TLA - The Language Academy

Fantastic experience: The Language Academy elevated my English to another level and because of that, doors to the job market in the United States opened for me. They stand out for their excellent teaching methods and highly qualified teachers. I highly recommend this school!

Fantastic experience: Super recomendo!!! Professores e todos que trabalham aqui são muito atenciosos e acolhedores. Amo estudar aqui!!!

Fantastic experience: TLA is the best school for learning English. The facilities are perfect and well-equipped for excellent learning. The teachers and all the administrative staff are responsible, respectful, and highly dedicated. It's highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: Had an amazing three-month experience at The Language Academy! As a university professor from Brazil, I came to Fort Lauderdale to improve my English, and this school exceeded all my expectations. The teachers are incredible, the staff is very supportive, and the communication is always clear and welcoming. I loved the flexibility—there’s no fixed start date—and the school offers several types of courses for different needs. The infrastructure is excellent as well. I learned so much in such a short time and definitely plan to come back. Highly recommended!

Positive experience: I've booked a two-week Business English/General English course through "helfen & lernen" and attended the course at TLA. My overall rating is mixed: the teacher quality was superb, but the planned curriculum was significantly undermined by the timing. After taking a 100-question placement test on a tablet, we were assigned to the appropriate class. The first week's lessons were well-structured, involving work in a workbook (e.g., grammar) and more creative exercises (e.g., writing stories). Our teacher, Shelby, was truly excellent — always nice, patient, and incredibly helpful. She is a real asset to the school. Unfortunately, our second week coincided exactly with Halloween week. The school pivoted almost entirely to this seasonal theme. We learned specific Halloween vocabulary, built a Halloween creature from recycled materials, and had to carve a pumpkin. The final day involved presentations and a costume competition. This Halloween programming took up nearly half of our second week and felt like wasted learning time and wasted money. Thankfully, Shelby quickly realized our class was not interested in the crafting and used every possible minute outside of the mandatory activities for actual English lessons. One other negative point was the infrastructure: the air conditioning in our classroom didn't work half the time, making it extremely hot. For information about parking: you can easily park your car at the Governmental parking garage - 5 min to walk to the school and it costs 2$ for the first hour and 1$ for every additional hour. If it hadn't been Halloween week, I would have rated 4 stars. With working AC, it would have been 5 stars.

Positive experience: I attended TLA for two weeks as part of my German "Bildungsurlaub" (educational leave). I enrolled in the Business English/General English course and was surprised that the second week was almost entirely focused on Halloween activities such as pumpkin carving and a costume contest — not quite what I expected from a business English program. These activities took up a significant portion of class time that I would have preferred to spend on learning new vocabulary or grammar (history of Halloween would have been fine, but not 2 hours of costume contest and prizes). Our teacher, Shelby, did an excellent job and made the most of the two weeks. The school is conveniently located in downtown. The air conditioning didn’t work during the first week, and while the overall organization was good, we had to wait an extra half hour on the last day because our certificates hadn’t been prepared.

Negative experience: Внимание всем! Эта шарашкина контора, обманывает всех подряд. Впрочем этого нужно было ожидать. Сначала они назначают время для "пробного урока" потом отменяют, ссылаясь на то, что технический сбой. Потом они советуют подождать. Через несколько дней заявляют что график недоучителя пополнен. И уже через несколько дней заявляют, что никаких уроков мы не преподаем. Что интересно, за все время ссылаются на оплату. Деньги для меня не проблема, но хорошо что не поддавался таким мошенникам. Вам тоже крайне советую держаться подальше.

Fantastic experience: Escola acolhedora, staff atencioso, professores capacitados. Recomendo e pretendo voltar a estudar lá.

Fantastic experience: It was the best choice I could have made. The school is great, the teachers and resources are excellent, they really care about helping you make the most of your experience and solving any problems you may have, whether it's with accommodation, English level or any other inconvenience… Very attentive and proactive. I've been here for 5 weeks, I'll be here for another 3 and I'm already thinking about adding one more. I've met people from all over the world, made great friends, improved my English and I'm sure I'll take it with me for life. Thanks TLA!! ;)

Fantastic experience: I will never forget that three-month experience of learning English in another country. But the most important thing is the very interesting, diverse and open-minded people we met.

