Language course
Boston
USA
Strengthen your English in an international university city, with regular practice outside lessons.
Boston brings together university life and an international urban setting, well suited to continuous progress in English.
The city lets you keep a good balance between language progress, personal pace and quality of life.
Boston combines a university setting and a clear urban life, well suited to steady progress in English.
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675 647 inhabitants
Historic port city, between HarborWalk, parks, museums and districts reachable on foot.
Boston is located on the north-eastern Atlantic coast of the United States in Massachussetts and forms the northern limit of the "BosNYWash" megalopolis, a name designating the urban area of the Boston/New York/Washington axis. Boston is divided into 28 districts, partly artificial embankments bordered by Massachusetts Bay to the Eastn Beacon Hill and the Neponset river to the south. The region enjoys a temperate east-coast climate, with a marked temperature range between the seasons: hot, sunny summers that readily extend into September or even into October, the famous "Indian summers", and cold, windy and often snowy winters.
During the pre-Columbian period, the Massachusetts region was inhabited by the Algonquins. The city was not founded until 1630, by two Englishmen who landed from the county of Lincolnshire. The name of Boston is moreover a reference to a town of the same name, located in their land of origin. Boston developed through its port, and from 1636 was home to the Harvard school, whose reputation immediately reflected on the city. The intellectual capital of the New World still holds that title today. Its history is directly linked with that of the anti-British Revolution, at the end of the 18th century, through the Boston Tea Party affair, a founding event of the United States. The city known as the Cradle of Liberty continued its economic rise, welcoming many European emigrants. Despite strong competition from New York, Boston continues to be attractive thanks to research and very dynamic university institutions.
During your language trip to Boston, set off to discover this city by taking the Harbor Express ferry to reach the bay of Boston. From Long Wharf, reach Georges Island and visit the centuries-old fort now abandoned. Other islands are worth the trip, such as Lovells Island and Little Brewster Island. The museums also tell the city's rich historical past, not forgetting the Havard campus and its old-England feel. Between two English lessons, treat yourself to a walk towards Beacon Hill, the Charles River esplanade, or follow the red line of the Freedom Trail.
To get around during your language course in Boston, go for the very handy self-service bikes, and ride the roughly 300 km of cycle paths that criss-cross the city. Note that the cost of living is fairly affordable compared with a city like Paris. On the outskirts of Boston, you will have access to shopping centres, although for shopping and boutiques you are better off going for the Back Bay district and Newsbury Street.
Climate: more than 2,600 hours of sunshine a year
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