About Language Trainers

Founded in 2004, Language Trainers provides individually-tailored language training on a one-on-one
or small group basis to busy people who need language skills for business, family, and travel needs.

Any language, anytime, anywhere (and online)

We offer personalized courses to clients throughout the United States of America and the world.

Every year, we provide MORE THAN 2,000 COURSES in 80+ LANGUAGES to OVER 5,000 STUDENTS in 250+ CITIES and MORE THAN 15 COUNTRIES

Whether our customers are based in the USA or abroad, our specialist team can connect them with local and professional tutors of any language.

At Language Trainers, we prioritize the client’s convenience. Our teachers will come to the office, to
homes, or a mutually agreed public place, and lessons can take place at any time of day. Teaching
subject-matter and exercises are designed according to the learning goals and ability of each
student, whether they want to learn a language to fluency or focus on a specific area, such as
business, family, travel, passing an exam, or healthcare.

The client journey

Tell our Sales Team the language you want to learn and your goals

Our Academic Department will create your personalized language course

Our Relationship Management Team will assign you your course coordinator and teacher

Begin your lessons at a time and place that suit you

Your class coordinator will check in throughout the proccess to ensure your expectations are being fulfilled

Our mission is to ensure anyone who wants to learn a language is able to do so, wherever they are, whenever they have time available.

We are the preferred supplier of many international organizations, including

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And finally, we are a trustworthy language course provider! We are an ISO 9001:2015 registered company, rated A+ with the Better Business Bureau, and certified by the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP).

What does this mean for you? No matter where you are in the world, we promise to meet regulatory requirements, to continually improve, and to deliver the very best customer service to every single one of our clients.

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Head Office

Language Trainers has a worldwide network of qualified and experienced native-speaking language teachers, from London to Lima. Our head office deals with administration, course development, academic support, and matching teachers with learners.

Trainers

All of our experienced trainers are native speakers (or have a native-speaker level of the language taught) with appropriate teaching qualifications. They are locally based to reduce your expenses and travel time.

Directors

The directors of Language Trainers have worked at all levels in the language industry, from thousands of hours teaching to running schools. They are also dedicated language enthusiasts, speaking many languages between them.

Company Information

Language Trainers Corporation of 21 O'Connors Lane, Old Tappan, NJ 07675 is incorporated in New Jersey and is a member of the Association for Language Learning and is ISO9001:2015 and BBB A+ accredited. Language Trainers was established in 2004.

Directors

Alexis Sheldon, MA, Cert. TEFL
CEO

A Cambridge University graduate (BA Hons Social & Political Science), Alexis speaks English, fluent Russian and Portuguese, good French, Italian, and Spanish, and elementary Mandarin Chinese and Hebrew. A qualified TEFL teacher, Alexis also holds an MA in Tourism Management from Brighton University.

Alexis has over 20 years teaching experience in schools from Israel to Ukraine and was previously responsible for the corporate training division of a leading UK language school. His other projects include Translation Central, a translation services agency and Fast Lane SEO, a multilingual SEO agency.

Jon Pokroy, BA, Dip. TEFL
Academic Director

A Cambridge University graduate (BA Hons Philosophy), Jon is also an experienced English teacher, having worked in Spain, Germany and London for over 16 years. Jon speaks English, and fluent German and Spanish. Jon holds a Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the world renowned International House training center in London.

Jon has run training for executives in English for Specific Purposes and producing courses for Specific Purposes for corporations, universities and the British Council. Jon has also worked as an examiner for the British Council.

Richard Sheldon, MA, MBA
CFO

Richard brings more than 25 years of experience in finance, capital raising and strategy to Language Trainers. He has held management and CFO positions in both private and public companies including ECONnergy Energy Company, Concrete Inc., Weatherford Global Compression Services and ContextWeb. He is currently also the CFO at Complex Media. In addition, Richard was a business development executive at GE Capital and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company. Richard started his career at Arthur Andersen in London where he became a Chartered Accountant. Richard holds an MA from Oxford University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Our Team