Fantastic experience: Die TLA ist sehr zu empfehlen. Der Cambridge Vorbereitungskurs hat mich bestens auf die anschliessende Diplomprüfung vorbereitet. Die Angestellten und Lehrpersonen sind sehr freundlich und der Direktor ist sehr zuvorkommend. Die Schule würde ich vor allem denen empfehlen, die ein bereits vorhandenes Englisch-Grundwissen verbessern wollen (Cambridge-Diplom, Business-Kurs, etc.).

Fantastic experience: Está sendo maravilhosa… Em uma semana de aula já estou conseguindo me comunicar em uma cafeteria

Fantastic experience: Amazing teachers and supportive system for international students!

Positive experience: Business is business !

Positive experience: Pague 8 semanas, no vivo en EEUU, planifique mi estadía solo por estudios (visa de turista). Pude ver en 5 semanas que cambiaban de grupo a estudiantes según la conveniencia de la academia, personas con visa de estudiantes que se quedan largas estadías o viven en EEUU. Mi sorpresa fue en la semana 6 cuando me cambiaron de grupo, a uno que repetía una lección que yo tuve 2 semanas atrás, no es lo que esperaba (repetir lecciones en mis últimas tres semanas cuando sentía un avance en mi grupo con libro nuevo). Pero lo triste fue recibir tan mala respuesta del señor Pinna y su hermana, al pedir solución me trataron mal, me devolvieron el dinero de las tres semanas pendientes (Valeria hasta me dijo que tenía que dejar el país ), me fui a despedir de mi maestra y compañeros y Valeria me saco del lugar de forma grosera. Todo fue muy triste, algunos tenemos más dificultad para pagar cursos tan caros, pero todos somos iguales y tenemos los mismos derechos. Es una pena que los dueños sean tan groseros y con 0 empatía, cuando tienen una academia muy linda y súper buena maestra (Lisa).

Fantastic experience: I can highly recommend TLA. I was warmly welcomed by all the staff and felt very comfortable. I took the Business English course and benefited a lot from it. There was a lot of room to discuss current topics and also learn a lot about American culture. The teachers were very accommodating, competent and very well prepared. My highlights were the individual lessons with Gabriela. She conveys the teaching content with a lot of heart and commitment. Her lessons are focused and effective.

Fantastic experience: I can only recommend this language school. My 10 years old son had private lessons with Gabriela. He liked the lessons very much. Gabriela was a very sympathetic person and she had a genial disposition which perfectly suited to my son. She held the private lessons with a lot of motivation. I attended a Platinum course in the classes of Joseph and Adam and I was also very satisfied. My son and I would visit this school again immediately. All the employees of the school were very nice and took care of us. Thank you very much for everything.

Fantastic experience: Very good, modern and furnited school with fantastic and motivated teachers who prove to teach whatever what everyone will want to study here. Very useful and welcome was interactive education on every class which helped me to progress much more in the further study of the English language. Really "BIG" thanks belongs to all friendly administration staff for handy and very helpful advices and informations too. Decidedly I can highly recommend this The Language Academy in Fort Lauderdale for its professional and kind access and many many pleasant experiences and atmosphere during the study as well :).

Fantastic experience: Me encantó mucho la experiencia que ofrece TLA. Yo comencé apenas sabiendo algo de lo básico de inglés y en 13 semanas de estar estudiando allí, mi inglés cambió radicalmente. Acabé en el nivel B2, ahora puedo hablar, escuchar y leer bastante bien. Si tuviese que resaltar algo de la academia serian los excelentes profesores que tienen ✌

Fantastic experience: Great staff, especially Alice was very helpful and always very friendly. There are different courses offered with different levels. Great place to make international friends and improve your English.

Fantastic experience: I like it! I was studying with Brent teacher, I’m very satisfied with the program and the education system. Thank you so much

Fantastic experience: Best experience abroad ever! I learned a lot and all the people I met were really nice. Thank you TLA! Hope to come back soon.

Fantastic experience: Awesome place to learn english, make new friends and learn about other cultures. I super recomed this school!!!!!

