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About Us

It's time to love the way you learn.

Love the way you learn.

Gringo Language Academy has been serving students around Central Oregon and online since 2022 and provides personalized language-learning services to ensure that every adult can FINALLY start speaking Spanish.

Whether through our online community or joining us for a local event, we promise that your goals will be addressed, and your abilities to communicate in Spanish will increase! Even better still, we will ensure you enjoy the process!

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Our Approach to Language Learning

Experience

Creative Collaboration

Purposeful Play

Time-tested, yet ever-evolving

At Gringo Language Academy, our approach is based on just a few key components, all tied to our community of learners - engaging classes, one-on-one coaching, and real-world conversation.

Classes: Language can’t be learned in a vacuum, and it can’t be practiced in one either. Our small-group classes allow students to connect with each other as people, as well as students, in engaging sessions that are focused on play, purposeful practice, and connection

Coaching: At the heart of our concierge services are the 1:1 coaching sessions. These 30-minute sessions encourage students to ask questions, and allows us to tailor their practice, ensuring they continue to make the progress they are looking for.

Conversation: We work with trained conversation partners from all over the Spanish-speaking world to give you the best of real-world practice. These 15-30 minute chats are a chance to apply what you are working on in classes and coaching sessions and make a global connection!

Community: Whether through local events or our 24/7 online hub, our community of learners are the heart of Gringo Language Academy.

Our Students

Join our community and see for yourself.

Our students come from all over! With our mix of online and in-person offerings, we currently have students in multiple states, time zones, and countries, and at all stages of their language-learning journey!

Our students are pursuing language study for a variety of reasons: travel, potential retirement relocation, as a way to serve others in their own community, or simply because they have a desire to finally start speaking a language they have always wanted to learn.

Our Team

Jennifer Colestock, Chief Spanish Officer

Experienced language educator with over two decades of working with students of all ages and at all levels. She currently directs the curricular and instructional side of the business, and is in charge of marketing, client outreach, etc.

James Colestock, Business & Technical Advisor

Educator and Technologist with over two decades of experience in a variety of roles and capacities in different industries and environments. He is currently developing the platform on which Gringo Language Academy 2.0 will exist.

James and Jennifer are also supported by the two younger, furrier, members of the Gringo team, Dooder Ann and Li’l Fuego. What they lack in technical or language skills, they make up for in snuggles and stress-relief.