Alexis Sheldon CEO

Jon Pokroy Academic Director

Richard Sheldon CFO

Jeane Gualberto CMO

Sales

Natalia Taylor Sales Supervisor

Barbara Fuhr Sales Executive

Irina Nofenko Sales Executive

Luciana Alberico Sales Executive

Rachel Abad Sales Executive

Angelo Marimla Sales Executive

Medana Loczi Sales Executive/Course Coordinator

Carolina Scruzzi Sales Executive/Course Coordinator

Relationship Management

Ariadna Escobedo Course Coordinators Supervisor

Mariana Sosa Course Coordinator

Paula Pinal Course Coordinator

Agostina Dimaio Course Coordinator

Daniela Todinca Course Coordinator

Florencia Casero Course Coordinator

Maria Jesus Vega Course Coordinator

Julieta Dimaio Course Coordinator

Flora Hanks Course Coordinator

Sofia Cubido Course Coordinator

Catherine Fulco Course Coordinator

Teacher Recruitment

Carla Filippini Teacher Recruitment Supervisor

Emilia Perez Teacher Recruitment Assistant

Victoria Traverso Teacher Recruitment Assistant

Academic Department

Mariana Serb Academic Adviser

Jenny McAleer Academic Advisor Assistant

Financial and HR

Ellis David Rosen Financial Controller

Karissa Timpug Accounts Assistant

Valeria Almeida HR Coordinator / Teacher Recruitment Assistant

IT and Web Development

Nicolas Ferretti IT Manager

Federico Pereyra Web Developer

Pablo Herrera Hardoy Programmer

Ramiro Avalos Designer

Communications

Nicolás Solé Marketing Manager

Romina Orell Marketing Project Coordinator

Nahuel Sotelo Art Director

Daniela Solis Writer & Editor

Félix Funes Email and Content Marketing Specialist

Julia Derbule Multimedia Executive Producer

Mario Toer Marketing Analyst

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Worldwide Clients

Some of our clients include:

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Testimonials

”I really appreciate the conversational approach Winnie is taking with the lessons. Talking to with a native speaker is exactly what I was looking for.”

Andrea Lo Cantonese course in

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Case Studies: Teachers>

Name: Dimitar
Age: 51
Language Taught: Bulgarian
Years of teaching experience: 30+

Language Trainers: What language do you teach, and why did you choose teaching as your career?

Dimitar: Well I began teaching at Sofia University immediately after I received my MA in Bulgarian studies. My major is literature, and I began focusing on language relatively recently in 2007. In that year, I became a Bulgarian instructor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. I realized then that through language, I could do more for my culture. Being a Fulbrighter myself, I started teaching Bulgarian literature and culture to American Fellows at the Fulbright International Summer Institute in Bulgaria. For two years now, I teach also at the Bulgarian School in New York, HristoBotey. I actually came to New York with a perhaps too ambitious project to launch the first Bulgarian academic unit in the city and the Tristate area. This is to account for my visions and intentions –as I haven’t yet given up on this idea.

Language Trainers: Where did you study, how long have you been teaching, and what age group do you usually teach?

Dimitar: My BA, two MAs (Bulgarian Studies; Cultural Studies) and my PhD (in Literary Theory) I got from Sofia University. I specialize in teaching BA, MA and PhD students but lately I’ve been teaching Bulgarian to children between 5 and 12 year old and also to people between 30 and 70 year old. The approaches are different, but the language is the same, so the challenges are not that unique. Kids learn faster, but men and women value the magic of learning a language more.

Language Trainers: What do you look for in a student?

Dimitar: Curiosity; curiosity towards the “mystical” ability of every language to project a world that is not entirely the same. Bulgarian aspects of the verb, for example, always open a new horizon –it’s like an alternative reality, our system of tenses and moods. Diligence and seriousness unhampered by a sense of humor and lightness in approaching language’s strangeness are also important qualities. The most important moment is the “click,” this readiness to collaborate and interact with the teacher.

Language Trainers: What should students expect in you as a teacher?

Dimitar: I believe that teaching a new language is an integral process that involves not only repetition, learning by heart, exercising, practicing, creating situations for students to identify/perform, etc. but also to get into language’s character, mentality, and worldview –to get to know the people who speak this language.

Language Trainers: What is your favorite aspect of working with Language Trainers?

Dimitar: With Language Trainers, students are monitored and taken care of every step of the way. Not only are they meticulous to the very last detail, but they allow students to be involved in their own learning process every step of the way.

Language Trainers: Do you have a favorite teaching experience?

Dimitar: My favorite teaching experience is the moment when I feel that the student has come to the point of entering the language. This is the moment when I discover that the student has already created intuitions, sense, and sensibility about their new language.

Case Studies: Clients

”Yes, the program has been extremely helpful. My teacher was the most helpful and useful”

Bob Busch Rediscovering the Spanish Language

Language Trainers: Good afternoon, Bob. How are you doing?

Bob: Good afternoon. I’m good, thanks.

Language Trainers: Would you mind telling us a bit about yourself?

Bob: My name is Bob, I am 50 years old, and work as a CPA. I began studying Spanish with Language Trainers in November of 2013.

Language Trainers: And why did you begin studying Spanish? What were your reasons and goals?

Bob: Ten years ago, I was living in Guatemala. I became conversationally proficient, but after I left I did not keep practicing. Although I should have. In Tampa we have several stations that broadcast the same shows —including news programs—in both English and Spanish. I began because I wanted to be conversationally fluent again.

Language Trainers: So, why did you choose Language Trainers?

Bob: My employer found the company and picked my program for me.

Language Trainers: And did you find Language Trainers helpful?

Bob: Yes, the program has been extremely helpful.

Language Trainers: What was the most helpful part about the course?

Bob: My teacher has been the most helpful and useful. My challenge isn’t vocabulary, it’s conversational: I can hear a word that I know, but still not recognize it immediately. My teacher helps me overcome this.

Language Trainers: Do you think you would recommend Language Trainers?

Bob: Yes. Yes, I would recommend Language Trainers!

Language Trainers: And on a final note, what’s your favorite new expression in Spanish?

Bob: Well, I’d be better off not to say. It’s a funny expression, but after translating it literally to English, I might get slapped!