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John De Mado is an accomplished author, publisher, consultant, teacher and public speaker on foreign languages / language acquisition. His areas of expertise include: Designing and delivering motivational and keynote speeches Designing and developing curriculum programs (k-12 or segmented elementary and middle/high school) Designing professional and staff development workshops Advocating multilingualism Delivering language seminars

Since 1993, Mr. De Mado has directed John De Mado Language Seminars, Inc., a full-service consulting firm dealing exclusively with language acquisition issues. He has also been the Foreign Language Instructional Leader to Shepaug Valley Regional School District #12 in Connecticut where his primary task was to articulate a K-12, content-related language program. He is co-author of Allez, viens!, a middle/high school, proficiency-based, French program published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, co-author of ¡Viva el español!, a primary/ elementary school Spanish program published by The Wright Group, McGraw-Hill, Inc. and has consulted to the US Department of Defense Schools in Europe. A member of several national, regional and state language organizations (ACTFL, Central States Conference, Northeast Conference, NADSFL, Connecticut COLT, TFLA, MaFLA, etc.), John is best known for his motivational keynotes, provocative conference sessions and insightful professional and staff development workshops.

"Liberating yourself is nothing... What is arduous is knowing how to be free..."
André Gide, The Immoralist