About The Academy

 

ParisAcademy Northwest(PANW) was founded in 2008. PANW specializes mainly in offering language classes (Spanish, French and Chinese) to students K-12. It is aimed to facilitate and promote world language acquisition for students who wish to have a head start in learning a second language before high school and college or like to further their studies in depth. It has gained its reputation through high academic quality and fun activities to ease acquiring languages for children, youth, teen and adults. 

We also offer tutoring, small group and weekend classes at our Redmond location. 

 

​About the Owner/Founder

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Parisa Behzad-Pour, WA state certified language instructor (Endorsement in French), is the founder who has passion for teaching languages and have been teaching world languages for last 20+ year worldwide. She got her MA in Liberal Arts (French Studies) & Second Language Acquisition from York University (Canada) and speaks three languages fluently (French, Persian, English) and is familiar with Chinese and Arabic. Upon settling in East side Seattle in 2005, she started working as language specialist teaching French and design curriculum at a reputable Montessori school in Bellevue a. Prior to that she taught French all grades and level back home Canada and was head of language department in second largest Montessori school in Toronto. She has been working as a senior world language instructor at Bellevue College since 2008 where she designs and develops variety of language classes for multiple language department for teen and adult language learners. She also offers cultural workshop and travel advises for language learners who seek to deepen their knowledge towards a country or culture. 

In 2012, Bellevue College awarded Madame Parisa with prestigious certificate of Appreciation for Teaching and Community Engagement and contribution to the success of college academic year 2012-2013.

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 About Curriculum

 

For elementary we divide our lessons to two levels.

Level 1 concentrates on expanding vocabulary, enforce correct pronunciation through phonic lessons appropriate for the age. Level 2 will incorporate simple sentence construction through command forms and expand knowledge on more vocabulary retention and basic grammar easy to grasp through games and songs. Soon, your child's acquisition of the target language will expand dramatically.
Middle school students also benefit from TPR activities in some extend. Grammar, basic conversation, and phonic lessons are included in the curriculum to make them ready for reading and comprehending in Target language. They would be encouraged to converse, make simple phrases and questions. We follow the guidelines set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) to ensure we set the foundation for language elective in high school that is required for graduation in WA. 

After COVID19, academy has geared up to widen its services and include more support for high school students with their language studies with private teaching, tutoring, homework help, AP and standardized subject test in French, Spanish, Chinese.  

 

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