Blog and Student Reviews: Spanish

Hannah (23) spent 20 weeks in Madrid on a Spanish Gap Year course from July to November: I had been to the Spanish language school in Madrid before. My expectation was that I would achieve fluency in Spanish at the school, by the time I had completed 20 weeks there. My expectations were met! The […]

I expected that I would be thrown in at the deep end as it was a Spanish immersion course and I know no Spanish at all. I thought that the other people on the course were likely to be young people travelling in South America. The Spanish language course in Santiago was brilliant and met […]

“ I expected quite an academic approach to learning Spanish, in particular with reference to the grammar aspects of learning. I also expected most people to be much younger than me (I’m 35). Linguistically the course proved more challenging than I first imagined – the pace of learning was extremely quick. The other students were […]

Before arriving on the course I hoped that I would be able to achieve a firm grounding in Spanish in preparation for an EU work placement in Barcelona during the Summer. Having not enjoyed languages at school I had only a vague hope that I would be able to communicate in simple Spanish by the […]

Elizabeth 2 weeks in Granada Intensive Course “I expected quite formal lessons in a similar way to school. Lots of grammar and writing! The style of the school was very different; it was very relaxed and fun. It never felt like you were working hard even though you were learning a lot. They used so […]

“I have done two similar courses at other schools in Spain so I expected this to be rather similar in most respects. By choosing the Master class I hoped to have a more varied time with interesting activities. By living “on campus” instead of in an apartment I hoped to feel fully integrated into the […]

“I expected to have an opportunity to extend my Spanish vocabulary especially the verb tenses and to improve my pronunciation. To meet a variety of European students from a similar age group so that the intellectual side of the work could be tempered and enlivened by the social contacts. Were my expectations met? Very much […]

“The lessons were better than I could have imagined! Fantastic! After being a little disappointed with my assessed level I really got to grips with the grammar and now have a much greater understanding. We had a maximum of 9 students in our class, which was perfect for teacher-pupil interaction. The lessons were well structured, […]

“At the start of my course I was a little worried that all the students would be too studious and not want to have a good time.  How wrong I was, there were lots of friendly people all very willing to enjoy themselves, which meant I had a brilliant social life whilst in Malaga. I […]

Howard 8 week Spanish course “I expected to find the course very difficult linguistically as I had found French at school very hard. I did not expect the lessons to be very interesting, as I’ve not found languages interesting in the past. I was unsure what to expect from my accommodation because I had heard […]