Welcome Groupon Users!

Please be sure to contact us so we have your contact information and can keep you posted as we add new classes (Groupon only provides names and codes - no emails).

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Here are a few ways you can use your Groupon:

• Register for any of our 8-week/16-hour Language Fundamentals classes for Summer, choosing between Spanish, Italian, French, Mandarin, Arabic or German. Enter the coupon code GROUPON-ADULTS at checkout and include your Groupon number in the Comments field at check-out. Your total will be $187 instead of $299. You're also entitled to a complimentary 30-minute consultation that you can use to assess your level to ensure that you're placed correctly - or you can convert it to an extra hour of a group class (we'll refund you the difference). Not sure you want to commit to a whole session? That's OK, too. Just select 'check' as method of payment at checkout so you won't be prompted for a credit card, and let us know later if you'd like to continue.

• Enjoy any of our 7-hour Bilingual Boot Camp sessions. Use coupon code GROUPON-BC at checkout, and you're set with a zero balance!

• For those with kids ages 1-5, register for any of our Kids' Classes (Spanish, French or Mandarin) using the coupon code GROUPON-KIDS at checkout (please enter your Groupon number in the Comments section). With our 6-week Summer session, you're good to go for the whole thing! Please note that your Groupon can NOT be applied toward Camp MK, our Spanish summer camp program.

Before you redeem your Groupon, please read the guidelines below. If you have any questions, please contact us!

Guidelines

• Bilingual Boot Camps: We offer a great program called Bilingual Boot Camp for beginner-level Spanish, French, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic and Polish (and others down the road!). Boot Camp includes 7 hours of language lessons and is an excellent option for those unsure or able to commit to our Language Fundamentals courses that meet weekly over an 8-week period (and for some languages, we haven't had enough interest to create an ongoing program, so we're starting with Boot Camps to see if we can generate that interest). The Groupon deal was for 6 hours of group classes and a 30-minute consultation. We have found that many people would rather convert their 30-minute session into something else, so our Boot Camp programs are now seven hours, plus snacks and drinks (coffee/tea/wine).

• Adult Fundamentals Courses: Our Language Fundamentals program is our core program for adults. Classes are usually small in size (approximately 6-10). Most classes meet once a week for an hour and fifty minutes (16 class hours). If you would like to apply your Groupon towards one of our adult fundamentals courses, you would be covered for the first 3 weeks of class. To register for a 16-hour class with your Groupon, you would only pay for the remaining 10 hours ($187).
  
  For those Groupon users who aren't ready to commit to a full session, we will be setting aside 4 spaces per class. While we hope that you will enjoy the classes so much that you'll stay for the whole thing (and future sessions, too!), we know that there are many reasons why this may not be possible. On our side, if enrollment dips below 4 people, we need to cancel the class, and for the sake of committed students, we'd like to avoid having to do that! For our Fundamentals courses, if you'd like to use your Groupon, we ask that you redeem it starting from the beginning of the 8-week session. We do not offer refunds if you are sick or have to miss a class, but you are welcome to make up a class that same week if another one is offered.

• Kids' Classes: If you purchased your Groupon with the intention of enrolling your child in a language class, your Groupon will cover the first 6 weeks of class given (for summer, kids classes are 6 weeks longs, so you're completely covered!). If your child is sick or cannot attend class, you are welcome to make up a session within one week of absence.

• 30-Minute Consultation: In addition to your six hours of class, the deal offered a half-hour consultation with a Multilingual Chicago staff memeber. You may use this consultation at any time during the term. However, if you need help determining your appropriate class level, it is beneficial to use your consultation to speak with an instructor before the term begins so that you can be placed accurately. This can be done over the phone or in person. In addition, if you are enrolled in a Language Fundamentals course and would like to convert your 30-minute consultation into one more week in your adult fundamentals course, you may do that as well. For kids' classes, you can also trade it for another week of class. If you would like to schedule a consultation, please give us as much notice as possible (a week is ideal). For Boot Camps, as explained above, you're swapping your consultation for an extra hour of group class.

• Private Tutoring: As private classes are more specialized and are of greater value ($50 per hour), you may use your Groupon purchase for a total of 3 hours of private tutoring (2 90-minute sessions) for the languages we currently offer. The value of the Groupon is $133, but we're happy to round up and provide a full three hours, but obviously there is no separate consultation when you go this route. It is our standard policy that private sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours' notice require full payment, so while you're not paying outright, you will forfeit your session should you cancel with insufficient notice.