Alexander Language Schools International

Established in 1966 as a language school

Language school

A language school is a school where one studies a foreign language. Classes at a language school are usually geared towards, but not limited to, communicative competence in a foreign language...

in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

(in Greek Θεσσαλονίκη) (Salonica) Greece

Greece

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, Alexander Language
Language
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Institute
Institute
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, (Alexander or Athena

Athena

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Language Schools/Services), ALS

ALS

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, has operated by establishing company-owned schools all over Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

since 1970. One can easily understand that the tradename "Alexander

Alexander (disambiguation)

-Human names and groups:*Alexander, the name, together with a list of persons called Alexander*Alexander the Great , king of Macedonia*Alexander , persons with the surname Alexander*Aleksander , a Hasidic Jewish group...

" has been used, as the founders come from the fatherland

Fatherland

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of Alexander the Great, i.e. Macedonia

Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...

, Northern Greece, where Alexander was born, educated by Aristotle

Aristotle

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and grew up before his campaign

Military campaign

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to Asia

Asia

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.

Alexander Schools are operating in more than 100 locations worldwide, teaching English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

and other European and Asian languages as well as the language of each country

Country

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to foreigners

Alien (law)

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, in its overseas language immersion

Language immersion

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programs (OLIP).

Internationally since 1994 with franchisees or partners

Business partner

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using its trademark

Trademark

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and system

System

System is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole....

.

Schools http://www.als-alexander.org/images/alexbanner5.jpg:
Bulgaria,
Egypt,
Greece,
India,
Italy,
Qatar,
Romania,
Saudi Arabia
Thailand

Books

Their Publishing

Publishing

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Division

Division (business)

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has been involved in the compiling and editing

Editing

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of dictionaries and other language

Language

Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...

learning books since 1968.

Their edition of the bilingual Dictionary of English Idioms (Alexander Dictionary of English Idioms) in various versions (English -French, English - Swedish, English-Greek, etc.) with equivalents

Equivalents

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and translations

Translations

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in other languages both of the idioms and examples, has been specifically prepared for learners

Learners

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of English, tourists, translators, interpreters, students of the University

University

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or the secondary education

Secondary education

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, teachers

Teachers

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, to help them with unusual syntactical structures of the English language. Also it is helpful to learners, teachers etc of the French, Swedish and Greek languages. Versions of the dictionary in other languages are also being edited to come out in the near future.

The dictionary has obtained approval from Ministries

Ministry (government department)

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of Education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

. All versions of the dictionary have been on sale by major booksellers in England

England

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, such as Blackwells, Foyles

Foyles

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, Grant and Cutler, WH Smith, Waterstones, The Book Place, Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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, Samedaybooks, and others, and in other countries. Also they sell in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

(Gibert Jeune).

It includes all types of phrases (Idiomatic Expressions, Collocations, Prepositional Verbs, Phrasal -Verbs, Proverb

Proverb

A proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim...

s, Formal and Slang

Slang

Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo...

Sayings, Words in Context).

Presented in handy format

Format

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(13cmX21cm) for everyday reference

Reference

Reference is derived from Middle English referren, from Middle French rèférer, from Latin referre, "to carry back", formed from the prefix re- and ferre, "to bear"...

purposes, it is an indispensable complement

Complement

In many different fields, the complement of X is something that together with X makes a complete whole—something that supplies what X lacks.Complement may refer to:...

to any general English dictionary.

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