ISB Language Annex offers proficiency-based language classes in French and Spanish for adults. An extension of our leading-edge language programs, these afternoon classes are immersive, interactive, and conversation-based. ISB Language Annex is a space for you to build fluency, expand your vocabulary, and feel more at ease speaking in a supportive environment.
ISB Language Annex is open to all adults in the community. You don’t need to be an ISB parent or have a connection to the school to participate.
Since its founding, International School of Brooklyn has taken a communicative approach to language learning. Our adult studio classes are inspired by the same impulse toward connection, international-mindedness, and a more holistic perspective on the world around us and our relationship to it.
If you ever wanted to connect more profoundly with your neighbors and other community members by speaking with them in their native tongue or deepen your experiences abroad by communicating in the local language, ISB Language Annex is for you! For ISB parents, these classes are also a way to share in your children’s journey with French or Spanish at home.
Register NowOur classes bring together learners at neighboring proficiency levels for an immersive language experience designed to provide a variety of listening and speaking opportunities for each individual student. There are a maximum of eight students in each class to create an engaging space for conversation that meets each student where they are in their learning. Classes are led entirely in French and Spanish.
Beginner (No Prior Experience, A1, and A2 Levels) This mixed-level is for students who have no prior experience with the target language or those with knowledge of basic words and phrases and the ability to introduce themselves and ask simple questions, and/or the ability to talk about daily routines, family, and shopping.
Intermediate (B1 and B2) This mixed-level is for students who have the ability to navigate in the target language while traveling and to describe their hopes, dreams, and plans for the future, and/or the ability to speak with retaliative fluency and understand more complicated texts and technical discussions.
Tuesday Intermediate classes start on October 6 and end on December 1 (no class on October 13).
Thursday Beginner classes start on October 8 and end on December 3 (no class on November 26).
Note: Classes require a minimum of four students to run as scheduled.
Nathalie is a teacher in our Lower School. She served as the Director of Pedagogy at a Franco-American school in Miami and worked as a teacher, director, and trainer for nearly 20 years in France. Passionate about education, Nathalie believes teaching is the most rewarding profession and delights in every moment spent in the classroom with students she loves watching grow and flourish. She is thrilled to be part of the amazing team at ISB and to contribute to the students’ development in a dynamic bilingual environment. Outside of school, she enjoys engaging in sports and hiking and taking advantage of the multitude of activities and events that New York City has to offer.
Lucidiana is a teacher in our Preschool. Prior to joining ISB, she worked at the Dominican Consulate in New York City, where she was responsible for the implementation of programs that bolstered and recognized the achievements of students of Dominican descent. She loves working in multicultural, multilingual, and inclusive environments. In her spare time, Lucidania likes relaxing by watching her favorite TV shows and spending time, sharing meals, and having fun with family and friends.
Macarena is a teacher in our Lower School. She has always been involved in the world of education through summer camps or extracurricular activities but her first steps as a teacher took place in English after school academies and her journey continued as a bilingual English teacher in Madrid. When she is not teaching languages, she loves learning new languages (currently German and Italian), reading, writing, and practicing sports or just having a fun time with friends.
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