Posts Categorized: What’s New

How to Make Vocabulary Stick

In a Bangor Daily News article by Sam Schipani, Acadia Center for English Immersion Director Brian Boyd offers advice on how to learn vocabulary in context and stay motivated in your independent language learning.      

English Courses Go Online

Due to the global pandemic, for the health and safety of our students, hosts, and teachers, we are not taking registrations for our intensive English immersion courses in Camden, Maine, USA, until further notice. Our thoughts are with those around the world affected by the pandemic, and we are grateful to everyone doing their part… Read more »

New Intensive English Courses Begin in May 2020

Time now to think ahead to beautiful spring, summer, and fall days in Camden, Maine, USA, and register for a 2020 English immersion course. We offer new courses beginning every Monday from May through October. Come for 1 week or 12 weeks or anything in between, whatever suits your schedule. Our intensive courses feature a… Read more »

Summer in Camden, Maine

Summertime in Camden means delicious seafood, ocean sailing, and a not-to-be-missed opportunity to take a giant leap in your English proficiency at Acadia Center! The shortest path to reaching your English language learning goals is full English immersion. At Acadia Center, you will practice your English all day, every day, in class and out of… Read more »

Follow Us & Save!

To keep up to date on the latest discount offers for English immersion courses in Maine, USA, make sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! New English immersion courses, featuring mini-group and private lessons, homestay accommodation, family-style meals, and excursions, begin every Monday from May through October.

How to Use Actual, Actually in English: A Top Ten Mistake for Spanish Speakers

One of the top 10 vocabulary mistakes in English made by speakers of Spanish, Italian, French, or other languages derived from Latin comes from confusing the English adjective actual or adverb actually with words that look or sound very similar in the Romance languages, words like actual in Spanish, actuel in French, or attuale in… Read more »

Save 5% with Early Registration Discount

Is your English ready for take off?   Now is the time to take advantage of our Early Registration Discount and save 5% when you register for an English immersion course in Camden, Maine, by January 27, 2018. New courses begin every Monday starting April 23. If improving English is important to your professional life… Read more »

Camden: “A Hub of Big Ideas”

In a guest post for the tech community organizer and news website Technical.ly, Camden, Maine, writer and editor Joan Phaup explains what makes Camden a great place to live and visit. “Camden,” she wrote, “is a community with spectacular surroundings, a vibrant cultural life and an inquisitive, dynamic spirit that grabbed us from the start and has never… Read more »

Register Now for 2017!

  Give yourself a treat! Sign up now for a 2017 English immersion course at Acadia Center in Camden, Maine, USA. New English immersion courses begin every Monday from April 17 through November 18. If you want to speak and understand English with confidence and communicate about business and personal topics with ease, it’s time… Read more »

Cultural Exchange: Coaching the national tennis team of Jordan

In the 1980s, Acadia Center English immersion course teacher Maureen O’Keefe was King Hussein of Jordan’s personal tennis coach and also the first coach of the national team of Jordan. In this fascinating account published this week on the tennis.com website, Maureen explains how it all came about!