Bilingual English - California Language Laboratories
1980 - 2010

ENGLISH INTERACTIVE DVD English Interactive for Beginners - is a colorful interactive set of two DVD’s for children or adults who are learning English. It’s easy and fun to use! There are hundreds of interactive practice sentences for people who speak no English at all. There is enough continuous spoken translation to allow completely independent study by all age groups. AUDIO ESL ESL - English as a second language. Our venture into the world of helping newcomers learn to speak, read and write English started with 6 languages in 1980. Our practice tapes were so effective and helpful that we soon had to expand. By 1987 we had bilingual audio cassettes in 17 languages. Now after 25 years we have 29 languages and will soon have more! All languages are now available on CDs! VIDEO ESL ESL - English as a second language. In response to the demand for ESL VIDEO cassettes, we developed ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS, Parts One and Two in 1992. This was so well-received that in 1993 we added Parts Three and Four. This very colorful bilingual series was originally in only 12 languages and is now available in 21!

CITIZENSHIP EXAMINATION... A SHELTERED VIDEO Many immigrants have requested bilingual help with the examination for U.S. Citizenship and the standard booklets are boring beyond belief! We developed a simple, easy-to-follow video cassette outlining the history of the United States and the structure of our government. We have provided spoken translation for people with limited English proficiency at the beginning of each segment. This video is now available in 22 languages. Fluent English speakers may use ANY of the languages and ignore the translation. The videos were revised and updated in 2003 and we produced our award winning Citizenship Interactive DVD, now in 22 languages. We also have an "English-Only" version. LANGUAGE FOR TRAVELERS Recently, in response to many requests, we have started a series of easy-to-use videos to help travelers learn just enough phrases to survive a visit to a non-English-speaking country! How would you like to learn essential Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese or Japanese for travelers in a couple of hours? These videos have won three awards from the U.S. International Film and Video Festival.