Reviews for Beginners Level: Spanish for Absolute Beginners

This was a wonderful addition to my week! I felt like I was making real progress without feeling overwhelmed by the pacing or amount of homework.

The course was enjoyable as well as educational! I feel I learned a lot in a short period, and I am looking forward to the next level of instruction.

This course was what I'd hoped for and then some. I have difficulty learning foreign languages, but happily, this technique and this teacher suit me and I'm enrolling in Part 2. Julia is a wonderful teacher. She explains grammatical points clearly. She is patient and kind and handily involves the students in conversation with one another. I especially appreciate the points she makes about how something is said in Mexico v. in Spain or even in certain other Latin American countries. I enrolled in her course because my future extended family is Mexican and it was important to attune my ear to the Mexican dialect, so these explanations are really useful. So why four stars and not five? Three reasons: 1. There's no in-person option yet--and I understand that it's not possible yet, but being in person would ease conversation and build an esprit de corps amongst students. 2. I wish you used Zoom instead of BlueJeans. Zoom is just a better platform. Hope you'll consider changing. 3. I wish there was more written homework along with video components so that students could respond to Spanish spoken at conversational speed. But maybe that's to come in the more advanced modules. Looking forward to the past tense. Many thanks.

I loved this course! María Chanamé is an awesome teacher. It was the perfect pace for me, always felt challenged but never intimidated. Definitely a safe and comfortable place to make mistakes and learn a lot. I’ve already started level 2 and it does not disappoint either!

Great course and I learned a ton. A lot to fit into a few months, but the workbook was very helpful.

The course was well organized and has really helped me kickstart my journey with learning Spanish. I would highly recommend this program and am already signed up for the next level!

The course is well structured and professional in every way. Everything about Berges is designed for a students maximum advantage and growth. The learning process is very detailed and swift. The amount of material covered in just ten weeks is amazing.

Really great primer on elementary Spanish and covered a lot of information quickly without being overwhelming.

Good pace, great blend of reading/writing/speaking/listening skills.

The content was clear and well sequenced.

The course was excellent and so was the teacher.

It was great! Learned alot and María was very patient and helpful.

The class is very good. I love the text book. The interactive structure of the class even though it’s online. Highly recommended for beginners

I am glad I selected this program to learn Spanish. I appreciate that the course uses the construct of the Spanish language as a foundational teaching. This approach facilitates my learning the language and not just memorizing words. Well worth the investment. I am now advancing to Lesson 2.

As a beginner, the teacher makes me love Spanish and always impatient to get to her class. Everyone always involved and she does cares to explain every little details.

Very well organized, the Graf method is excellent.

This course was extremely well organized and straightforward. I love using the Graf method and am very excited to move onto Level 2!

I have tried to learn Spanish in the past, using many different approaches, but I have found this course to be the most useful. I appreciate the methodology used and the delivery method. Works for me so far!

I thought the course was good and the materials were all helpful. I liked the format and sequence of what was taught.

I was a bit intimidated after taking the first class. We covered a lot on the first day and there was a lot of memorization involved. My memory is not that good so that’s why I was intimidated. But I studied every night and each class thereafter was less intimidating. By the middle of the course, all that memorization helped me comprehend new topics later on! Can’t wait to take Course Two!