Reviews for Beginners Level: Spanish for Absolute Beginners

Great instructor! Amazing course! Will continue studying with you guys!

The class was mainly verbal practice combined with repetition which I felt to be the most effective teaching style I have come across in my previous attempts to learn the language. After completion of the class I took a vacation to Mexico and was shocked to realize how much of the language I understood.

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

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

It was a great class led by a very knowledgeable teacher. I will be back for Level 2!

Excellent class overall. Enjoyed the teacher and coursework.

Although the class was a little late in the day, the intimate group was a great setting. The system focused on grammar rather than vocabulary was also good. The amount of time I spent every week on learning fits my full time job. It'd be helpful to add a little more optional vocabulary

The course was very comprehensive and the instructor was excellent

The material was well paced and Melissa is an excellent teacher. The class size made the lessons much more engaging.

The class environment was fun and supportive. I felt that my Spanish improved during this first level course.

Fun and interesting class for beginners, easy to follow and understand

Amazing teacher! Very efficient 90 minutes.

Nice small class, good teacher, good pase

I found the class and material to be very substantial and provided me with a good foundation to move up to the next level.

I'm happy with the class

Very efficien, easy to ask questions, and fun to attend. Excellent overall.

I loved this course. I have taken language courses in school before and found it frustrating. I appreciated that in this course they acknowledged that learning a new language is learning a new way to think and they help you with this process. I was also impressed by the amount of speaking we did from day one. I look forward to taking the next class in the series.

Course was excellent! Teacher was fantastic- I really enjoyed all of it!

The course focused on the basics of grammar and common words and phrases. Melissa was very positive and encouraging. I really enjoyed the course.

The class was friendly to absolute beginners like myself! I thought it was very fun, relaxed, and educational overall.

Beginner level covered a lot. I really enjoyed it!