Patrick Terrazzano

5.0

2024-08-06

The course helped me gain a better understanding of the Spanish language from the grammar to pronunciation. I enjoyed working with each instructor as they were very patient and understanding to my weaknesses.

Kathryn Bangham

5.0

2024-07-31

The level 5 course was excellent. I learned about advanced spanish involving the subjunctive. I enjoy the focused topics for each class along with the homework that reinforces learning. I would highly recommend Berges Institute to anyone interested in learning a language.

Mary McLaughlin

5.0

2024-07-30

Level 5 is difficult and very helpful. This time I am much more confident on the use of subjunctive. Juan Carlos makes up his own exercises to help us practice when to use subjunctive. He always points out how the grammar is used in Spain. His classes are enjoyable and informative.

Ricardo Becker

5.0

2024-06-17

It’s a great course, just challenging enough, need to study and review. I’m been doing Berges for quite a few months now and I’m happy and will continue. what’s great I think is you can retake classes for free at times that are often available

Ricardo Becker

5.0

2024-06-07

a great course teaching some of the more challenging aspects of Spanish. I feel like I improved a lot just by repetition and seeing all the different forms. I recommended highly.

Tom Z

5.0

2024-06-06

I liked the pace of the learning, and the increase in difficulty. It was challenging but manageable. The class was small enough where I got enough individual attention.

Brenda Walker

2.0

2024-05-25

Monika was great. Amazing teacher, patient and personable with a sense of humor.. However, I was disappointed in level 5. It was a difficult level and I felt it should have been divided into two for level 5 and 6. I felt the students I was with sounded the same as me. I feel to be more fluent, there should be more practice and less content at each lesson. I was happy with levels 1-4 but 5 was disappointing.

Darian Woods

3.0

2024-04-17

Course had a patient and well-prepared teacher (Mónica), but too much material was crammed into 10 weeks, making it very hard to learn.

Fred Wellisch

4.0

2024-03-21

As I have written before, Nicolas is a fantastic and engaged instructor. Here are my thoughts about Level 5. First of all, I would recommend that students be strongly urged to take a conversation class after Level 4 so that they can master - or at least have more practice with - the indicative in its various forms before jumping into the subjunctive. I also think that Level 5 has so much new - and difficult material - in it that Berges should consider spreading out the material a bit more by creating a sixth level. At the very least, Berges should consider deleting some of the reading comprehension selections and substituting more exercises/homework on the subjunctive and conditional.

Steve Albert

4.0

2024-03-21

Having completed level 5 I feel like I have a solid grounding in the essentials of Spanish grammar, and I'm ready to move on to a focus on vocabulary building and conversation. The material was presented clearly and explained well during class time.

Zoe Isaacson

5.0

2024-03-20

I loved this course. I really needed to brush up on my Spanish grammar and this course did it for me. It was an excellent review for me.

Darian Woods

2.0

2024-02-15

Too much complex material to effectively learn in 10 weeks, on top of all the concepts we haven't solidified from previous courses.

Emily Hope

5.0

2024-02-14

I have learned so much with Berges. Level 5 is very fast paced! I wish there was more time to practice together in class as the content needs a lot of revision.

Caitlyn Passaretti

5.0

2024-02-07

Level 5 is definitely challenging. I would be open for this to be a 12-15 week course where we can spend more time on the subjunctive, specifically the subjunctive imperfect and the compound tenses.

Christie Jeffers

4.0

2024-01-30

The book accompanying this class offers brief explanations of advanced, complex Spanish grammar. but could be improved if the book contained more examples and more exercises.

Elena B.

5.0

2024-01-25

I just finished level 5 with Gloria and I'm SO grateful for my experience! Gloria is such an amazing teacher - she's patient, kind, organized, prepared, and gives really great explanations. Her classes are almost 100% in Spanish and even if something isn't clear, she finds a way to break it down to make you can understand it. Level 5 moves really fast and this is my second time completing the course, and I still feel like I need a better grasp on it - it's a lot of material. But practice makes perfect!

