Bay Area Bilingual was established in 2006 to provide students with a place to feel comfortable and at ease on your their journey to Spanish fluency. We believe an intimate, cheerful and supportive environment along with a program of Spanish language study based on a communicative approach, the use of authentic language, and consistent feedback on progress are the keys to success.  Students learn by practicing fun and engaging real-life situations after having acquired the necessary language tools to to so.

For more detailed description on our method, see the faqs page.

SPANISH CREDENTIALS

Certificate in Teaching Spanish

as a Foreign Language

University of Barcelona, CLIC

Advanced Diploma in Spanish

DELE Superior

University of Salamanca, Insituto Cervantes

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

University of San Diego

Spanish Honorary Society Member

Medical Interperting Certificate

San Francisco City College

Legal/Court Interpreting Certificate

San Francisco State (In progress)

Owner Nicole Henderson has  been teaching language for the past 16 years. She spent four years as a translator/interpreter for university and government programs (UCSF, SFGH, contract linguist for Federal Government, freelance). An avid traveler and language aficionado, she lived and taught for four years in Spain and Latin America and has traveled extensively throughout Mexico, Central America, and Spain.

All staff teachers have university degrees, language teaching training and experience.