Understanding other cultures and languages is vital for thriving in today’s global marketplace. At LTC Language Solutions, we know that failed relocations cost more than money—they cost careers, relationships, and opportunities. That’s why we partner with your global mobility team to provide comprehensive linguistic and cultural preparation that ensures every family member is ready to thrive in their new home.
The moment your authorization arrives, our dedicated language program managers spring into action. Within 24 hours, we’ll connect with your relocating employee and their family to begin building a customized program designed around their unique needs, schedules, and goals.
What Happens: Our intake meeting goes deep. We don’t just ask about language proficiency. We explore:
Why It Matters: Every family member gets a custom program from day one. No time wasted on generic assessments or one size fits all curricula. Your employees start learning what they actually need, immediately.
Our Secret Sauce: We don’t just assign instructors. We match them. Based on:
The Result: When a business executive who loves cycling gets paired with an instructor who bikes competitively, or when a stay at home parent learning English connects with a teacher who also juggles family life, engagement soars, enjoyment increases, and results follow.
The LTC Difference in Action:
Case Study: The DMV Success Story A learner with dyslexia needed to pass the Indiana DMV test. Rather than drilling practice questions, we used multi sensory learning techniques, visual aids, and real world driving vocabulary. Result? Passed on the first try.
Case Study: Beyond the Classroom Business English training that included a field trip to a local trade show, followed by practical vocabulary lessons at Trader Joe’s to master grocery shopping terminology and American consumer culture.
Case Study: Hobby Based Learning A spouse passionate about sewing received lessons at a local fabric store, learning measurements, materials, and pattern vocabulary while engaging in an activity she loved.
The Message: This is inquiry-based, culturally-authentic learning that doesn’t just teach language. It changes lives.
We Don’t Stop at Hello:
When an employee moves, the entire family experiences the transition. A spouse may be building a new routine and community. Children may be adjusting to a different school, making new friends, or learning how to communicate in an unfamiliar environment. Even everyday tasks can feel different in a new country. That’s why our customized programs can support every member of the family—helping them build confidence, make connections, and feel more at home throughout the relocation experience.
A successful assignment often depends on how well the entire family adjusts. We work with spouses and partners to identify the situations that matter most to their everyday lives and create personalized support around their goals. Programs may include community integration, social confidence, navigating healthcare and schools, job search and networking preparation, everyday communication, exploring hobbies and interests, and understanding the cultural expectations that shape daily interactions.
Moving to a new country can mean learning much more than a new language. Children are also figuring out classroom expectations, friendships, social norms, activities, and a completely new routine. Our age-appropriate programs are designed around each child’s needs and interests. Support may include school adjustment, classroom participation, academic vocabulary, homework and content support, peer communication, social confidence, and understanding the cultural differences they encounter at school and in the community.
From talking with a teacher to visiting a doctor or joining a community activity, families encounter new systems and expectations every day. We help families understand and prepare for the real-life situations they are likely to face. Sessions can explore school communication, parent-teacher interactions, healthcare, community resources, social expectations, family life, holidays, recreation, and other aspects of living in a new culture.
Relocation is a process, not a single event. Questions that did not exist before the move often appear weeks or months after arrival. Our personalized approach gives families a place to explore those challenges as they happen. Whether a family member is experiencing culture shock, struggling to build connections, or simply trying to understand why something feels different, our instructors help turn those experiences into greater cultural understanding and confidence.
We can continue supporting employees and their families as their needs change throughout the assignment—and help prepare them for the cultural adjustment of returning home. From first arrival to long-term integration and repatriation, our goal is simple: help the whole family communicate, connect, and thrive.
The Challenge: Language skills alone are not enough for a smooth and successful transition—which is why LTC also specializes in cultural training. For over 30 years, we’ve helped employees, teams, and their families acquire the cultural competence necessary to interact, work, and socialize in their new home. Because every course is custom built for each employee or family member, the material is specifically relevant to their challenges and goals. This leads to better learning and, ultimately, better success at adapting to life in your new home.
Relevant Learning
We begin by understanding the applications and goals for your training. Then we build the curriculum around those specific needs, making sure we include mission-critical learning of unspoken customs, etiquette, social and gender roles, colloquial speech, body language, and even cuisine.
Tailored Learning
Once we have the relevant cultural curriculum set, we then craft the teaching to the student. This takes into account learning style, ability to absorb the content, retention, and availability. Knowing how you learn informs not only the course, but the appropriate person to teach it.
Interactive Learning
The Challenge: After years abroad, returning employees and families often face reverse culture shock. The home they left has changed, and so have they. Simple tasks like using an ATM or navigating updated healthcare systems can feel foreign.
What We Do:
Why It Matters: According to WERC (Worldwide Employee Relocation Council), repatriation failures cost companies an average of $250,000 per employee. We help your talent stay engaged, productive, and committed after they return.
Martin George is more than the Founder of LTC. He’s a teacher with a Doctorate in Linguistics, who’s lived abroad, speaks at conferences, and is able to hold his own in a conversation on just about any subject. Ready to listen to The 2nd Most interesting Man in the World? Enter Martin’s Mind.
