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Join Us for a Free Community Event Multilingual Monday is just around the corner — and we plan to meet at The Midtown Yacht Club for the summer months! Fingers crossed the weather is just as gorgeous as it has been for our Monday, June 2nd gathering from 5:30-7:30pm. Multilingual Monday is a free, community event held on the first Monday of every month. People come together to speak Spanish, French, German, Italian, Mandarin - and sometimes other languages too - and have a ton of fun connecting with others. Beginners and native speakers alike are invited to join. We often [...]

Join Us for Late Winter and Spring Classes March Courses and Workshops Italian Travel Essentials (March 4-13) The Language of Italian Food Workshop (March 9) Thursday Spanish Conversation Group (March) Spring Classes in April and May French Introductory French I French II French IV Grammar's Greatest Hits in French (online) German German Grammar I German Grammar II Italian Italian Travel Essentials Introductory Italian I Italian II Advanced Italian Spanish Spanish Travel Essentials Accelerated Introductory Spanish I Spanish II  

Learn about BLI on KPOV The Point A couple of weeks ago we had a radio interview on KPOV The Point where we discussed Bend Language Institute's history, vision, and some of the benefits of language learning for all ages. You can listen to the podcast version of the interview here. A huge thank you to Claire Merydith for hosting such a fun interview!

Winter Classes Are Open! A chill is in the air and winter is near. What better way to spend the winter than cozying up with some fun conversational practice in another language? Check out our late fall and winter classes below! November Workshops German German Cognates (November 5) German "The" (November 12) German Pigs (November 21) Winter Classes American Sign Language Introductory American Sign Language I American Sign Language II English Everyday English for Beginners French Introductory French I Grammar's Greatest Hits in French (Remote) German German Grammar I German Grammar II Italian Introductory Italian I Intermediate Italian Conversation Advanced Italian Spanish Spanish Travel Essentials [...]

Multilingual Mondays at Broken Top Bottle Shop This Winter Winter is near and we're moving indoors for Multilingual Monday for the next several months! Join us at Broken Top Bottle Shop on Monday, November 4 from 5:30-7:30pm to speak Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, Mandarin, and more. We can use the side room to the left to practice all of our languages. This is a free event for anyone to stop by and converse in another language of their choice. We often have 15-25 people join -- Native speakers and beginners alike. We often have a number of Bend locals, as [...]

Sign Up For Fall Classes Today! Fall is just around the corner and our classes are starting to fill up! We have a range of offerings in Spanish, Japanese, German, French, English, American Sign Language and Italian starting late September. Our classes offer a fun way to meet new people, work on your professional development skills, prepare for travel, exercise your brain, and more. Check out our offering below. We look forward to seeing you next month! American Sign Language Introductory American Sign Language I American Sign Language II English Everyday English for Beginners French French Travel Essentials French II French III [...]

Featured Student of the Week: Beth Mazza Robertson By Sarah Eckert | 2-minute read Beth Mazza Robertson radiates gratitude and excitement as she tells me about her journey of connecting with her family’s Italian heritage. Her great grandparents emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1903 and 1905. It was Christina Cappy, BLI’s founder, who first told Beth that she may be eligible for dual citizenship. Since that conversation two and a half years ago, she has delved deeply into her family tree, met with the Italian consulate in San Francisco, and is now waiting to be officially recognized and [...]

Featured Student of the Week: David Wahl By Sarah Eckert | 2-minute read For David Wahl, deciding to start learning German at age 73 is part of a much larger journey. When I asked him what had led to that decision, he smiled and asked how much time we had. What followed was a story that took me out of myself, a story about the power of human connection, pain that reaches through generations, and how meaningful language learning can truly be. I am so grateful to have the honor of sharing a piece of David’s story with you all. Throughout [...]