The Little Country School will have a new program where you can have both American urban life and country life experiences while studying English. To research for the new program, we visited a Language school in Madison called WESLI! I used to visit a lot of language schools in Australia but it was my first time to visit an American one! From Viroqua, it is about 2-hour driving. Let's go to Madison!!

The city of Madison is so beautiful. There are 2 big lakes around the city and lots of cafes, restaurants, and shops around the capital. I like the combinations here in Madison! Also Madison has an extremely academic environment with their public university being rated as the best in the country. Lots of students come here to study.


Dan from WESLI gave us a tour! The building is one of the oldest in Madison, you can still see the old style of walls and architecture! Wow~we were already excited!

まず、教師人。こんなに揃っているの?!と、正直びっくりしました。長年この学校で勤務している先生が多く、海外での英語の先生の経験者が沢山いるせいか、文化や、海外での生活の理解、興味が非常に深い。それに、英語以外に他の言語を話す先生も多く、生徒たちをみんなでサポート
Dan arranged a couple of class for us to observe! Clovis and I each saw two different levels of classes for 50 minute. So we could see 4 different classes! WESLI has wonderful teachers. Most of them have been teaching at WESLI for a very long time. Most of them have also taught abroad. Some of them even speak other languages too, so that if you have a problem and need language help, they will help you! I think it is very nice to have staff who can understand how we feel when we are in a different country.

The classes them selves are impressively high quality. Teacher gets student's attention so easily and every student seemed to be enjoying them selves. They teach by mouth, eyes, ears and whole body. It is very different from when you study by yourself or a class which just follow a text book. It's fun! We also had an opportunity to meet some Japanese students to hear what they think about the school and their life in Madison! They where very happy and they loved Wisconsin too! One of them said that she had been bit nervous before she arrived because she heard that there is not so many Japanese around. But all the nice people here at WESLI and in Wisconsin have made her very comfortable here. WESLI introduces their students to language partner so you will have chance to meet local people who are interested in your language too! They also have 2 hours extra conversation class per week for free!

Then we went to see their dormitory which is right in the City only 2 minutes walk from the school and Capital! It's so convenient and clean! The picture above is students common room. Their dorms have a Central kitchen and living room with two twin rooms around it. 4 people share. It would be fun to live with other students too!

It was Halloween day. You can see 'Warning This House is Haunted' on the door!! Many people come to Madison for the Halloween party over the weekend! Many of the teachers were wearing funny costume today too! We had a great time at WESLI today and I am so excited about starting our new program with them! The detail for the new program will be updated soon! Of course you are always welcome to ask us any questions!


Wisconsin is such a great place to visit and live!!
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