James Knowles

5.0

2024-01-04

it moved at a good pace and everything was covered well

Judith Solano Mayer

5.0

2023-09-18

Word nerd paradise. Edgardo freely shared etymology, alternate examples and linguist knowledge whenever appropriate.

Gordon Mayer

5.0

2023-09-09

The textbook, homework and classes were a great way to learn Spanish--I recommend the class.

Ali mohamed Al ali

5.0

2023-06-22

This course was excellent for me, as I benefited greatly from learning the Spanish language and I will continue to register in the next courses of this institute

PAMELA Fernandes

5.0

2023-05-12

The course was great. I feel like I have learned so much and can actually speak Spanish. Many people have asked and commented about it. I always recommend Bergers and know folks who have signed up for the course after I tell them how the Graf method works and the books are structured.

Ulli Kotanko

5.0

2023-05-11

I really appreciated Sylvana´s friendly and motivating way of teaching. She succeeded in creating a stress free environment for the students and was able to encourage us on every step we took. She enabled me, a visually impaired student, to feel comfortable during all the lessons. I can highly recommend her.

Theresa Adams

5.0

2023-03-30

Level 5 has a lot of material and moves rapidly. It is organized well and is a good selection of material covering the more advanced tenses.

David Hernandez III

5.0

2023-03-26

It was a LOT to learn. I need to practice more tenses and work on my vocabulary. The course has so much information and you need to do the work outside of classroom time.

Katie Arpin

5.0

2023-03-06

This course covers the final complex grammar concepts from conditional to subjunctive in a clear and scaffolded manner. The class moves fast, but necessarily so! Do the homework, practice during the week, and you will be amazed at how much you learn over the 10 weeks!

Steven Zalaznick

5.0

2022-10-30

The material itself was extremely challenging and added on to the prior 4 levels almost too much. But with Nicolás help we learned, we laughed and we made it through. Now review and on to basic conversation.

Mary McLaughlin

5.0

2022-09-17

The course was well organized and well presented. I understood when to us subjunctive verb tense for the first time.

Eric Elowitz

5.0

2022-08-24

The Level 5 course with Rolando was excellent. Covered a lot of material but was well organized and understandable. Many of the classes involved conversation practice and skills. Would recommend this course highly.

Emma Trindel

5.0

2022-05-15

I did levels 1-5 at Berges and all of them were great! The textbook provided is full of knowledge to refer back to and they teach you a lot. Definitely feel like I got what I paid for, learned a lot, and enjoyed my instructor (Alan) and the class as a whole!

Ericka McFee

5.0

2022-04-11

This was the most challenging class but it was still a lot of fun.

Andrew Parece

5.0

2022-03-22

This course is difficult but in a good way...it is level 5, after all. There's a lot to learn but with constant practice, repetition, and conversation, I feel I am on my way to mastering Spanish.

Jerry Crasnick

4.0

2022-02-18

This class addresses the subjunctive, the imperative and other verb tenses. If you're not into grammar, it's probably not for you. But it's such an important part of speaking the language properly, I found it quite valuable. We would begin with some brief conversation and then go through a section in the workbook. Nelson assigned homework each week and we went through our answers the following week. I learned a lot in the class. If I have one minor criticism, it's that there's a lot of ground to cover and I didn't feel quite sure that I had mastered the material by the end. There are a lot of verb tenses flying around and you have to work outside the class to keep learning. I had to do a little searching to find places where I could practice the tenses.

Dawn Watkins

5.0

2022-02-14

Since taking this course my understanding of Spanish has greatly improved. Yes, it's a lot but I can really now follow along when I hear Spanish songs and when I watch telenovelas.

