Reviews for Level 5: Subjunctive, Conditional and Imperative

We learned Subjunctive, conditional, imperative, active and passive voice in Level 5. I have been learning from Level 2 all the way to Level 5 in Berges all these months, no doubt Level 5 is the most challenging class! Too many materials have to be taught in 9 weeks then the test coming right after! Tons of homework to do every week! I came to Berges with very little Spanish background but I am surprised that I was able to be promoted to the next level after the exam each time! I have to admit that Berges did a really good job in training the instructors! The book we are using is easy to understand and homework provides good feedback to what we learned in class! We ( I can tell the other students like her too) love our instructor, Dennis Uribe! She is patience and knowledgeable and always makes sure her students understand the topic she covered before she moved to a new topic! I spent a lot of time in studying because no matter what level I was in, I can tell everyone in my class has much better Spanish background than me and I do not want to be too behind them! Last, I just want to say thank you to Berges institute, my intelligent instructor, Dennis and also the enthusiastic support team, Victor and Courtney, without your help and support, I will never be able to accomplish what I have today!

I think the content of the course is great and has so much that is worth learning. I think the workload should be a little more consistent from one week to the next

Level 5 was intensive but enjoyable. I realized then it was only the start of my Spanish learning journey!

I loved the class and the emphasis on conversation- I think there should be an oral exam however

The course was great and super engaging.

Overall I enjoyed the course and found it to be helpful in improving my grammar. I would have liked a few quizzes before the final exam to monitor my progress.

Prior to taking the class I read reviews of Level 5 suggesting it was challenging. I agree it was challenging but Ian's method of instruction coupled with the in class exercises and notes was extremely helpful. I highly recommend Ian!

I enjoyed the course, but I learn better if the explanations are provided in English. I find that I understand the material better when it is explained in English and then practiced in Spanish. I find this especially true for the textbook as well. I’ve purchased supplemental materials because there are times when the textbook isn’t clear.

Excellent instruction and great course structure. Could not reccomend any more highly. I have told several people about your courses.

Lots of material covered in an engaging, lively fashion. Lots of opportunity for conversation

I loved Alex, I thought she was very approachable and spoke very clearly! I thought she did a great job in our remote learning class. The one thing that I was disappointed in was how often people in the class spoke and asked questions in English. It really detracted from the time we could spend applying the grammar concepts we had been learning. I would have loved more time to not only review the homework but try to answer some of those questions live to learn them better.

Nelson was a great teacher and I enjoyed the mixture of grammar and discussion

The instructor is very good. For me, I think this course went a little too fast.

Great content- Alexandra is great - above expectations

Very informative and important. Level 5 was hard but absolutely necessary

Nelson is a generous, knowledgeable and engaging teacher. He added a personal touch week in and week out that allowed me to feel the class was getting to know interesting things about each other despite being on a computer screen. The Grammar lessons were detailed and strong and Nelson always made time to explain things again, answer questions or review and expand on ideas and the nature of the question of something deeper about the language. Near the end of the course, I felt a lot of material was covered in just 1 or 2 classes and the material felt a bit dense. Personal study time helped me feel caught up but at this higher level, I wonder if a 12 week course option would be better. Or perhaps offering 2 shorter sections for Level 5 - a part one and part 2 - so that ample time can be spent on the difficult concepts of using the subjunctive and sometimes confusing conjugations of the imperative. I really enjoyed the class overall!

Level 5 is dense with new grammatical concepts, and the shift to conversation-based classes helped me develop my skills.

Very interesting and informative. I am happy with the course.

Excellent. I learned so much in only ten weeks!

Instructor spoke so softly that it was difficult to hear her. She was not prepared for class. Clearly hadn’t looked at lessons or homework in advance of class. She often did not answer questions. Class consisted of nothing more than a review of the homework and her reading from the book. No practice at all. Very disappointing! I could have bought the book for $14.99 from Amazon and learned just as much.