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Join Us For Our Japanese New Year Potluck We would like to invite you to our Japanese New Year Potluck on Saturday, January 10th from 12-2pm at Bend Language Institute. Bring your favorite Japanese-inspired dish and family to this delicious event. We’ll share some Japanese recipes as well for you to take home and try out. This is a free, community event and all are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there! ✅ Please RSVP to bendlanguageinstitute@gmail.com.  

Italian at BLI: My New Year’s Resolution That Became a Boarding Pass to Adventure Opinion Piece by Beth Mazza Robertson | 5 minute read The New Year is a natural time for reinvention — a season of resolutions, bucket lists, and an exhausted return to normal. For me, January always feels like a giant exhale after the holidays: the kids head back to their real lives, the house looks a bit bare without all the colorful holiday decor, but I finally have time to catch my breath. In that calm, I often reflect on the year behind me and consider what [...]

Winter Language Classes are Open! Join us for some fun, interactive learning this winter at Bend Language Institute. We have a range of courses in Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, American Sign Language, and English for Speakers of Other Languages. Plus, we offer private lessons in several other languages. Check out our course offerings below. American Sign Language Introductory American Sign Language I American Sign Language II English Everyday English for Beginners French Elementary French Intermediate French French Conversation Practice Italian Introductory Italian I Italian II Intermediate Italian Conversation Advanced Italian Japanese Japanese Travel Essentials Introductory Japanese I Japanese II Spanish Spanish Travel [...]

Upcoming Gyoza Language and Food Workshop Have you heard about our Language and Food workshops? These interactive workshops offer a creative opportunity for you to learn some language basics, while exploring how to make popular cultural dishes. This fall we recently held a California Roll and Miso Soup workshop -- and in just a few days we will host another Gyoza workshop. Our local newspaper, The Source, recently interviewed us about these fun learning opportunities. Read more about our language-in-action workshops in their article here. Come by to learn some Japanese with us this weekend as well as how to make [...]

Join Us For Interactive Classes At Bend Language Institute we are offering a range of interactive, small group classes in June, July and August -- and would love to have you join. Fun photo fact: we speak some Spanish, Italian, Greek, French, Zulu and Russian between the three of us. So can you! Italian Italian Travel Essentials Accelerated Introductory Italian I Italian II Advanced Italian The Language of Italian Food Workshop (June 8) French Introductory French I French II French III French IV: Regions of France Spanish Spanish Travel Essentials In addition to these courses, we offer one-on-one lessons and small [...]

Join us for a Community Day Saturday, June 15th from 1-5pm at the institute! We’re looking to freshen up our space, give the institute some love, and enjoy our community. We’ll have books and DVDs to give away as well as food, beverages and music to enjoy. Come by to meet some of our community, grab some goodies, and get your hands dirty. We’ll be painting all our walls and giving the space a new look and would love to have you join! Invite your friends and your family to join. This Community Day is open to everyone. If you have a [...]