ESL Department

Roumyana Ivanova

Department Chair / ESL Teacher
r.ivanova@acsbg.org
  • Master of Arts in English Language and Literature; Russian Language and Literature

  • Professional Qualification: Teacher in English Language and Literature

  • Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Elka Dacheva

ESL Teacher / 8th Grade Dean
e.dacheva@acsbg.org
  • Master in Automatics

  • Technical University of Sofia

  • Professional Qualification: Teacher in English Language and Literature

  • Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”

Velislava Tsvetkova

ESL Teacher
v.tsvetkova@acsbg.org
  • Master of Arts in English Language and Literature

  • Professional Qualification: Philologist and Teacher in English Language and Literature

  • Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

  • Master of Arts in English Literature

  • Middlebury College, USA

Polia Marinova

ESL Teacher
p.marinova@acsbg.org
  • Master of Arts in English Language and Literature

  • Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski"

  • Master of Arts in English Literature

  • Middlebury College, USA

  • Professional Qualification: Teacher in English Language and Literature

Laurel Zmolek-Smith

ESL Teacher
l.zmolek-smith@acsbg.org
  • Master of Arts in Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies; Creative Writing Minor

  • Teaching English as a Second Language

  • Inter American University in Puerto Rico

Julian Friend

ESL Teacher / 8th Grade Dean
j.friend@acsbg.org
  • Master of Arts in Technical Communication

  • Texas Tech University, USA

  • Bachelor of Arts in English

  • University of Arkansas, USA

Mark Jervis

ESL Teacher
m.jervis@ascbg.org
  • Master’s Degree in Professional Writing: Narrative Non-Fiction

  • Falmouth University, UK

  • Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design

  • Nottingham Trent University, UK

  • Professional Qualification: CELTA Qualified ESL Teacher

Simka Stefanova

ESL TEACHER
s.stefanova@acsbg.org
  • Master of Arts in Marketing

  • Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management

  • University of Portsmouth, UK

  • Postgraduate Teaching Qualification: ESL Teacher

  • New Bulgarian University

Dimitar Dimitrov

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHER
d.dimitrov@acsbg.org
  • Master of Arts in British and American Literature

  • Bachelor of Arts in English Philology

  • Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Graeme Pattison

ESL Teacher
g.pattison@acsbg.org
  • Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Linguistics; Life Sciences

  • University of Manchester

  • Postgraduate Certificate of Education (English)

  • Birmingham University

  • Professional Qualification: CELTA Qualified ESL Teacher

  • Certificate in Teaching Grammar and Extended Writing for Higher Education

  • Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador

Alexander Moutanov

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHER
a.moutanoov@acsbg.org
  • Master of Translation and Linguistics, Western Sydney University, Australia

  • Professional Qualification: CELTA Level 5 Certificate in TESOL, Cambridge Assessment, Australia

  • Professional English teaching qualification, University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

  • MS in International Economic Relations, UNWE, Bulgaria

  • BA in Music - Percussion Instruments, Bulgarian Academy of Music

Caroline Lazarova

ESL Teacher
c.lazarova@ascbg.org
  • Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education / English Concentration

  • University of Maine at Farmington, USA

Courses

ESL - Grade 8

Extra English - Grade 8

IELTS Preparation - Grades 10 and 11

SAT Preparation - Grade 11