Free placement exam and needs analysis
Placement exam and needs analysis for your whole team. A1–C2, with 1–1½ hours total and 3–5 days to finish.
Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley run a desert resort market of mid-century boutiques, golf resorts and spa properties, with a season inverted from the coast and festival weekends that dominate spring.
Palm Springs holds design-led boutique hotels and small resorts, while Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert and La Quinta hold larger golf and spa resorts. The season runs autumn through spring; summer is very quiet. The valley's festival weekends produce extreme compression, and the golf and tennis calendar adds its own peaks.
The Coachella Valley's hospitality and agricultural workforce is overwhelmingly Spanish-speaking, drawn substantially from the eastern valley communities. Guests are domestic, design-conscious and increasingly international during festival season. At boutique properties with tiny teams, there is no bilingual supervisor to hand a hard conversation to — the person at the desk handles it in English or it does not get handled.
Target CEFR levels by position: front desk B1 (B2 for supervisors), bellhop A2 (B1 when also giving directions), restaurant and bar B1 (A2 minimum to take an order). Not tied to one city? Each program has a national page: front desk, bellhop & valet, restaurant & bar.
Placement exam and needs analysis for your whole team. A1–C2, with 1–1½ hours total and 3–5 days to finish.
At least 15 minutes a day, by role and level. Listen, speak and get feedback from any device.
See participation and levels by employee, department and property.
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