LIVE ONLINE LANGUAGE CLASSES IN CAMBRIDGE

LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE IN CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It’s best known as home to Harvard University.Manufacturing was an important part of Cambridge’s economy in the late 19th and early 20th century, but educational institutions are its biggest employers today. Harvard and MIT together employ about 20,000 people. The proximity of Cambridge’s universities has also made the city a center for nonprofit groups and think tanks, including the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cultural Survival, and One Laptop per Child. According to the 2014 – 2018 American Community Survey, 28.8% of Cambridge residents are foreign born and 10.5% are naturalized citizens. Cambridge has long served as a port of entry for immigrants from around the world. Major languages and language groups other than English spoken in Cambridge include Spanish (7.1%), Chinese (5.1%), Indic Languages (3.6%), French, including Haitian Kreyol, (3.2%), African Languages (2.2%), Korean (1.3%), Portuguese (1.2%), and German (1.2%).The Cambridge Public School Department reports that for the 2019 – 2020 school year over 100 students speak the following foreign languages at home: Spanish (5.7%), Amharic (2.6%), Bengali (2.3%), Haitian Kreyol (2.2%),  Arabic (1.9%), and Chinese (1.9%).Cambridge is a community strengthened by diversity and acceptance. Learning a new language here is not only a way to gain personal growth, but a way to connect to the wonderful city in a unique way!