Reviews for Beginners level: Spanish for absolute beginners

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

I am so happy with how much I learned in such a short time!

Absolutely excellent course. The course is sensibly designed in terms of what is introduced first and how it's built upon. Homework is manageable and really helps solidify what is covered in class. I've tried beginning Spanish twice elsewhere over the years and Berges far exceeds the others in the quality of curriculum and teacher.

I have taken 2 years of spanish in high school, granted, a large component of what you learn and retain is your own personal effort, but I love the Berges approach and the email recommendations of things you can be doing to help improve and my instructor Jesus is awesome. For the first time i feel like i have a strong foundation on the material that i have been taught and i am finding myself able to read and hear a lot more words, more than ever before

Jesus is an amazing teacher. He is passionate, patient, fun and committed! I think his teaching combined with the clarity of the textbook and homework made this class a complete success. There’s nothing I would change, except for the opportunity to take classes twice a week for those trying to accelerate their Spanish.

great pace, fun, enjoyable

This course definitely does work. The book provided is very helpful and with a really good instructor like I had, I definitely recommend it. Especially if you want to begin Spanish from scratch.

I certainly know more than when I entered the class.

Focuses on the important topics. Appropriate time for each unit.

i got a lot out of it

Maria was a fantastic teacher. Really encouraging and explained all the lessons really well. The GRAF method has really worked well for me as I've taken Spanish language before and found it really hard. I will be back for level 2 with Maria in the New Year.

Great course and approach. Moves very fast