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ADMINISTRATIVE ONLY
ABC Language Exchange
#505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1148
San Francisco , CA 94111

CLASSROOMS:

GEOS (ABC sister school)
544 Market Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94101
Intrax (ABC sister school)
551 Sutter St. (Between Powell and Mason St.)
San Francisco, CA 94102


TELEPHONE: (415) 874-3250
FAX: (415) 874-3185
E-MAIL: SFinfo@abclang.com

 

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)

The Staff

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.

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.

Kib G. Bibens is the COO of ABC Language Exchange. He oversees the daily operations of the schools in all locations and is responsible for its IT infrastructure. Kib graduated with a BA in French and a minor in German from Texas Tech University in 2001; he later became certified as a French instructor in the state of Texas. Kib was awarded 1st place on the American Association of Teachers of French National French Exam in 1995, and is a member of Pi Delta Phi (French) and Delta Phi Alpha (German) Honor Societies. He is currently working on his Masters of Education in Foreign Language Education and is studying Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Arabic. In his free time, Kib is a Board Member of Golden Door Productions, a not-for-profit theatrical production company. Kib is also an avid technophile who has an insatiable gadget addiction; his other interests include cosmology, astronomy, sci-fi/fantasy gaming, and fiction.

Diane Murk is the Director of ABC Language Exchange in San Francisco. Diane is a language enthusiast and is fluent in French and Spanish. She has also briefly studied Italian, Portuguese, German and Japanese. Her undergraduate degree in French and history from Indiana University inspired her to go back abroad for three years to teach English in France and work in England. Diane earned her master's degree in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, and then worked for two cross-cultural consulting firms in Boston and Paris. In her spare time, she co-organizes a foreign film group called “Subtitles and Subtleties” through the World Affairs Council International Forum for Young Professionals. Diane also enjoys polka and tango dancing and, bien sûr, traveling. From time to time you may see her wearing a funny-looking hat around the school.
Rebecca Clark is ABC Language Exchange’s Group Program Manager in San Francisco. She first completed her master’s in French and communications from the University of Pittsburg. She followed this with studies at La Sorbonne in Paris, where she also taught English. Her teaching experience and time living abroad inspired her to pursue a master's in Foreign Language Education, which she received from the University of Pittsburg. She went on to teach for the next 10 years helping develop curriculum and new teaching techniques both here in the U.S. and abroad. Rebecca has had the opportunity to teach and work in many international environments including Carnegie Mellon University (teaching ESL), developing language programs for the Bayer Corporation, and curriculum development for high school age French students. When not teaching or organizing classes for ABC Language Exchange, Rebecca enjoys wine tasting, hiking, and reading.
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
Languages
Arabic A.S.L. Cantonese Chinese/MandarinDutch Farsi/Persian French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swahili Tagalog Turkish Urdu Vietnamese Other
ABC Language Exchange  Administrative: 505 Montgomery St. Suite 1148. San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 874-3250
Intrax (sister school) Classrooms: 551 Sutter St. (Between Powell & Mason St.) San Francisco, CA 94102.
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