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language school

British  

noun

  1. a school for the teaching of a foreign language or languages

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In a statement, EF International Language Campus, a Cambridge-based language school that teaches English to overseas students, said it was "deeply saddened" by the death of one of its students.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Troell worked for Global English Institute, a language school in Baghdad’s Harthiya neighborhood, which operated under the auspices of the Texas-based private group Millennium Relief and Development Services.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

His mother ran a language school that hosted immersion trips for the students, allowing her to take the family across West Africa and into France and the United Kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

I did a short stint at Korean language school, where I learned the alphabet and mastered the preemptive explanation I’d have ready anytime I encountered another Korean person: “I understand better than I can speak.”

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2023

Sometimes she talked on the phone to friends from the English language school.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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