Reviews for Beginners Level: Spanish for Absolute Beginners

Great course. Alejandro was a great teacher and made the language seem accessible. Looking forward to level 2!

I enjoyed the class. Melissa is doing such a great job as a teacher! I would recommend the school and Melissa for sure!

Great course structure and very nice instructor.

It was very educational. I really learned a lot. It was fun and interactive. Our teacher, Nelson, was very effective and fun. We loved him. We will be continuing our Spanish classes up till we finish Advance Conversational Course.

I had attempted to learn Spanish on my own and could not get past the verbs “Ser” and “Estar. I decided to enroll after a friend told me he was taking a class at Berges. He recommended Nelson Navarrate. I am glad that I got a place in Nelson’s Level 1 class. I am excited to taking a deeper dive into the Spanish Language because his enthusiasm, openness and humor put me at ease and made it easy for me to absorb his instructions. I’m look forward to more classes with Nelson.

Monica was very friendly and helpful. She pointed out nuances of the Spanish language when people inquired. I learned a lot of vocabulary and became comfortable speaking a new language.

This was a good beginner course, but I already knew about 1/2 of what we learned. I liked the live Q&A in class. Probably needed to have 1/2 session based on what we want reviewed before the exam.

Overall the course was well-structured and covered a lot of important topics that I'd hope to see at a beginner's level. It often moved a bit too quickly however and I found myself wishing more time was spent going through examples of concepts until we felt comfortable before moving on to new ones. Nevertheless, I did learn a lot, and for someone looking to become conversational quickly, this course does a good job of preparing for that.

The course was great. It moved at a brisk pace, which works well for me. Maria was a great teacher who explained everything clearly and gave us a lot of additional information wherever she could.

Great course, made we want to take the second.

Everything was explained very well and with a sense of humor which made the class fun. The pace is fast so it’s best to spend sometime outside of class studying.

Alejandro made class enjoyable and taught the content in a way that helped me learn.

Excellent course! Alejandro was an effective teacher who used a lot of humor in his lessons. I’ve already signed up for the next level!

The course was fantastic and welcoming. I learned so much in just 10 classes.

Rolando was fantastic and I loved the pace of the course. I feel like we could have spent a little more practice on oration but I imagine this will be done in later levels

Exactly as advertised. Great intro to Spanish for Beginners with an enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructor

I think more emphasis should be placed on spoken spanish, with either tapes of the lessons for true beginners, a spanish movie or short video and questions asked about comprehension, etc. Hearing a spanish speaking person talking fast just doesn't help someone unfamiliar with the language. Having additional materials is really needed in the class as an adjunct to the book.

As a couple taking Spanish Classes together at the Berges Institute with Instructor Alejandro Navarro we feel compelled to mention the awesome time we had during our Beginners Class. If there was a way to give the Institute and our instructor more than five stars we definitely would have. The school and their Graf Method is excellent. We were very pleased with the professional manner of the entire Office Staff, especially Kevin, who answered any and all questions that we asked of him and was always very pleasant and knowledgeable. Our instructor Alejandro Navarro is a gifted teacher that has multiple techniques which he strategizes to get all of his concepts to reach and have us understand, visualize and remember all the material. He is very attentive and is a keen listener who makes corrections and explanations to each and every detailed item. He is very funny and has stories which are hilarious, drawings on the board and class participations which tremendously helped us to remember what may have been otherwise difficult. Alejandro is very patient, knowledgeable, professional, creative, and overall a very kind and phenomenal educator and human being. We have just completed the Beginners Class with Alejandro and have signed up for Level 2 with him again. We plan to continue up to level 5 here at the Berges Institute and will take all of our classes with him. WE SUPER HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Berges Institute and instructor Alejandro Navarro!!

Wonderful! Jesús was amazingly patient and delightful. I feel well prepared for level 2.

Great course and great tools