Anonymous
2020-08-26
Basic Conversation is a great way to start your conversation journey. The class is structured to have a lot of participation and to converse with your fellow students. You read articles of current events and speak about them in Spanish - it expands your vocabulary.
Adam Quinton
2020-08-26
Really enjoyed this class. The mix of everyday conversation, the news discussion and then the theme made the class interesting and also introduced a wide range of vocabulary.
Anonymous
2020-08-21
The class moved swiftly and everyone was given an opportunity to practice their speaking skills without feeling pressured to do so.
James
2020-07-16
This class was exactly what I needed. I've taken levels 2-5 at the Berges Institute but what I had originally wanted was a conversation class. The topics for conversation are different every week. Everyone is pretty much in various levels of basic conversation. I've enrolled in Basic Conversation again in order to continue with my progress.
Kristen
2020-06-25
Rolando is a great teacher and I enjoyed the course. Sometimes the topics are a little challenging (current events are a little intense right now). If we used part of the class to speak about more general topics (things we like to do, people we know, experiences we had) it would a little less intense and easier to speak since current events topics are very challenging in terms of vocabulary And I want to make sure I am using the Spanish I learned in Level 5.
Christopher Mullen
2020-06-05
The class was fantastic. I wasn’t sure what to expect, given the stay-at-home situation, but it was just as engaging and interesting as an in-person class at Berges.
Darrin
2020-05-04
The course was good! It was very small (3 people) so that took some adjusting initially but it went very well and the instructor (Edgardo) did a great job leading the class.
Peter Heilbroner
2020-04-27
Very helpful and well run Spanish conversation class
Andreas K.
2020-04-09
Course was fun! Andres was a great instructor, engaging, interesting topics, classmates were good contributors of conversation, nice people, great energy, Great overall experience!!
Vera Mehta
2020-03-19
I think Nicolás did as good a job as he possibly could given the inherent limitations of trying to get any sort of meaningful discussion going with everyone getting a chance to participate equally, in a 90- minute period of time. Perhaps limiting class size to no more than 5 people per group would help, provided there are enough classrooms where each group could meet. Perhaps, even meet in places like cafés or parks when the weather gets warmer!
j
2020-03-04
I prefer the classes with the textbooks.
Anonymous
2020-03-04
This course really helped my listening comprehension
Anonymous
2020-02-11
The content is interesting and Maria is nice. I wish we could learn more vocabulary.
Marios Koufaris
2020-02-07
Great course. Really helped me improve my comprehension and speaking. I wasn't crazy about the articles that were suggested we read every week but often the discussion veered into other topics anyway, so it was fine. Since this was a small section with only three students, we were all able to speak a lot. Julia was an excellent instructor, as always.
Andrea Cyganiak
2019-12-27
Very solid class- there is a variety of skill level which can be awkward at times but it worked out well in this particular class.
Quinton
2019-12-20
This was a great class. I feel like I was able to use and improve on my listening and speaking skills. Andres was also a great, patient teacher.
James
2019-11-11
I liked how open the classes were - the conversation could naturally flow and head in all different directions. We could always fall back on the prepared questions, though we rarely needed to use these.
A
2019-11-09
The class lacked structure. The teacher didn't put effort to prepare for classes. Every class was the same and very monotonous. I didn't learn anything new. There was only dialogue between the teacher and student, there was no conversation encouraged between students which would have helped a lot with practicing speaking.
Jazmyn Young
2019-11-08
Great Opportunity to practice speaking Spanish!
Jennifer
2019-10-04
This class helped me advance in my speaking skills and become more comfortable using tenses and vocabulary in practice. I intend to take it again!