The goal of Lango East Bay is to bring quality classes, which foster academic excellence to parents throughout the East Bay. Our classes are held throughout the week and weekends at convenient locations. At our classes we ensure that your children will have fun while learning a foreign language. What truly makes our classes successful, however, is most definitely our devoted and tireless teachers. Lango's teachers make our classes truly exceptional. In our selection process, we look for five distinct qualities: native/bilingual fluency, limitless positive energy, creativity, teaching experience with relevant age groups and finally, outstanding communication skills with both children and their parents. Beyond these qualities, though, our teachers bring unique cultural perspectives and professional backgrounds that enable them to create rich, engaging experiences in the classroom. View our East Bay teachers below to learn more about them.
Anna Lee, Mandarin Teacher
Anna is Chinese and grew up in Korea, moving to Taiwan to study Fine Art at Taiwan University a teaching college. In 1984, Anna moved to Chicago and worked as a Licensed Cosmetologist. In San Francisco, she teaches Mandarin at Lango and works with private clients as well. Anna is finishing her teacher training in Yoga and regards yoga philosophy a way of life. She uses her artistic talent and energy as a way to communicate to the children.
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Leonor E. Dukes, Spanish Teacher
Leonor was born and raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. She has a B.A in English Language Teaching from the Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa. She started teaching English as a second language in elementary schools. During her 3 years of experience she realized that children really enjoy learning another language when "a teacher makes the class more dynamic, and fun where all students have the opportunity to participate and be immersed in the new language." During her free time Leonor likes to practice CrossFit and spend time with her family. And... she can’t wait to share her enthusiasm and culture with Lango students!
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Carlos Valor , Spanish/Japanese Teacher
Carlos was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. He has an Associate Science Degree Construction Technology in US. While he was a Spanish tutor, and learned how it is fun to teach a language. Then he moved to Japan and after he became fluent in Japanese, he started to teach Spanish to both young children and adults for over twenty-three years. He came to US last year. Carlos loves to communicate with people, and he really enjoys having a friendly conversation in English, Japanese, and Spanish. He likes to both play and watch baseball in his spare time.
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Simone Bloch, French Teacher
Simone will have the pleasure to teach the French for Tots in Oakland. She is a certified and experienced French teacher with a dual citizenship who has been teaching French and German to people of all ages in France and United States. Here in the Bay she has been working for various associations including EFBA, the San Francisco German School, Montclair Language League and of course Lango. She is also a performer -dancing and acting- as well as a mother and she believes that the best way to learn is with our imagination and our whole body. Simone has been working with Lango since 2009 and she is excited to be your child's French teacher.
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Peter Leahey, Spanish Teacher
.Peter is from Los Angeles and has been speaking Spanish for over 10 years. He has studied and worked in Spain and Latin America for over one year. He has studied at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and has several years of experience as a language instructor. He also is a skilled guitarist and banjo player with a history of stand up and improvisational comedy perfomance. He enjoys yoga, bicycling, music, art and movies. His favorite Latin American city is Cusco, Peru.
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