Student Reviews

I expected to be taught a mixture of grammar and topics and to have homework each day. I could not have hoped for a better course. I found the lessons very beneficial. They were always prepared, and a variety of teaching methods were used, which greatly helped to reinforce what we had learnt. The teachers […]

In the first month of my gap year, while I was still at home wondering what to do with myself (my gap year was unplanned, forced upon me after the whole A-level exams cock-up – a story for another time), I got sick of hearing everyone talking about Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and all the other […]

Greetings from Rabat I have recently returned from a two week stint in Rabat learning Arabic. I have met a variety of different people from all over the world. The students and staff are very friendly and hospitable. I spent the first week with a Moroccan family which was a great experience and they spoke […]

My expectations were far surpassed! If I’m honest, I expected to refresh my German, mainly through speaking, to do some grammar but no literature and to be taught in quite a large group. I also expected some organised (probably boring) afternoon activities. The classes were far better than I expected and even the German school […]

I was hoping to learn some basics and make some friends in the class to spend time with sightseeing/socialising when not in class. My trip really exceeded by expectations : ) The lessons were brilliant, much better than German language lessons I remember from Secondary School. A lot was covered in a week, but I […]

As I was an absolute beginner, I was looking forward to a challenging, perhaps difficult, but interesting course, to meet students from different cultures and backgrounds also to visit many areas within the locality. It was all good! The German language course was very interesting, difficult at times of course, but very enjoyable. I felt […]

I was very nervous about not understanding anything and daunted at spending so much time with strangers! Linguistically I expected to struggle at first, but hoped to see some real improvement by the end. On a totally paranoid level I just hoped that the school really existed and that I wasn’t being ripped off! When […]

I’m in my thirties and didn’t want to be in a classroom with a mass of 17 yr olds, who were more agile minded than me and would have completely different goals and motivations to me. Actually it turned out the other students in my beginners class ranged from early 20’s to late 40’s, which […]

I was able to arrange my own accommodation in Berlin and so this was where I decided to study. I had two weeks and wanted to improve general language skills – in part to see if I could still learn a language, or if now I’m in my 40’s I’d left it too late. I […]

Berlin is an amazing city with a fascinating history. It was wonderful, everything was very cheap and convenient and I always felt safe (so much safer than in London). The night life was excellent and I had a great social life. The lessons at the German language school were very interactive and involved lots of […]