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Affiliations

ABC Language Exchange is an active member in the following organizations:

  • ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
  • TOEFL - Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • NNELL - National Network for Early Language Learning
  • Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
  • CLTA-GNY - Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater NY

Directors

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Donna Colaço, Director of ABC Language School DC, is fluent in Italian, Konkani, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish. She has over 12 years of experience in learning and teaching foreign languages and has lived in Italy, Kuwait, Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey. Ms. Colaço has a Masters degree in Economics from ISS in Netherlands and a Bachelors in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. In her free time, Ms. Colaço loves learning about foreign languages and cultures and watching foreign film.

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Elizabeth Lunney, Co-Founder of ABC Language Exchange, is fluent in French, Italian, German and Spanish and is currently learning Arabic. She has taught French, German, Italian and ESL for more than a decade. Ms. Lunney has lived and studied in France, Italy and the UK. She also lived in Berlin, Germany for two years where she worked for the Treuhandanstalt. Ms. Lunney holds a Mastes Degree in International Relations from Boston University. Ms. Lunney is frequently asked to share her knowledge of languages by the media. Click here to view Elizabeth on a segment of the PBS show Real Simple. (Windows Media 10mb, 6min). In her free time, Ms. Lunney loves to travel and is a bit of an old film and pop-culture buff.  She is also an avid runner and loves to take a jog near her parents' homes in Molokai, HI and Big Sur, CA.

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Rachel Meyer is Co-Founder of ABC Language Exchange. Ms. Meyer's experience in language learning and training spans over fifteen years. She has taught and directed programs in English, Chinese and Spanish for private schools and language schools here and abroad. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Chinese studies from Smith College. Ms. Meyer lived in Taiwan for three years where she taught English and furthered her Chinese studies on a graduate level. In 1998 Ms. Meyer spent time acting in a popular Chinese television show called "Adventures in New York" shown on mainland Chinese national television. She was elected and served on the board of the Chinese Teacher's Association of Greater New York from 2002-2004. Ms. Meyer has written articles on language learning for various publications and has been featured in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Crain's of New York and The Daily News, among other publications. Although she has an affinity for Asian culture, you will never get her to sing Karaoke.

Teachers: Who They Are

Photo of a Language Teacher teaching a Russian Language Class at New York's Premiere Language School ABC Language ExchangeABC Language Exchange teachers are among the highest quality professionals to be found. We only employ language teachers with the experience and pedagogical training to provide the most effective language program possible. ABC teachers focus on real results. Our goal is to have the students use the target language in class the whole time so they are best prepared to use the language in real-life situations. We have found this dynamic approach to language learning, coupled with our solid curricula, leads to proficiency and eventual fluency in a foreign language.

 

Our Clients

ABC Language Exchange works with the top companies, schools and organizations in New York City . Below is a listing of just some of our clients including celebrities and noteworthy people who have chosen us:

Noteworthy Clients:

Uma Thurman, Japanese (for role in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill")
Willem DaFoe, Italian
Olympia Dukakis, Italian
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, German (present to guest)
Martin Scorsese Productions, Cantonese (for the "The Departed")
Morgan Spurlock, Pashto, Urdu & Tajik (for next documentary)
America's Next Top Model, French (for 1st series when models were sent to Paris, France )
Rocco Dispirito, Italian (restauranteur of the show "The Restaurant")
Annie Parisse, Spanish
Carol Kane, American Sign Language
Richard Bernstein, ESL (from band Rammstein)
Qian Yi and other stars from "The Peony Pavilion", ESL (for Lincoln Center performance)

Languages

Amharic Arabic A.S.L. Cantonese Chinese/Mandarin Dari Dutch English Farsi/Persian French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Igbo Italian Japanese Korean Kurdish Pashto Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swahili Tagalog Turkish Urdu Vietnamese Yoruba Other
ABC Language School DC | P.O. Box 3100, Washington, DC 20010 | (202) 609-9901 | info@abclanguagedc.com
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