Fantastic experience: Fiz intercâmbio de 1 mês e achei maravilhoso ! Queria ter ficado mais!! Ótimos professores, entrosamento entre os alunos de vários países, ótimo atendimento, atividades pós aulas com indicação de passeios na região. Super recomendo ! Pretendo voltar e levar a minha filha para fazer o intercâmbio também!

Fantastic experience: Back in 2018 I had an amazing time here. Professional, friendly and fun community that will make you feel welcome and will help in your journey at any level. Thank you friends.

Fantastic experience: The best Academy Without a doubt it is the best academy, the staff and teachers are amazing. it is easy and fast to learn, I recommend it.

Fantastic experience: Very very friendly and helpful people. My teacher Brent was great. In our class we had a lot of fun and many discussions about different topics. She also taught us grammar and the structure of the language. First I was registered for two weeks, than I decided to stay a third week. I hope to return sometime for another course.

Fantastic experience: Great teachers und courses!

Fantastic experience: Estive na TLA por 10 semanas entre 2018/2019. Fomos eu e minhas 2 filhas. A experiência foi excelente! Eu tirei o ferrugem do inglês, minha filha mais velha se preparou para o Toefl e minha caçula deu super upgrade na língua. Foi extremamente proveitoso para todas nós. Adoramos a experiência. Professores incríveis. Recomendo!

Fantastic experience: Amazing place for learning English

Fantastic experience: I was student in TLA for 6 months in 2018 and it was a really great experience !!, i met some student from all around the world and our teachers was very excellent. I saw my english level raise a lot, today i can easily interact with people in english. Thank TLA for everything i hope to be back one day !!

Fantastic experience: Estudei durante 4 meses nessa escola por indicação de uma amiga e posso dizer que foi uma das melhores experiências que já tive nessa jornada de aprendizado de uma segunda língua, sintonia perfeita entre Cidade ( Fort LAuderdale é sensacional ) , Escola e Profissionais. Ótima estrutura, localização e atividades extra-curriculares sugeridas, eu por exemplo fui visitar a NASA que era um sonho antigo. Super indico, ano que vem nos vemos novamente!!

Fantastic experience: A escola como um todo é ótima! Desde a localização e estrutura até a qualidade dos profissionais. Além de serem todos muito solícitos, são super preparados! Levei alguns alunos da escola de idiomas que coordeno para um programa de imersão na TLA e com certeza pretendo retornar com outros grupos futuramente!

Fantastic experience: amazing place, looking forward to go again.

Fantastic experience: It has already been almost 2 years since I left my country (Italy) to stay (for the 2nd time) at TLA; for 3 months on my own. Even if some time has passed I still carry with me the most amazing memories and I still chat with the nicest and most kindhearted people I have ever met! So if you want an advice, go to Tla! It’s a great place to meet people, learn English and experience the USA! All of the people working there, the teachers the principal and everyone else are always there to help with any questions or doubts! I really miss that place and the adventures I have been on! Can’t wait to be able to travel again so I can replicate this awesome period of my life!

Fantastic experience: Em Julho de 2018 eu estive em FL com os meus pais para aprimorar meu inglês (dando finalização ao curso de inglês que já havia feito no Brasil). A experiência foi muito boa, pois na escola há uma completa imersão na língua - as aulas são em inglês, sempre em um vocabulário mais simples para entendimento de todos. Os professores foram maravilhosos explicando gramática, adicionando em nossos vocabulários com conversas e debates, minha classe fez até field trip to the courthouse. Melhor experiência internacional que eu já tive! Thanks to the TLA Team, I'll never forget you, guys!

Fantastic experience: Excelente escola para aprender ou melhorar o seu inglês. Ambiente multicultural com professores e funcionários muito competentes. Recomendo muitíssimo!

Fantastic experience: I can confirm that TLA is a great -for me one of the best - language schools. ...top school, top teacher, top support, top location! ... everything was just like that excellent! I miss it there so much and will visit this school again at the next opportunity.

Fantastic experience: Incrivel! Pessoal bacana e profissionais excelentes

Fantastic experience: I not only improved my English but I also made friends from every part of the world and some of them for life! High quality teaching with an excellent team of educators . I highly recommend this experience

Fantastic experience: I can say I had the best learning experience at TLA. The school is very dynamic and I’ve met people from all over the world. Teachers were great and I highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Auch dieses Jahr war der Kurs wieder super! Eindeutige Empfehlung!!!

