ENGLISH FOR LIFE IN AMERICA
A complete English program built on 20 years of hosting international students. Learn online, then come live with an American family. We teach the English you actually need.
🌍 For students from Japan, Korea, Mandarin-speaking regions, and beyond
What you're getting
Not every English program is built around real life. This one is.
For Japanese, Mandarin, and Korean speakers: built-in notes on the exact sounds and patterns that are tricky when learning from your home language. You'll know what to focus on and why.
Guidance on American daily life and social norms, matched to where you come from. Not just English—the knowledge you need to actually live here.
A placement test sets your level at the start, so beginners and stronger speakers both have room to grow. Mixed-level lessons are built in.
The arc
Every month centers on a real, everyday American setting. Students rehearse the situation before they ever face it, then prove it in a monthly checkpoint that earns a badge.
Greetings, introductions, and the first meeting with the host family.
House rules, routines, and asking for help with the comfort of getting it right.
Ordering, preferences, dietary needs, and paying, from a quick counter to a sit-down restaurant.
Directions, getting around, and what to do when you are lost in a new place.
Prices, sizes, returns, US currency, and the small math of daily spending.
Classroom language, asking questions, group work, and American classroom norms.
Describing symptoms, the pharmacy, appointments, and what to do in an emergency.
Small talk, invitations, hobbies, and reading the social cues that build friendships.
Day trips, landmarks, a capstone presentation, and a proper goodbye.
How it works
Awarded on demonstrated skill and mapped to recognized proficiency levels, so families and agencies know exactly what it means.
Who's behind it
The program comes from two places at once. A host who has welcomed students from around the world for two decades, and a curriculum built on research-based learning design.
For more than twenty years, Yesenia Washington has opened her home to international students. Families across the world have trusted her with their children, and those students have left the United States speaking real English and carrying a second family.
She built this program out of that experience. As a Marine Corps spouse, she has made a home in new places again and again. She lived abroad for six years and has traveled widely. She raised three daughters and earned a degree in management. She knows what it takes to feel at home in a country that is not yet your own, and she knows how to prepare a young person for it.
Questions
We work with agencies, recruiters, and families placing international students. Request the full program overview, sample lessons, and partner terms.