for all 2012 English immersion courses at Acadia Center in Camden, Maine, USA. New English immersion courses begin every Monday from May through October in 2012.... read more

In the annual tribute to Maine’s premier seafood, the Maine Lobster Festival comes to Rockland, Maine, August 3-7. Good food, good music, and the ever-popular lobster crate races.... read more

Either as a relative pronoun or question word, whom is rarely used in conversation. Formal writing, yes, but ordinary conversation, no. With whom did you go to the movies? is correct but sounds like a police interrogation. Who did you go to the movies with? is technically incorrect but is the way we usually say it. [...]... read more

Today’s Boston Globe features several fantastic local restaurants popular with Acadia Center English immersion course students. Check out the close-ups of mouth-watering dishes from, among others, Shepherd’s Pie in Rockport, just down the road from Acadia Center.... read more