Fantastic experience: This is one of the best academies I have ever been to. The staff is amazing, they are friendly and very practical as well. My time taking lessons there was amazing, thanks to the time I was lucky enough to be there I improved a lot. The place is very beautiful and clean. It's a place that feels very good to be around and feels very familiar. People there also make you feel very comfortable and good. I highly recommend anyone who wants to learn a new language to come here, it is certainly the very best place to attend. The quality of the lessons are great, they are very creative and informative. I thank The Language Academy for absolutely everything and I want to congratulate them for the amazing work they are doing.

Negative experience: Essa escola provavelmente é pra quem já tem conhecimento no inglês e apenas quer aprimorar, porque pra quem está iniciando é péssimo. Não tem nenhuma explicação sobre a matéria, apenas te mandam fazer exercícios sozinha, você tem que descobrir tudo sozinha ou usar o tradutor. Eu procurei uma escola porque gostaria de ter aulas e aprender o idioma, não preciso pagar pra descobrir sozinha como se faz os exercícios do livro. Pior que nem reembolso eles dão, se você quiser insistir em fazer aula pelo menos peça pra fazer uma aula experimental.

Fantastic experience: Estudei em TLA por 20 semanas. Foi a melhor experiência que eu tive dentre as escolas que eu estudei inglês nos USA, super recomendo.

Negative experience: What a horrible experience!! I visited TLA today to inquire about their French classes and I was directed to Georgenne Hart. She’s the academy director, and I strongly believe this lady shouldn’t be working in the education field. What a low class, unprofessional lady!! She was very mean and questioned several times the reason why I wanted to learn French. Really? Why do you offer classes if you’re going to make people feel guilty for wanting to learn another language? She was extremely rude!! I have never felt so discriminated against in my entire life, She even asked if I was legal in this country! Seriously?? She made me seat in a waiting area where they have a sign saying the following: “This lovely, comfortable sofas are for English speakers ONLY” What kind of place is this? Do yourself a favor!! Stay away from this academy and this obnoxious lady.

Fantastic experience: Escola com uma excelente metodologia de ensino, mesmo se for passar pouco tempo você melhora e muito o seu entendimento e confiança. Tenho esperança de retornar em breve para continuar o aprendizado.

Fantastic experience: This is a great place to meet other cultures ... my experience there was wonderful, I had highly quisiera teachers

Fantastic experience: Alla mia terza esperienza alla TLA non posso che confermare l'alto livello di formazione e organizzazione di questa scuola. Docenti molto preparati, grandi motivatori che riescono a trasmettere la vera lingua di comunicazione inglese. La consiglio caldamente a tutti coloro che vogliono migliorare o imparare la loro conoscenza dell'inglese in un bellissimo luogo. It's been my third time at TLA, and I can't but confirm the high level of teaching and the perfect organisation of this school. Teachers are extremely well prepared, they're good at motivating and manage to teach real English for communication. I definitely recommend it to people interested in learning or improving their command of English in a beautiful place. Somi Rubbiani

Fantastic experience: Amazing experience. It exceeded my expectations!!!!!! Friendly staff, nice atmosphere, professional, kind teachers and dynamic classes. No time to get bored at all during classes Very well located, easy accessibility. Clean and comfortable place, with nice classroom and big reception. It provides a huge kitchen to be able to share with other students and teachers, during break time. I will definitely recommend TLA. Paola from Argentina

Fantastic experience: Exceptional Facility, This is a totally professional and fully accredited school ideal for foreign students wishing to learn or improve their English located in the heart of beautiful Fort Lauderdale. Great staff dedicated to providing the best possible language learning experience coupled with immersion into the many cultural activities of South Florida. Highly Recommended.

Negative experience: Péssimos dirigentes, escolha outra escola! When you really need TLA to respond to some email or give you an answer for sure they will disappear. The financial sector has no control and will charge you for days that you have already paid. The rooms are very crowded and you will have a terrible experience. Look for another English school.

Fantastic experience: Very well located school with a nice and helpful staff! Compared to another school I took classes, TLA is much more professional organized. I can totally recommend this school!

