Brenda Levis
5.0
2022-03-24
The class materials were clear and well written, and the instructor was terrific. I will definitely sign up for another class and will recommend Berges to friends and clients. Great value for the money as well.
Maria Dohmen
4.0
2019-12-01
I made a lot of progress and learned a lot. Looking forward to level 2.
Tené Davis
5.0
2019-12-24
The blue jean app made taking the course very convenient. I’m so grateful to have had that option. I thought Ian was a good teacher. He was always willing to answer questions even if they were not in the lesson. He is very respectful even when I made dumb mistakes or asked silly questions. I look forward to taking my next class with him.
Richard Ledbetter
5.0
2022-07-18
The course was excellent and fun!
Dee Dee Goldpaugh
1.0
2022-07-04
This course fell far below my expectations. Honestly, I'm surprised you even sent an eval form given when I discontinued coming to the course I sent a detailed email as to why, requested a conversation about continuing with private lessons instead, and never received any response from the school or instructor.
First, the pedagogical methods used, from my understanding, are outdated in terms of approaches for adult language learners. My class, and I'm not kidding, consisted of a full hour of laboriously going over sentences assigned for homework, which few of the participants did, so we had to sit there and wait for the students to figure out the homework on the spot. Then maybe 30 minutes of actual instruction of new material. Moreover, we are ADULT LEARNERS. Calling on students without their consent, just calling out someone's name to give an answer, is insulting and does not take into account different learning styles or anxiety someone may feel speaking in front of others. It also means the entire class has to sit there while another *adult* who does not know the answer has to sit and sweat it out in front of the group. Not acceptable.
I attended this class with my husband who is already fluent in three languages. We couldn't believe how not engaging it was. I can't believe we paid to primarily review homework sentences every week. One day we were sitting doing our homework together and my husband started yelling, "I'm not going to write a paragraph in the present tense using this vocabulary. I'm not doing it!" And we just decided to never go back.
At that point, I looked for the instructors contact info but couldn't find it. So I wrote a very nice email to the school stating the class wasn't a good fit for us, but were potentially interested in private instruction with the teacher and never heard back. So that was that.
Constance Bierig
5.0
2019-12-12
Fun, challenging & enjoyable.