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Personal Enrichment

Beginner Brazilian Portuguese

$229

with Poliana Bellan Wilson

Calendar Next available session starts Jul 8, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 6 weeks

Our Brazilian-Portuguese courses go beyond traditional teaching methods, offering meaningful, real-life experiences that build confidence and deepen cultural understanding.

Through engaging conversations, reflective discussions, and a supportive learning environment, participants embrace the richness of Brazilian culture while developing their language skills. Every session becomes a journey of discovery—where language is not just learned but lived.

Our program builds bridges and embraces our differences, recognizing that our greatest strengths and growth come from our differences.

Language is more than grammar and vocabulary; it’s about building confidence, connections, and community.

Let’s explore how this program can benefit you and your team!

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu. 

iPhone-tography: Mastering the Art of Smartphone Photography

$69

with Jonathan Fonseca

Calendar Next available session starts Jul 10, 2025 at 6 pm

Tired of scrolling through your phone’s camera roll and seeing the same old boring photos? Say hello to Phone-tography, where you’ll transform your phone camera into a powerhouse of photographic potential!  

This workshop is designed to help you capture stunning, professional-quality photos that will make your followers, friends, and family drool with envy.

You’ll learn essential photography principles like composition, lighting, and focus, and how to apply them to your phone’s camera. You’ll also get a look at the latest photo editing apps and techniques. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be snapping photos that capture the beauty of the world around you like never before. Say goodbye to bland and hello to bold with Phone-tography. 

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu. 

Bonjou Kreyòl! A Beginners Guide to Haitian Creole

$189

with Magda Celin

Calendar Next available session starts Jul 15, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 4 weeks

This beginner-level course is designed to help students develop foundational skills in both spoken and written Haitian Creole. Through engaging, real-life contexts, students will learn how to communicate effectively in everyday situations—from introducing themselves to talking about the weather, time, and personal preferences. In addition to language instruction, the course offers an immersive exploration of Haitian culture, including music, art, cuisine, and other vibrant traditions. By connecting language learning with cultural insights, students will gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of Haiti and its people.

Course Objectives:

  • Introduce oneself and engage in basic conversations in Haitian Creole.
  • Discuss everyday topics such as the weather, time, and personal likes or dislikes.
  • Gain insight into Haitian culture through language associated with music, art, food, and more.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu. 

Reclaim Your Time!

$69

with Elise Tofias Phillips

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 12, 2025 at 12 pm

Reclaim Your Time! Are you constantly trying to get things done? Are you struggling to accomplish all the things that need to happen? Are you looking for more balance in your life, while getting to do the things you enjoy?

Did you know most people do not use a time management system? Are you looking for a time management system that is results - oriented and supports you to become more organized, efficient, effective?

Join us for this time management course where you will learn a system that really works: from identifying and eliminating time wasters, determining priorities, creating lists that really work, prioritizing, breaking up and managing large and small projects, tips for digital and paper planning, and developing daily habits that will support your needs to accomplish what is most important to you professionally and personally.

This course will support the balance in your life that you have been craving.

Goal: To learn a result-oriented time management system that will support getting more accomplished for a more balanced life.

Participants will learn to:

  • Develop positive time management strategies and systems that really work
  • Identify and eliminate time wasters· Understand priorities
  • Set daily goals
  • Prioritize what needs to be accomplished
  • Calendar
  • Develop to do lists
  • Develop daily habits to support managing personal and professional time
  • Plan time digitally and on paper

Class Format
This course is offered live via Zoom. 

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu. 

 





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