About Us

Converse with the World

In today’s rapidly globalizing world, there is a need to enhance cross-cultural interaction and communication. People who are conversant in one major international language will have a tremendous advantage over their non-multilingual counterparts.

LI offers a conversational style of language training that empowers its students to speak languages through its communicative learning method strategies in a cultural context.

LI HISTORY

Established in 1965, Languages Internationale (LI) is a pioneering training institute in multilingual education in the Philippines. Founded by Ms. Fanny Del Rosario Diploma LI initially offered Spanish courses. Today, LI offers programs for individuals, multi-national corporations, and other groups training in 21 languages at basic, intermediate, advanced, and proficiency levels.

LI TEACHERS

LI teachers have been trained in the respective languages they teach through working and academic stints abroad, the number of native speakers joining the LI teacher’s pool is growing. These include Korean, Thai, Mainland Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, Swiss, British, American, Dutch, French, German, Guatemalan, and Brazilian instructors.

LI STUDENTS

LI has had extensive relationships with the country’s diplomatic community, through its English and Filipino language programs. The Institution has also trained foreign top company officials to become conversant in diverse languages.

LI likewise caters to the corporate training requirements of local firms and multinationals based in the Philippines. These include exclusive language training programs for companies targeting certain language-specific markets.

Individuals, children and adults, interested in enhancing their language skills for varied reasons, are also among LI students.

PHILOSOPHY
-Meaningful and engaging conversations foster interpersonal and cultural understanding

VISION
-To provide customized, student-oriented, culture-based training in one or more languages for specific purposes

MISSION
-To provide customized, student-oriented, culture-based training in one or more languages for specific purposes

CORE VALUES
-Excellence, Integrity, and Service for Cultural Understanding.

Italian Class

Japanese Class

Japanese Class for Kids

Spanish Class

English Class

English Tutorial Course

Language and Culture Courses

Services

Training Programs

Oral Communication Series:

Effective Presentation Skills
Express yourself effectively during meetings, conferences, and sales calls! You are the star of the presentation while your slides are just your aides The course is designed to provide office personnel with the criteria and actual experience of delivering crisp and straight-to-the-point presentations pertinent to company functions and speaking engagements.

L anguage and Social Skills in the Workplace
People do not only buy a product or a service: they primarily invest in pleasant experiences with your company This course provides etiquette training to front-line personnel, who are either in sales or in executive secretarial positions. A holistic approach is taken which covers how to do polite commands and courteous expressions, voice modulation and control, bodily gestures, including good grooming and power dressing tips.

Effective Bargaining and Negotiation
Can’t get what’s needed? Win them over with a win-win approach! Successful negotiations depend on the negotiator’s attitude, composure, and his or her manner or tone of speaking. This course helps develop these traits in its participants and be given opportunities to practice the appropriate tone and demeanor.

Complaints-Handling
Customer recovery techniques are like a stitch in time that saves nine. Frustrated and irate customers, if not dealt with properly and promptly, can have disastrous repercussions on the company’s image. In this course the participants will learn how to apply the different techniques in appeasing customers and recovering their good opinion about the company.

Executive English
English fit for a leader. In the global village where we live today, the ability to communicate in English is considered an advantage. This course has been designed to meet the needs of executives who want to further brush up on their ability to speak and write in English as applied to their jobs.

Specialized English
English as needed, where needed, how needed. This course can be customized based on specific client needs (e.g. English for Engineers, English for Scientists, English for Clerks, etc.).

Communication Skills and Personality Development
A pleasant personality is like a priceless gem that cannot but shine. One’s personal confidence is influenced by one’s ability to comfortably meet and mix with different kinds of people from varying cultural and socio-economic milieus. Sincerity to oneself and to the others, naturalness, a good sense of humor, and excellent social and communication skills are at the heart of that personal confidence. This confidence is boosted further if one knows that he can express himself fluently in English, the current lingua franca of the world.

Self-Confidence and Public Speaking
Talking to the public from the heart with credibility. One of the best ways to enhance self-confidence is to learn public speaking. The learner develops a sense of competence in learning how to face an audience alone, how to control and use his or her voice and gestures to effectively send timely messages across to the listeners. The core of the course is in how to properly prepare for delivering a speech—from the text all the way to its actual recital on the lectern.

Successful Interviews
Answer smartly and get that job! A very common worry among first time job applicants is how to hurdle the job interview. The course orients the participants on what to expect from the interview process and provides the needed language reinforcement to equip participants to give smart and snappy answers.

Tagalog Course Immersion Program

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