Speak! was founded in 2004 with a desire to help create lasting connections between people and cultures.
At Speak! we understand that language teaching is a true craft mastered only after years of experience with a variety of different students, in a variety of different settings, using a variety of different techniques, methods and technologies. Good teachers are primarily good listeners, able to sense an individual’s strengths and weaknesses, their enthusiasms and insecurities, their realistic goals and often wonderfully ambitious dreams. Before even selecting a single exercise, book, video clip or conversation topic, our teachers carefully assess their student’s level as well as their language learning style, needs and goals.
Instead of trying to use a one-size-fits all, mass-market curriculum, like artisans our teachers skillfully create a custom course for each Speak! student, one that will best fit his or her needs – be it an emphasis on conversation and vocabulary in a specific professional field, a refresher of advanced grammar, some confidence or memory building games, even guided reading and writing practice. Custom and small group courses are treated with the same care. And like a good artisan, our teachers are always ready to re-shape their course as needed, responding to the student’s changing needs over time.
