For example, if students are planning a trip to the zoo, they first study vocabulary related to animals, play games and sing songs about animals and wildlife. The day after the zoo trip, students describe what they saw and what they liked. An Internet game also is available to match animals to their paw prints. Students may learn about sports through video clips, by attending games, or actually playing the sport. They can learn how to call plays, how to cheer and taunt.
Business students can visit local companies or hear guest speakers on a variety of topics.
Some have a chance to work for a company in an internship following the academic program. In addition, San Diego offers so many opportunities for recreation and sightseeing that students learning English are motivated to explore the area and gain English practice at the same time. Students often live in residence halls with American students or in a homestay with an American family. Both offer many opportunities to practice English conversation. Often, a language school can organize a program on a special topic, such as golf sports medicine or nursing.