Augusta Kennedy

5.0

2021-10-29

This course helped fill in the remaining grammar gaps after Levels1-4. As always, the progression was logical and manageable. I really appreciated the small class size and the opportunity to practice speaking Spanish. My instructor for level 5 Silvana was so patient and good at what she does. Level 5 was my favorite level so far!

Dawn Darby

5.0

2021-09-09

Nick is a great teacher and excellent at explaining Spanish grammar . This was my second class with him. Would highly recommend taking his class!

Mayssa Chatila

4.0

2021-09-08

I felt that the level 5 could have been divided into two sections. A lot of material is covered in this course.

Kelly Clinton

5.0

2021-08-27

Great course and really helps to clarify some confusing topics in Spanish!

Nicole Vlado

5.0

2021-08-25

Level 5 was a challenging but fun final grammar course -- I enjoyed learning the nuances of the subjunctive and conditional tenses. The integration of conversational language practice during class combined with the adapted reading assignments provided as part of the workbook really allowed me to continuously test my skills on and off the page. The on-line format made attendance really easy, and I truly enjoyed the small class size (and the familiar faces of my peers from prior classes).

Joseph Rivera

5.0

2021-08-16

The course was great and helped me to make sense of some structures (particularly the subjunctive) that I've struggled with since high school (so for about 2 decades). I'm definitely not 100% fluent with the various skills that we learned, but I don't believe that's possible in such a relatively short time. However, I understand when and why others use these grammatical forms, and I am capable of using them myself. My ability to use them also improves weekly as I practice.

Michelle Kehn

4.0

2021-08-08

This course was jam-packed! And did not leave a lot of space for review of the level 4, which was also jam-packed.

Martha Anthony

5.0

2021-07-26

All the years I have studied Spanish Berges is by far the beat. The courses are taught in a practical way to make it stick. Logical and organized curriculum will take your Spanish to the next level.

Daisy Okas

4.0

2021-07-06

it was difficult to have the instructor leave midway and that impacted my learning. Since we knew he'd be taking paternity i wondered why not choose another instructor from the start. also the other students dropped along with him and while it's great to have more 1-1 time, i wasnt prepared for that initially. also wasnt ableto make up a missed class due to limited offerings at level 5.

Nadja Weidmann

2.0

2021-07-06

After Nelsons paternity leave different instructors. A lot of new information to learn and everything in spanish. Impossible for me to follow and understand correctly. I quit the course as I felt overwhelmed with everything - changes of instructors and method of teaching.

Kala Sharae Gabler

4.0

2021-05-14

I didn't enjoy this course as much as I enjoyed 2 & 3; I think I needed more time to practice and process the subjuntivo, condicional, compuesto y imperativo modos. It was a lot for one level. This may be because in each of the other levels, I already knew and had worked with 2-3 of the main concepts so I just got to improve my understanding, whereas with level 5, I was starting from scratch.

Ryan

5.0

2021-05-01

The course was very informative and helpful. Alexandra is an amazing professor that has a caring passion for her craft. She really tries to help her students learn.

Sean

5.0

2021-04-01

Enjoyed this class. Really learned a lot of theory that I need to try to further develop my understanding and speaking skills.

Hannah

4.0

2021-03-28

I think it was a great overview and several more complicated themes. I came out feeling as if I learned more and have a better understanding of the language. I was disappointed in some sessions because we ended early (10-20 minutes) and wish there was less English spoken. Overall, I enjoyed them though.

sharon

5.0

2021-03-03

It was a lot more conjugations to learn and memorize on top of what I still need to be proficient at from Level 4 but Rolando was patient and thorough to explain everything to make this course a bit easier. He really does pay attention to his students and amazingly remembers details from stories I had told him from past levels!!

Crystal

5.0

2021-03-03

Level 5 was a little intense but the written exercises and the instructor’s examples made learning subjunctive and such much easier.

Anonymous

5.0

2021-03-03

The level 5 course was the hardest one and Sofia adapted the format to ensure we understood everything.

Reviews for Level 5: Subjunctive, Conditional and Imperative