Fantastic experience: Me encanta la escuela... En términos de infraestructura es muy muy linda, súper organizada y muy bien ubicada! Con respecto a las clases excelente mix de nacionalidades, profesores muy bien capacitados y clases muy dinámicas!

Fantastic experience: Amazing experience

Fantastic experience: The best English school with great teachers. Thank you for the unforgettable experience.

Negative experience: I went to TLA for four weeks and I suggest you to not to go there in first because I wanted to go to another building where the classes would have been more difficult, but in the opinion of the director or I don’t know who it would have been better for me to go to the junior classes. The test is too difficult and the level of the classes is really low. I wanted to change class and when I went to one person of the staff, she made me feel stupid telling me that in the class I would have done many others grammar stuff but instead I didn’t do anything . The teachers are really friendly but not them all have an adeguate level to teach. I wouldn’t suggest this school to anybody

Negative experience: La mia esperienza a TLA non è stata delle migliori. Partendo dal fatto che avevo chiederò di seguire il corso nel Main Building con il corso di adulti. Questa cosa mi è stata negata per qualche strana ragione che ancora non sono riuscita a capire. Parlando dei professori sono molto qualificati, ma se dovessi analizzare dettagliatamente il percorso intero, non raccomanderei mai a nessuno questa scuola. Lo staff è a due poco gentile e cordiale, non si preoccupa di te e di quello che fai e concedono poche cose. Complessivamente ho frequentato scuole meno costose e di livello maggiormente più alto

Fantastic experience: Bonne expérience dans cette école multilingue. J’ai bien progressé en anglais.

Fantastic experience: ECCELLENTE IN TUTTO , GRANDE PROFESSIONALITÀ', SERIETÀ' COMPETENZA, UNA SPLENDIDA ESPERIENZA

Fantastic experience: Hi,I'm a teacher of English In Bucharest,Romania and I spent two weeks with my students in the TLA program.I want to express my heartfelt thanks to Valeria and Marco Pinna and Brian Mauk.This is letter penned by one of my students,a review of the time spent there. "The TLA Ft.Lauderdale program surpassed all our expectations!It proved to be a unique and unforgettable experience! The joy and enthusiasm we felt even from the first moments we stepped on the American soil in Miami Airport were enhanced when we laid eyes on the beautiful hotel that was going to be our base and shelter for the next two weeks.After a short rest,our greatest adventure began! We started the first day with excitement because we had a test which was going to distribute us in groups,but once we finished it,we breathed a sigh of relief and we went on a tour in Downtown Ft.Lauderdale.We had the pleasure of visiting the TLA headquarters and to meet and talk to its Chairman,Mr.Maco Pinna. The next day we met our colleagues of different nationalities,Italian,French,Serbian,Russian,etc,also our teachers,and we started studying.The classes were as much fun as they were educational,thanks to the teachers who managed to create a wonderful atmosphere,being really professional and at the same time treating us as their friends and making us enjoy everything.After lunch at the restaurant catering the school,we went on a lot of trips which made us more appreciative of our experience. On the first days we had the chance to go to the beaches in Ft.Lauderdale,Miami South Beach and Palm Beach,where we worked on our tan in the hot Florida sun and we swam in the clear waters of the Atlantic Ocean.The cruises we took on the canals and in Miami were a great opportunity to admire the celebrities' houses and yachts,and we took memorable pictures. We also went to an authentic baseball game on Miami Stadium.Even if we weren't real Marlins fans,we bought caps and T-shirts from the stadium shops and we wore them during the game. During the weekend we had the chance to return to childhood,going on a trip to Universal Studios Orlando where we had fun visiting the magical places of "The Islands of Adventure". All our tiredness disappeared when we went on a wonderful tour of Miami.First we stopped at Wynwood,where we took pictures of the impressive graffiti,then we went to Little Havana,the Latino quarter which amused us with its music and entertainment.At the end of the day we had dinner at the famous Miami Hard Rock Cafe,which we enjoyed very much. The second week began with a trip to NASA,where we were lucky to watch a rocket launch,then we watched a 3D movie about the Mars mission at IMax. The trip to the Everglades took a lot of courage because we went on airboats on the river full of alligators and snakes and we even took pictures of us holding an alligator.. We couldn't conclude our trips without a visit to the biggest Mall of America,Sawgrass Mills and also at Galleria Mall.This was the perfect opportunity for us to buy souvenirs for our family. The last school day was very emotional,because we realized that the moment for departure was coming and we had to say goodbye to our new friends,but we tried to get over it by taking pictures and by writing beautiful messages.Even the teachers were emotional when they said goodbye,so we made sure we would keep in touch by Facebook,Instagram,email and phone.We ended the day with a Pool Party. In a nutshell,this Summer Program will forever stay in our heart.We made friend which not even the thousand miles distances could break up,and we had an experience which only the Miami area could offer. Everything was perfect,except...the fact that it ended much too quickly!!!!" ~Ana Andrei,17,Romania

