Arizona Language Institute: Our Teachers

All teachers at Arizona Language Institute are highly qualified native speakers with university degrees and many years of experience in teaching English, Spanish and Foreign Languages to speakers of other language. All of them are passionate about teaching their native language to our students.

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Arizona Language Institute: Our Teachers

All teachers at Arizona Language Institute are highly qualified native speakers with university degrees and many years of experience in teaching English, Spanish and Foreign Languages to speakers of other language. All of them are passionate about teaching their native language to our students.

You will learn to speak English, Spanish and Foreign languages quickly and naturally. Our goal is to make you comfortable using your new language in any situation in everyday life.

Students' Testimonials

What students say about our teachers:

"I am very lucky to have Mrs. Peggy Gray as my teacher. She helped me a lot with my English reading, writing, typing and conversation. She gave me Montessori vocabluary to reach my goal. So she is the best teacher I ever had. I hope she will be my teacher again in the near future. Thank you."

Al Johara Almutlaq, Saudi Arabia

Peggy Gray Peggy has over 25 years of experience in teaching English to speakers of other languages. She has taught English on 3 continents, studied 7 languages herself - fluent in 3:

  • French
  • Kabye - (West African dialect)
  • Kotokoli - (West African dialect)
  • Latin
  • Greek
  • Sign Language
  • Ukrainian

Paggy has Two Master's Degrees including MA-Ed. in TESL and TEFL Certification.


"... a great "thank you very much" to my instructior, Ron, for his professional skill and his friendly approach during our lessons. It has been really a great and satisfactory experience. Hoping to see you again next year.

"Arrivederci""

Lt.Col. Gianfranco Di Bella, Italian Air Force


Ron Liebermann Ron has been teaching English over 7 years. He taught English in Japan and India. Taught a variety of Corporate Classes in Tokyo. Subjects included Reading, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Business English, Legal, and Intensive Courses. Also designed and facilitated training programs in cross-cultural communication, advanced Presentation, and advanced Negotiation. Conducted programs with several Fortune 500 Companies. Created English instruction textbooks and on-line teaching materials for the largest paralegal school in India. Speaks 3 foreign languages at the intermediate level:

  • Japanese
  • Spanish
  • Hebrew

Ron has a BA in Finance, Eastern Kentucky University. TEFL Certified.



Doreen Doreen has 30 years of teaching experience, 12 of those years were spent teaching English to people from all over the world. Her B.A. is in Education and she has an English as a Second Language Endorsement. Doreen has also completed 60 hours of Master Level courses in Education. Doreen also worked at Northern Arizona University supervising students earning their Master Degrees in Education.









Tiffany Tiffany has over 10 years of experience in teaching English to speakers of other languages. She has taught students of all ages from many different countries.She attended Azusa Pacific University for a B.S. in organizational leadership and is TESOL certified. Tiffany speaks Portuguese and Spanish and has studied Halian & French. Tiffany lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for 4 years.










Jim Clark Jim Clark learned English back in the days when all students in the United States knew how to diagram a sentence! After high school, Jim went to Williams College, a private institution in western Massachusetts, where he majored in psychology and minored in English. Many years later, after going to seminary and being ordained, Jim began to teach ESL to immigrants in his inner-city congregation in Boston. After moving to Phoenix, he began teaching for Arizona Language Institute.







Jim Clark Jon Heiskell has a strong bankground in Aviation. He is a Certified Flight Instructor. Taught one-on-one instruction to pilots of every level. Certified 16 private pilots and four commercial pilots. Acquired 550 flight hours as instructor.

TEFL/TESOL Certified. Specialization: English for Aviation and English for Military

Foreign languages: Spanish - Basic level. Traveled to Mexico, Costa Rica and Canada on multiple occasions.

Volunteer work: donated over 300 hours of community service through the Phoenix Fire Dept and Rural Metro EMT.






Memebership & Affiliations

American "The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is the only national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction. ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 9,000 foreign language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry."


International Partners for Study Abroad

International Arizona Language Institute is affiliated with IPSA Consortium of Language Schools and Study Abroad Programs - International Partners for Study Abroad. IPSA Consortium promotes the international education and offers language immersion and study abroad programs in 32 foreign language speaking countries. Over 90 public and private universities, colleges and language schools from all over the world participate in the IPSA Consortium.

 
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