Cascading water beads, plush greenery surrounding us, aroma of hot coffee .. Life gets perfect in this blissful season !

Monsoon is that time of the year where nature is made a hundred times more beautiful to look at and enjoy. Monsoon in India is the time when the atmosphere looks breath-taking, with its pleasant weather, the cold showers of rain and the dusky clouds. The monsoon, also known as the rainy season, spans the months of June to September. When rain comes people can be seen dancing in rain and rejoicing in many way.

Places to visit in Navi Mumbai

Central Park is one of Asia's largest theme parks, spreads over an area of around 80 hectares and is a link between the hills dotting Kharghar and the creek. The park has walk-trails, jogging tracks, fountains, water sports, amusement rides, playgrounds, sports clubs, children's play area, botanical gardens, amphitheatres and recreation areas.

Kharghar hills Encircled by lush green mountains from all sides, Kharghar in Navi Mumbai is no less than a hill station in the rains. A very cool place on hilltop. People prefer to come here for morning and evening walk.

Pandavkada falls It is about 107 meters high & is a type of 'plunge' waterfall in nature pouring in massive amounts of water on the rocky surface underneath. The waterfall comes into its own during the rainy season as rainwater accumulated at the top of the Pandavkada hills gushes down majestically from a great height. The splash that it creates on the rocky terrain below the hill is a sight to behold.

Golf Course The Kharghar Valley golf course is nestled at the foothills of the Kharghar mountain range that provide a spectacular backdrop – particularly during the monsoon period. The golf course is planned as a 18 hole, 7137 yard, Par 72 layout & currently has 9 holes in operation. The 9 hole layout is a long 3665 yard, Par 37 layout with 3 par 5s.

Central Park & ISKCON Sri Radha Madanmohan Temple  It is being developed by the CIDCO, a beautiful landscape. An ISCON temple is attached to this park & are good places to see near Central Park.

My experience at SEA!!

Ms Kalline De Menzes (Brazil)

I am from Brazil. I have spent three months in Stanford English Academy. The Academy is a good place to learn English. It has very good teachers. The teachers and the staff are always here for you, to help you speak with you. They are all nice and super motivated. This helped me improve my English step by step, surrounded by students from all over the world. I am happy for my results.

Almighty is omni-present, you just got to have the right eyes !

Happy Mother’s Day to Everyone

Mothers Day is celebrated in more than 46 countries around the world though at different times in the month of May and in some countries it is celebrated in entirely different times of the year. In the present time Mothers Day has come to be internationally recognized as the day to honor all mothers and thank them for the services they impart for the benefit of their individual child and consequently to the development of mankind.

Introducing New Course

Personality Development

Develop your communication skills, and your personality, Increase your chances of success in Group Discussions, Increase your chances of success in Job Interviews (for professional), Instructor has 10 years experience in grooming people.

Public Speaking for students

Confidence building, speaking correct English, day to day conversations, group discussion, mock interviews, extempore, vocabulary building, overcoming fear, delivering speech, giving presentations, personality development.

Public Speaking for professional

Overcoming fear, confidence building, improving vocals, personality development, delivering speech, giving presentations, extempore, leadership qualities, negotiations skills, time management, stress management, dressing sense.

                                                                                                      My experience at SEA!!

                                                                                                      Ms. Mahina Karimova (Tajikistan)

I achieved what I was aiming for my IELTS test…. Thanks Stanford English Academy!!

Overall my experience at Stanford English Academy has been wonderful and positive. Throughout the 4 weeks that I studied here, I undertook the IELTS preparation course and it was very helpful, my score was pretty high and in general my English improved a lot. I like studying at SEA, its courses are very focused on particular skills; which makes easier for student to identify the course that best suits them. Teachers were always keen to help as well as every staff member.

Spring shows what God can do with drab and dirty world !!

 

Happy Easter

Easter is the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter Sunday with its message of new life is the high point of the Christian year.

Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti

Ambedkar Jayanti is a festival observed on April 14 every year to commemorate the memory of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. It is a public holiday in all of the Indian states. It is celebrated throughout the world especially by formerly oppressed communities who embraced Buddhism under his guidance.

Academy Updates!!!

SEA is launching website

We are pleased to announce you that we will be soon launching our new website. As most of all, we wanted to help our clients get to know us better; our new website has been redesigned to improve user friendliness and appeal. If you take a look around the site we think you’ll get a pretty good idea of who we are and what we do as a company and how we can help you improve in English language. We hope you will enjoy our new site.

My experience at SEA !

Mr Edgar Augusto (Venezuela)

I come from Venezuela. I describe myself as a Smart, Happy & Traveler. My goal is to learn perfect English. Before coming to India, I was working with my Government in Venezuela. I was a human resource director in the Ministry of education in Venezuela. So I decided to study English in India and chose Stanford English Academy as it’s the best academy in India for English learning. For me SEA has good information about courses in internet and it response me very fast, to all my questions. I like the teachers and all the students, all the staff is very helpful and polite. In India I speak only English every time, If necessary absolutely…. But in my country people don’t speak English, which is a problem in Venezuela. In India you have two options either speaks English or Hindi. And for me English is easier than Hindi. I think that in India you can learn a good

level of English.

Paint the canvas of your life with hues of fervor, passion, elation and most importantly that "no-regret" satisfaction !

Holi - Festival of Colours and Love!