Fantastic experience: Bellissima esperienza di vita e di studio!! Ve la consiglio!!!! Location suggestiva e spiagge fantastiche, giusto equilibrio tra studio e svago.

Fantastic experience: Ho frequentato la TLA di Fort Lauderdale per ben due volte ed il mio giudizio è positivissimo! Mi sono trovata molto bene con gli insegnanti che sono davvero competenti! La location è accogliente e si trova downtown vicino al Museum of Art. Inoltre, durante il tempo libero, ho partecipato ad escursioni organizzate dalla TLA. Concludo segnalando le bellissime spiagge di FL che fanno da cornice ad una vacanza-studio fantastica!

Fantastic experience: Super expérience, j'y ai passé un mois cet été pour améliorer mon anglais. J'ai fait d'énorme progrès, sans avoir l'impression de trop bosser, car les cours sont vraiment ludiques et intéressants. Ya une super ambiance, j'ai rencontré des étudiants de tous les pays, c'était vraiment top. En plus, le weekend j'ai pu visiter la Floride, et ya de quoi faire ! Merci a toute l'équipe de TLA !

Fantastic experience: The Language Academy of Fort Lauderdale served to be highly beneficial towards the improvement of my English. Their highly professional and patient professors gave me the needed resources in order to communicate at a proficient level of English. Both my grammar and communication improved, it was a world class English institution. I would highly recommend it and I'm looking forward to more sessions in the future.

Fantastic experience: J'ai été accueilli pars une equipe qui a pris un intérêt personnel dans mon succès pendant mon séjour en Floride, chaque membre de l'équipe a assuré que mon anglais progressé chaque leçon. Je recommande ce programme à tous ceux qui s'intéressent à améliorer leur anglais!! A++

Fantastic experience: École d'exception pour les francophones fâchés avec l'apprentissage de l'anglais : Excellente méthode d'enseignement, très bons professeurs, superbe cadre de vie et de travail, sans oublier les attraits touristiques de la Floride. Immersion totale dans la société américaine, très bonne organisation de l'école et rapide progression de la pratique de l'anglais avec les étudiants du monde entier ! School of exception for the French speakers irritated with the English learning: excellent teaching method, very good professors, magnificent living environment and of work, without forgetting the tourist attractions of the Florida. Total dumping in the American company, the very good organization of the school and the fast progress of the practice of English with the students of the whole world!

Fantastic experience: Cours et encadrement géniaux ....d énormes progrès .en Anglais.....je recommande fortement cette école.

Fantastic experience: My best experience of studying in the United States. In the end I improved my English supported by highly qualified teachers. I faced the real aspects of the life of every day by meeting and talking with my fellow students and with the American people during my two week stay in Florida. I will always remember this important step in my professional life and wonderful vacation in the Florida sun. Thanks Language Academy !!!

Fantastic experience: J'ai passé 4mois de pur bonheur dans cette école . Enseignement au top. Très belle expérience . Le bâtiment est très bien situé. Expérience humaine garanti et inoubliable

Fantastic experience: Eu amo essa escola, vim de Sao Paulo morar nos Estados Unidos e eu queria iniciar a faculdade aqui, para isso vim atras da TLA onde eles oferecem o toefl que me ajudo mt e com isso pude melhorar muito meu ingles.Obrigada TLA voces sao os melhores :)

Fantastic experience: Une très bonne école de langue. Bien situé et bon enseignement. Une super aventure humaine. J'ai vraiment adoré. Je recommande absolument.

Fantastic experience: I really missed love tla