Cloudberry Language School

Specialties

Cloudberry Language School is a new generation language school that offers language classes for children and adults at all levels. We focus on Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic languages — critical and most spoken in the world but less commonly taught in the US. We developed fun and unique Pre-​Travel Program, Cooking Immersion Program, Film & Culture Workshops, Corporate Language Lessons and much more. We are flexible working with corporate and government clients.

We are proud of our innovative heritage programs designed for children speaking another language at home.

At Cloudberry we also do cross-​cultural training and provide translation and interpreting services.

History

Established in 2012.

Cloudberry focuses on «critical need» languages — Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and Russian — that the U.S. government says Americans need to learn in order to protect national interests and stay competitive in an increasingly global economy (countries where these languages are spoken make up 20% of the world’s GDP). These are challenging languages, and they’re not an option in most schools. So the job opportunities they offer — often as exciting as they are lucrative — remain inaccessible to the vast majority of Americans.

The founder wanted to provide the access to everyone, including those living outside of large cities, that’s why the second location was open in Colorado Springs, CO in 2013.

Meet the Business Owner

Ksenia K.

Business Owner

The founder of Cloudberry wanted to create global opportunities. She is fluent in three languages herself, and she found that every new language she learned brought great opportunities and new friends around the world. She wanted to help other people open up their world in the same way.

She has taught children and adults for over 10 years. Her students have ranged from small kids to military personnel, from high school students to corporate executives, from PhD candidates to young professionals.

Also, as a philologist who is interested in bilingualism, she was surprised by the lack of proficiency among children who speak another language at home with their families. Many children are able to speak the language fluently, but do not know how to read or write in the native language of their parents. They also lack understanding of certain idioms and cultural differences. Cloudberry was set up as a fun educational platform for bilingual children and later they added training for adults.