Diane Dávalos

Diane Dávalos, MAT, MA, PhD (ABD), started Expanded Learning on a dream. She had discovered the truth of

"Aprender un nuevo idioma
es ganar una nueva alma"

To learn a new language
is to earn a new soul

when she lived in Mexico and learned to speak Spanish as an adult.

After being selected for a teacher exchange program in Brazil, where she lived with a family that had a small language school, she returned, started a language school, and began to search the best ways to learn a new language. After a year of searching she determined that "suggestology" --generally known as accelerated learning in the US --was the best way, so she trained with all the experts, eventually including Dr. Lozanov from Bulgaria.

She created Expanded Learning, born of her studies with Dr. Lozanov and adapted to fit the needs of US students.

Over the past 20 years Expanded Learning has offered the opportunity to "gain a new soul" to hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals around the world.

Ms. Dávalos has presented to professional groups throughout the U.S. and in Mexico, France, Austria, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and Switzerland.
She has produced tapes for learning Spanish, written professional articles such as Suggestology and the Emerging New Sciences, Activities to Expand Learning for teachers, and many stories for teaching Spanish, including:

El elefante constipado
Hijos del sol
La nueva vida
For health care professionals
Guess who's coming to Dinner
For restaurants
Hablemos el mismo idioma For MTV
El mito magnífico de Manuel y su manguera mágica
For Gates Rubber Co.

Her greatest joy is seeing students begin to relax, have fun, gain confidence, and start communicating in a new language.

Our Vision

A world in which harmonious communication, natural learning, and unbounded creativity are enjoyed by every man, woman, and child throughout their life.

Our Purpose

To research best learning strategies and translate them into training individuals and organizations.

Since cutting edge learning techniques are our core and languages our content, students find that they receive two benefits: a new language and renewed confidence and joy in the learning process. Thus, participants of Expanded Learning program expand their sense of who they are and what they can do.