New England Language School (NELS) is a local institution with a global reach through language education. We offer language classes (in person and live online) for adults and teenagers, and customized language programs online for corporations. NELS offers language classes in 13 languages: American Sign Language (ASL), Arabic, English (ESL), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. NELS was founded on and is guided by its values. *Improving communication through language education *Serving the language learning needs of the community *Increasing cross-cultural competence *Valuing diversity