TEACH SPEAK EASY · IN YOUR CITY · MAKE MONEY

SPEAK EASY.
MAKE MONEY.

Our method. Your neighborhood. No charisma required.

You don't have to be a stand-up comedian. You don't have to be a TikTok star. You don't even need a big personality. Speak Easy is the method that does the work — the games, the Speak Easy Dollars, the rituals carry the room. We certify you, give you the full playbook, and you teach in your city. Bars, schools, community spaces — anywhere people are tired of staring at apps. Language gets played, not studied. And you get paid.

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METHOD
Carries the Room
ANYONE
No Charisma Needed
The Method

Six principles. One method.

Speak Easy isn't a curriculum — it's an operating system for language learning. Every class, every track, every city follows the same six principles. The vocabulary changes; the method doesn't.

01 · PLAY

Played, Not Studied

Every lesson is delivered as a game. Pictionary, Hot Seat, Fishbowl, Parachute, charades, Bingo. The vocabulary is the prize, not the assignment. Kids and adults both stop noticing they're learning.

02 · DOLLARS

Speak Easy Dollars

The token economy that runs the room. You earn for showing up, speaking unprompted, catching mistakes, helping a peer. You spend on rounds, prizes, props. Risk and reward in the language itself.

03 · RITUAL

Same Rhythm Every Week

Greeting Gate → Feelings Wheel → Parachute → Theme → Embodied Game → Closing. Kids know what to expect. Adults relax into it. The structure is the safety net that lets the language happen.

04 · CULTURE

Words Tied to Culture

You don't learn "queso" — you learn how to build a pizza in Spanish, sitting in a V on the floor, miming cheese onto your legs. Vocabulary attached to lived experience. Week 4 always ends with a piñata.

05 · COMMUNITY

No Anonymous Students

The Greeting Gate. The Friend Bench (Banco de Amigos). The Calm Space (Espacio Tranquilo). Names learned by Week 2. The room is the lesson; everyone in it is part of the curriculum.

06 · REGULATION

Breathing, Movement, Reset

One regulation technique per session: belly breathing, flower breath, volcano breath, partner breathing. Animal stretches. Sensory grounding. Kids learn Spanish AND a nervous system toolkit.

Why It Works

The pedagogy behind the play.

The method looks loose. It isn't. Every choice — the rituals, the dollars, the embodied learning, the regulation tools — is grounded in established second-language acquisition research and developmental pedagogy.

Comprehensible Input + Affective Filter

Krashen's classic finding: language is acquired when input is understandable and anxiety is low. Bars relax adults. Games relax kids. Speak Easy lowers the affective filter on purpose so input lands.

Embodied Cognition

Vocabulary attached to physical action (sitting in a V "spreading pizza," parachute lifts on colors, animal stretches) sticks deeper than vocabulary read off a page. The body is part of memory.

Token Economies as Motivation

Speak Easy Dollars function like the behavior-economics literature on reinforcement schedules. Variable, immediate, social. They make risk in a second language feel safe — and rewarded.

Ritual + Predictability

Same opening every class. Same closing. Same Friend Bench and Calm Space. Predictable structure lowers cognitive load, which is exactly the load that needs to be free for language to land.

Co-Regulation

Breathing techniques and movement breaks aren't extras — they're the nervous-system infrastructure that makes the rest of the lesson possible. A regulated room is a learning room.

Named Community

Kids who can name every peer by Week 2 outperform kids in anonymous rooms on almost every social-emotional metric. The Greeting Gate isn't decoration — it's the foundation.

How It Works

Train. License. Launch.

Three steps from "I want to do this" to "my first class is on the calendar." About 6 weeks total, including a live practicum session with Dr. Bishop.

Train

Self-paced online certification course (~10 hours): the method, the games, the Speak Easy Dollars economy, classroom regulation, the full 6-session Kids curriculum or the adult bar playbook. Ends with a 1:1 practicum on Zoom.

License

Once you pass practicum, you're a Certified Speak Easy Instructor. You get the trademark license, the full materials library, your directory listing, marketing assets, and access to the instructor network.

Launch

Pitch the bar / pitch the school / pitch the PTA. We give you the deck, the flyer template, the email scripts, the pricing model. First class within 30 days of certification. Keep 100% of your class revenue.

Choose Your Track

Pick one. Or both.

Adult ESL bars and K–5 Spanish afterschool are two different rooms with different rhythms. Get certified in one, or take both and double your reach.

