Laura Devlin
GBI highly recommend StartSpanish! I have been taking classes at StartSpanish for almost 2 years now. The teachers are wonderful, very good, patient and nice. They have definitely helped me to improve my Spanish. The price is very good, especially for the private lessons. My only reservation is that for the last 6 months or so the group classes have been more crowded so there is less opportunity to practice. However, included in my package rate are 4 private classes, that alone is more than worth the money Any classes I get to take over and above is gravy! You may also purchase additional well priced private class packages.There are also other written resources available on the website to help including feedback from the class by the teachers. I enjoy the positivity and encouragement of the feedback as well as the notes of the class. Alfonso, the owner is wonderful with any technical issues that arise.
Tosha
GBSimply the BEST I signed up with StartSpanish before the trial ended because I have thoroughly enjoyed the quality of classes and resources that you provide your students. These are some of the BEST teachers that I have ever had and they literally leave me feeling motivated that I can finally check becoming fluent in Spanish off of my bucket list. Keep up the great work! :)
John Klee
GBGreat way to practice daily. StartSpanish was awesome for me. I live in an area where talking to native speakers is not very easy to do. StartSpanish is a great way to get daily speaking practice and is really economical compared to traditional Skype style lessons. I learned a ton of spanish and enjoyed the interaction with both the teachers and the students.
Sarah connell
GBThey are wonderful. This is a great program. The only downside is that in the group classes, sometimes there are students who try to dominate the conversation and do not allow equal time to others. In general, the professors do their best to stop this from happening, but not always. It may help if there is some kind of general announcement or slide at the beginning of each class reminding students to be mindful that they do not monopolize the conversation.
Deva Rishi
GBExcellent instructors, well-rounded study plans Interesting, varied, and sufficiently explanatory lessons from Beginner to Advanced. The teachers are articulate, friendly, and mostly quite brilliant, honestly. Engaging multi-media self-study lessons are available. Also lessons on vocab, conjugations, and other concepts which I haven't even gotten to you. Only thing I'd really love to see done differently for now is the focus on a particular concept more intensively, for a longer period of time. (i.e., "por" vs. "para" classes done for a week, instead of a lesson at a time then moving on to something else.) This would increase the value exponentially -- although it's been invaluable already in increasing my Spanish fluency.