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Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition

Classes

Upcoming Classes

Registration

When you click the “Sign Up!” link, you’ll be directed to register through MTSU’s secure payment server.

Complete course information and payment details are available prior to check-out.  

If you have any questions before, during or after the registration process, please feel free to contact us.

LANGUAGE CLASSES (SELF-GUIDED ONLINE TELECOURSES)

Date(S) And Time(S)Sign Up!InstructorLocation
Always AvailableTelecourse –
American Sign Language (ASL)
Haley JensenVideo Links Online
Always AvailableTelecourse –
Chinese Part 1
Jie (Helen) ZhouVideo Links Online
Always AvailableTelecourse –
Chinese Part 2
Jie (Helen) ZhouVideo Links Online
Always AvailableTelecourse –
French 
Part 1
Shelley ThomasVideo Links Online
Always AvailableTelecourse –
Spanish Part 1
Brian RobertsVideo Links Online
Always AvailableTelecourse –
Tamil (India)
Nanthana (Tanamayi) VaiyapuriVideo Links Online
Always AvailableTelecourse –
“Rain Dance” (Bollywood)
Nanthana (Tanamayi) VaiyapuriVideo Links Online

 

Language and yoga classes are added on an ongoing basis as they become available.  Please feel free to contact us at acceleratedacquisition@gmail.com if you would like to receive notifications through our distribution list.


YOGA CLASSES

Date(S) And Time(S)Sign Up!InstructorLocation
    

 

Group Solutions

Are you are interested in corporate language training programs or in-company group language solutions? Do you need language classes delivered on-site at your church, school, homeschool, or elsewhere in your community? Please feel free to contact us to discuss a customized language-learning solution for you!  

Stress Management

Did you know we also offer yoga classes to help with stress management, mindfulness, mediation, health, and rejuvenation? We have options for every lifestyle. We can also work with most handicaps or health debilitations. Our yoga classes are intended for ages 14 and up.

Pricing, class options, and schedule are listed below.

Language Classes: What to Expect

Click the video in this section to see footage of past language institutes. The video also includes commentary and reviews from students and teachers.  This short clip gives you an idea of what to expect from CALA’s foreign language classes.

Yoga Classes

CALA’s yoga classes are offered in partnership with MTSU Health Promotion.  

In each class, you will learn a practice that you can do on your own.

Prices: Yoga Classes

Scroll down to “Yoga and Meditation.” Click each course for a full description.

  • Beginners Yoga: $60 ($30 for MTSU and high school students)
  • Yoga to Improve Attention & Memory: $65 ($35 for MTSU and high school students)
  • Fitness Yoga: $60 ($30 for MTSU and high school students)
  • Meditation Yoga: $70 ($40 for MTSU and high school students)

>> View past classes

Contact Us

Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition (CALA) 
c/o Shelley Thomas
Middle Tennessee State University
Honors Box 267
Murfreesboro, TN 37132 


Shelley Thomas, Ph.D.
CALA Director
shelley.thomas@mtsu.edu

Brian Roberts, M.A.T.
CALA Associate Director
brian.roberts@mtsu.edu