Founded in 1878, Berlitz took an innovative method of teaching people as its main instruction objective. The method was developed by language tutor Maximilian D. Berlitz whose name was given to the successful way of teaching students a foreign language – Berlitz Method®.

Berlitz Language Center offers its program in more than 55 locations in the US. Moreover, the Berlitz Virtual Classroom® and or Private Instruction programs are offered in more than 500 locations in 70 countries or can be taken completely online.

Academics
Berlitz method is characterized by a highly effective, conversational style of teaching, which proves to be very effective in the foreign language education. All the interrogation during the class is held in the target language. The conversational approach which is based on listening and speaking is used by the professional and experienced instructors. Throughout the studying, active vocabulary and grammar are emphasized while relevant reading and writing exercises accompany the process of education.

Students are offered various levels of language proficiency, so that student with previous foreign-language experience or instruction, could build on their educational background and continue to develop their skills and knowledge.

Berlitz Language Center offers programs both to individuals and to corporate groups, which means that the variety of programs can meet various personal and business demands. The services for business include Language Instruction, Cultural Consulting, Online Training, and Language Assessment & Testing. Programs for individuals are the following: Face-to-Face Instruction, Live Online Instruction, and Instruction for Children & Teens. When seeking for a language program, the person can choose from adult and children programs, programs offered at the local Berlitz language center, abroad or online. Besides, the student usually chooses the reasons for learning the language, which helps to determine what kind of instruction, vocabulary and grammar one needs.

The programs of study are available for numerous languages. These include Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Afrikaans, Armenian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Amharic, Burmese, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Guajarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Punjabi, Pashto, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Berlitz has received accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) for our face-to-face and Berlitz Virtual Classroom Programs.