Our group course content is academically standardized and promotes long term aims with the language. The teaching, by native speaker teachers, will be communicative, fun, intimate, and engages and challenges our students. We take teacher support seriously within Cactus. Our teachers are qualified language trainers and are given further leadership by our full time Director of Studies, here at Cactus, who interviews the teachers, sends them information on what and how to teach and meets them for teacher training sessions. Although there will be an emphasis on speaking and listening, grammar is included in our programs and will be taught in context. Our programs are monitored throughout, through feedback gathered from you by online surveys and acted upon by Cactus.

Use our quick guide below to view all programs available, including Group Programs and Private lessons.

Cactus offers a variety of 10-week courses around North America and Canada. You can take a standard language course for 10 weeks or cover the a shorter syllabus in 4 weeks, Survival Course.

Course Summary

Our 10-week courses are well established and extremely popular and are ideal for those who prefer to study less intensively, have long term aims for work or personal reasons or are simply studying for fun.

Our 10-week courses are 20 hour courses. Studying from 6:30-8.30pm one evening per week can fit into everybody's schedule.

These classes are a great opportunity to get to know the language in depth and your class mates and teacher as well.

Small Classes, with an average of 5 students

Maximum class size of 12 students

Lively course format

Native-speaker qualified teachers

Includes course book / materials

Course Languages

Arabic | Chinese (Cantonese) | Chinese (Mandarin) | French | German | Italian | Japanese | Polish | Portuguese (Brazilian) | Russian | Spanish

Course Outlines

Spanish | Italian | German | French | Arabic | Polish | Chinese | Japanese | Russian | Portuguese

Our survival courses are 4-week courses with classes one evening a week, from 6:30-8:30pm. Perfect if you have only a few weeks before a trip abroad, and not much time to devote to language learning. The courses provide an ideal way to build confidence before using the language more frequently socially or when jetting off on holiday, a gap year or business trip.

With our native speaker teachers giving instruction in the language, you.ll learn to speak and understand expressions and information that is commonly used. Follow this up with one of our academic courses, aimed at giving a more in-depth study of your language of choice.

Cactus offers a variety 4-week Survival courses around America. You can take this Survival language course for 4 weeks or cover a broader syllabus in 10 weeks, 1 night a week course.

Course Summary

8-hour course over 4 weeks, 2-hour class per week

Maintains strong learning momentum throughout

Ideal for accelerated progress and building confidence quickly

Dynamic, enjoyable classes

Course Languages

French | German | Portuguese (Brazilian) | Spanish

Course Outlines

French | German | Portuguese | Spanish

Our 2 day intensive courses are designed for people who want to maximize their language & cultural learning experience in a short space of time.

These 8 hour courses take place over 2 consecutive Saturdays. They are a great opportunity to get an intensive dose of the language enabling you to have a clear understanding of key grammatical structures, common areas of vocabulary, and fundamental pronunciation patterns. There is a strong communicative emphasis to the course, allowing you to take new language outside the classroom from the very start. You will also gain real insight into the cultural context of the language as it is used across the world. Finally, the course will give you a firm foundation for further study and language acquisition. So whether you are learning the language for business or pleasure, this course is for you.

Course Summary

10-hour course over 2 Saturdays, 5 hours each Saturday

Accelerated learning experience

Ideal as a taster, survival or quick refresher course

Focuses on language application in real-life situations

Fun, lively course format

Course Languages

French | German | Spanish

We provide language training on an individual basis for personal and/or professional reasons. As each individual has their own requirements and goals, we will discuss these with you and come up with the best language training solution for your needs. This will take into account the time you have, your level, your learning style and budget. Complete our Quick Quote form or phone us to speak to someone about the advantages of taking private lessons with Cactus.

Course Summary

Private lessons taught 1:1 or in small groups

Ideal for rapid progress and flexible learning

Trainer comes to you (home or workplace)

Classes are designed to fit your goals, learning style and schedule

Includes full needs analysis & language level testing

Intensive, participative lesson format