Student Reviews

Cannes was definitely the best part of my overseas Gap Year, last year. The French college was perfect for me, and being able to see the festival was just amazing. A Norwegian friend from college and I actually walked the red carpet and saw a film due to some unbelievably good luck in being at […]

I expected that I would be older than the other students in my Spanish language class but hoped that Iwould not be. Actually my class consisted of a Japanese gent even older than me (!) plus 6 others; one other Irish girl, about 30yr old and younger Spanish students from Sweden, Holland, Russia and Japan. […]

I have an Italian background but I had little knowledge of the language. I was looking forward to the linguistic challenge, but was very nervous and excited. Definitely felt better prepared for the experience after talking to the CESA staff. Having lessons solidly in Italian was the real challenge – but it made learning the […]

We are having an amazing time! I think the classes are very well set up and I am learning alot. I enjoy going to classes! Emily and I walked up Mount Urgull yesterday and after a tough climb, we reached the top. The views of San Sebastian up there are breathtaking and it´s so peaceful […]

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 many different methods to teach Spanish in […]

I had learnt Spanish to AS level in the UK and once I’d graduated wanted to use some free time to combine improving my language skills with seeing another part of the world. Had no real idea what to expect from Argentina – just liked the idea of going somewhere different. I enjoyed the lessons. […]

I wanted to do the course to improve my Spanish a little and meet new people. I learnt much more than I thought was possible in a week. The style of teaching was more interesting than I had hoped for and the teachers were all brilliant and used many different teaching techniques. I was also […]