Overview

The aim of the ESL program is to help students gain competence in English so that they may succeed in the academic program and integrate fully into the social life of the school.

We recognize that it takes time to learn a new language and therefore ESL students must spend a certain amount of time each day in classes designed especially for them. However, we believe that they also benefit from contact with other students in the regular classroom and in the greater school community. At KIS, we aim for an appropriate combination of formal instruction in the language, participation in the regular curriculum, and social contacts outside it.

Meet our ESL Teacher

My name is Zsuzsanna Kerekes, I am from Hungary. This is my first year at KIS but not the first in Almaty. I moved to this beautiful city several years ago. I was working with a local a church and I did many fun things with them. Many times I was asked to teach English – at the church, in a local school, and in an orphanage. I also had the opportunity to work at the Almaty International School for two years. I was a cooperative teacher in the three-year-old group. I have great memories not only of the children, but my colleagues also. After living in Almaty for almost five years, I moved back to my home country where I spent two years. After obtaining  a CELTA certificate in Budapest, Hungary, I am back again in Almaty. I am very excited to work at a new school, in a new position, and live here again!