ESL Track

Adult bar nights · Columbia + Charlotte model
$299
one-time certification
+ $35/mo network membership
  • Full adult bar program playbook
  • Games: Pictionary, Hot Seat, Fishbowl, Talking Stick
  • Speak Easy Dollars print files + economy rules
  • Bar pitch deck (template) + revenue-share scripts
  • Marketing kit: OG images, flyers, social posts
  • Monthly instructor Q&A with Dr. Bishop
  • Listed in the Speak Easy instructor directory
Apply for ESL Track

Both Tracks

Maximum reach · ESL + Kids combined
$500
one-time certification
+ $50/mo network membership
  • Everything in ESL Track
  • Everything in Kids Track
  • Both directory listings
  • Two practicum sessions (one per track)
  • Cross-promotion across both audiences
SAVE $98 ON CERT · $20/MO ON MEMBERSHIP
Apply for Both

Kids Track

K–5 afterschool · Speak Easy Kids model
$299
one-time certification
+ $35/mo network membership
  • Full 6-session rotating Kids curriculum
  • All 36 lesson plans + take-home sheets
  • Breathing & regulation toolkits per session
  • Parachute, piñata, embodied-learning scripts
  • School pitch deck + parent flyer templates
  • Monthly instructor Q&A with Dr. Bishop
  • Listed in the Speak Easy instructor directory
Apply for Kids Track
What You Actually Get

This isn't a PDF and a pep talk.

Every certified instructor gets the same operational stack we use to run Columbia, Charlotte, and Kids.

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The Method

Step-by-step playbook for running a class: opening rituals, game flow, Speak Easy Dollars economy, closing ritual.

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The Games

Every game we run, with rules, vocabulary scaffolding, and Speak Easy Dollars earn/spend bars. Print-ready.

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Speak Easy Dollars

Branded print files for the in-class currency. Bills, vault, ledger. The economy that makes the room work.

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Marketing Kit

Logo, OG images, flyers, social posts, pitch deck templates. Your launch materials, ready to customize.

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Live Practicum

1:1 Zoom with Dr. Bishop. You run a mock class segment, she gives notes. You don't pass until you can run a room.

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The Network

Monthly Q&A, private channel with other certified instructors, new curriculum releases as they drop.

The Method, In Practice

Currently being taught at:

Two adult programs and one K–5 pilot. Each runs the same method.

ADULT ESL · LIVE
SPEAK EASY COLUMBIA
Tue · Thu · Sat · Columbia, SC
ADULT ESL · LIVE
SPEAK EASY CHARLOTTE
Wed · Fri · Charlotte, NC
K–5 SPANISH · PILOT
SPEAK EASY 4 KIDS
Afterschool · Carolinas · Fall 2025
Dr. Nicole Bishop, founder of Speak Easy
The Founder

This was built by a teacher.

I'm Dr. Nicole Bishop. I've been teaching language since 1996 — public schools, universities, community programs. I built Speak Easy because every language program I'd ever seen was either too cold for adults to stick with or too corny for kids to come back to.

It's running in Columbia and Charlotte now, and the Kids program is piloting this fall. If you're a teacher, a bilingual professional, or an entrepreneur who's tired of curriculum that doesn't translate to real conversation — let's talk. I'll certify you myself.

PhDComparative Literature — University of Michigan

MAComparative Literature · Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies

BAEnglish & French — Amherst College

Educator since 1996

FAQ

The questions everyone asks first.

What if I'm not naturally charismatic?
Then you're an ideal candidate. Speak Easy was designed so the games, the Dollars, and the rituals carry the room — not your personality. We've certified introverts, anxious public speakers, and quiet teachers who run great classes. You facilitate. The method performs.
Do I have to speak Spanish to run Kids?
Yes. Conversational Spanish is enough — you don't need to be a native speaker, but you need to deliver the vocabulary correctly. We screen for this in the practicum.
Do I have to own a bar / work at a school?
No. Most instructors partner with venues. We give you the pitch templates for bars (revenue share, no rent) and schools (turnkey afterschool pitch + PTA outreach).
How much can I make?
Highly variable. Columbia runs ~$3K/month at one location. Kids at a school is ~$1,500/session per cohort. You keep 100% of your class revenue — Speak Easy makes money on certification + membership, not your classes.
Is this a franchise?
No. It's a certification + brand license, structured like the Zumba instructor model. No FDD, no per-state filings, no royalties on your class revenue.
What if I want to cancel?
Membership is month-to-month. Cancel anytime — you keep the certification and the materials you've already downloaded. You just lose new releases and directory listing.
How long does certification take?
About 4–6 weeks at part-time pace. ~10 hours of self-paced video, plus the 1:1 practicum which we schedule when you're ready.

Bring Speak Easy to Your City.

You'd be the first instructor outside of Columbia or Charlotte. We're looking for people who can hold a room — teachers, language tutors, community organizers, bilingual professionals. Book a 20-minute call and we'll see if it's a fit.

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