Holi is one of the major festival of India and is the most vibrant of all. The joy of Holi knows no bound. This festival is filled with so much fun and frolic that the very mention of the word 'Holi' draws smile and enthusiasm amongst the people. Holi also celebrates the arrival of Spring, a season of joy and hope. Dhulivandan, is an another festival which coincides with the Holi festival. It is celebrated the following day. It is important in Maharashtra and Goa. It has great significance for agriculture and farming communities as it marks the arrival of new crop.

Gudi Padwa

The month of march is also marked by an important day, Gudi Padwa. It is one of the major festival celebrated in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the beginning of the new year of the Maharashtrians. This day also marks the descent of the spring season. This day is also called as Ugadi and some other names in different language.





                                           The Academy Update


Successfully completing the program for 400 Indian Engineering students at Bonam Venkata Chalamayya Engineering College [BVC] at Andhra Pradesh – India. ‘English for Professional Communication’ program for engineering students aims to train engineering and technical students with the English for Professional Communication course collaborated with Business English Certificates syllabus. In this course the student can extend their vocabulary, increase their fluency in speaking, develop a more natural command of spoken English, work on improving their pronunciation and grammar, and improve their ability to listen with understanding to spoken texts.
Effectively training International students from over 50 different countries on the academy campus and having a multicultural environment in the academy.

My experience at SEA!!
John Seo (Korea)

I am from Korea (Republic). I have joined SEA to improve my English skills. And yes, I earn especially skill for listening and I am very satisfied with the academy teaching. Studying at SEA was great totally though I cannot compare with other English school because it was my first and last experience of English Academy. The English course involves lot of student activities, PowerPoint presentations which helped me to learn English better way. The best thing was teachers. Everyone is very kind and intelligent; they gave me many good knowledge and
confidence in English.

Journey is important, not the destination !

Here are the few things you can do to improve your English:

1. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Be confident. People can only correct your mistakes when they hear you make them.
2. Surround yourself in English. Put yourself in all English speaking environments where you can learn passively. The best way to learn is through speaking.
3. Practice every day. Make yourself a study plan. Decide how much time a week you are going to spend studying and stick to it. Establish a routine.
4. Keep a notebook of new words you learn. Use them in sentences and try to say them at least 3 times when you speak.
5. Don’t translate into English from your own language. Think in English to improve your fluency. Talk to yourself…but not on the bus otherwise people will think you have gone crazy!

6. Nobody likes to hear their own voice, but be brave and try it! Record your voice and listen to your pronunciation and intonation. It will help you to identify your problem areas.
7. Use an English dictionary as it will help you to keep thinking in English and not translating.
8. Gather your thoughts. Take a second to think about what you’re going to say. You know the grammar, but maybe you don’t use it correctly when you speak.
9. Be the person to start conversations in English. Try to keep the conversations moving and use listening words (‘really?’ / ‘go on…’/ ‘what happened then?’) Don’t wait for others to speak to you.
10. Figure out how you learn. It can be by memorizing, reading, speaking, summarizing or other methods. Find out how you study best. It can be in a quiet place by yourself or with a group.
11. Make a habit of reviewing vocabulary.


Student Excursion Imagica

Adlabs Imagica is a theme park near the city of Khopoli on Mumbai-Pune expressway, India. The
park can accommodate as many as 20,000 visitors. The park features 21 original attractions, including a ride based on Indian Mythology, Bollywood and Western Themes like Viva Europia, Arabia, Asiana, Americana, India and Jambo Africa.

My experience at SEA !!

Dolgor Daalkhai (Mongolia)

The languages we speak affect our perceptions of the world. I am from Mongolia. I love my English training at SEA. It’s so much fun!! I like the instructors here. They take time to explain course subjects and are very motivational and friendly. I like the fact that in our classrooms, there is lot of interaction between the teachers and students. My English has

improved a lot. I have learned that there is more in the world to learn than I ever thought possible. It has honestly been a best decision of my life to study at Stanford English Academy.

First Month Of The Year Overflowing With Optimism !

Here comes another year, a time to make new resolutions for the year ahead. We at Stanford English Academy wish all our clientele a New Year filled with new hope, new joys and new beginnings.

In this issue of our newsletter, we bring you a glimpse of milestones achieved by SEA, which you get to know exclusively as a valued customer.

Glimpse of Milestones in 2013

The year 2013 was a year of achievements and it has been a landmark year of innovation and growth, be it the addition of new courses or the growth in the number of numerous registered students we have with us by the end of the year.

1. Undertaken the program for 200 Afghan students in association with Ministry of Human Resource

Department under the scholarship offered by Afghanistan Government & Indian Government.

2. Undertaken 1 month training program for 400 Engineering students from the Bonam Venkata

Chalamayya Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh, India.

3. Open the admission process to the European market, we associated with Venezuela agent and so far they have sent 2 successful application study English course within 1 year

4. Introduced the weekend course under the program of Business English & successfully running it.

Republic Day of India

This month falls on the 'Republic Day of India'. Celebrated every year on 26th January, India's republic. Republic Day is reminiscent of the struggle our country underwent to achieve the status of a sovereign, secular democratic republic.

My Experience at SEA !

Asset Turlanbekov (Kazakhstan)

I am Asset from Kazakhstan. I am a graduate in civil engineering and have an experience of working with a construction company for two years. I decided to pursue my masters in civil engineering from any university in western countries. For that I require good English language skills. I came across the website of SEA & found it impressive.

Now I have completed my studies in SEA for more than 6 months. It was good experience for me. All teachers are professional. Before joining SEA, I was not confident in speaking in English. But now I have improved my English skills and feel more confident when I speak in English language

would recommend my friends in Kazakhstan to choose this academy.