by Michael Davies, 17-July-2011
"I enjoyed every day of my 10 day intensive Italian course. After 4 days of learning I went out with an Italian friend of mine and we had more than a passable interaction in Italian in a busy social environment. After the full ten days i was driving with the same friend and we were discussing the philosophies of Aristotle. That is not a joke.
Learning on most days consists of continuous speaking of Italian throughout, largely in the subject areas specific to you the client. Interwoven with this is a very practical approach to learning key grammatical structures. This I found to be a far superior approach to the more linear approach to learning language at school, which adopts a 'learn first, use later' tactic with regards to big blocks of grammar, which are basically out of any context.
I would recommend these courses for anyone who is dedicated to learning a language. It is not a work free solution. Teacher student interaction has been the largest single contributing factor to the confidence that i now have with Italian. The subject matter was interesting and the approach obviously successful."
Italian course
by Richard Toombs, 7-Dec-2011. Cassidian
"I would like to express my thanks to you guys for giving me an enjoyable, memorable and stimulating week. The truth is that it has come as a surprise to me that I haven't been able to switch off from the course yet and feel the whole of last week's syllabus still sinking in. On Friday I was continually wishing that I could have continued for another week.
My expectations were exactly what I had wanted and hoped for from the course. I have ordered all of the films (and more), that the teachers recommended, and have been reading the books that you kindly gave to me and I am really pleased that I can read it with minimal reference to the English text.
The only suggestion for improvement is that you run some courses for free so that I can come back and pick up where I left off - apart from that I was really pleased that the course 'did exactly what it said on the tin', thank you very much."
German course