Michael NY
Sylvan House
Rates and Reservations
 

What You Practice in the Morning You Use All Day!

We offer four 30” English sessions daily. Your all-inclusive rate includes room, breakfast, and lessons.
You are free to take as many or as few lessons and tours as you like during your stay.
Each lesson is self-contained, and you do not have to worry about ‘missing' a class.
Just relax, have fun, and enjoy learning real English in the real world!

 

   Schedule

9:00- 9:30 One Point Situational English: Topics rotate daily – in the restaurant, hailing a cab,
buying a ticket, shopping. We use real materials from the real world
– local menus, transportation schedules, newspaper ads. ( Great practice for beginners)

9:30- 10:00 Events of the Day: We look at schedules and information for daily events from local newspapers –
music, exhibitions, culture, etc. We learn about the wonderful things available
for every interest in NYC, many of them free, and how to get information about them.
( Great information for all levels)

10:00- 10:30 Real World, Real Sounds: We use songs, chants, movies, games etc. to practice speaking and
hearing fluency and how to understand fast, living English. ( Fun practice for all levels)

10:30- 11:00 News of the Day: We discuss newspaper articles from the daily papers about
New York City – politics, business, sports, etc.
(Interesting discussion and vocabulary practice for higher levels)

English-Learning Walking Tours

1 or 2x per week, instead of the above schedule, we go with a teacher into the real world and practice English while exploring neighborhoods of the City. We may go to a tourist destination or a supermarket, a museum or a park. Before departing, we introduce the topic in the classroom (any entrance fees or transportation costs are not included and paid individually)

Dinner Tours

1 or 2x per week, we have dinner with the teacher, usually at a local restaurant but sometimes we even have a home-cooked meal. Delicious food, a glass of wine perhaps, and most importantly, great conversation ( meal cost are not included and must be paid individually)

Finally, your teacher is available at many times to help you with English, or assist you in making arrangements for tours, tickets, or reservations, or simply to chat. After all, your teacher is living in the same house in the apartment below!


Program Director and owner Michael Colangelo has 27 years experience in the English language study and travel businesses. He is a native New Yorker and a 1979 graduate of Princeton University with a certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from the Princeton Adult School. He lived in Osaka, Japan for ten years, where he owned a language school and travel agency. He has spent the past 15 years running a bus company and tour company here in New York City. It has always been his dream to combine his love of travel with his love of language teaching, and now he finally has with Michael NY, where he welcomes traveler-learners of all levels and ages.