Reviews for Kickstart School

Lovely teacher and material

The lessons and explanations were clear. The texts in the book give useful vocabulary and sentences to remember. The exercises are quite different : reading, talking, writing… The little stories about dutch way of life are great. I didn’t understand before there would be so much homework to remember vocabulary. It would be easier if we didn’t have to go from the book to the handout and change again.

Fast paced and not enough depth and time given to explain the foundations of Dutch language. The teaching materials and instructions were very short and all in Dutch, very quickly deep dived into topics and words too complicated for A0 students who has no foundations in Dutch. The teacher is nice and sweet but she is not great with English language and many times she struggled to explain the lessons to her students.

Excellent teachers and staff!

The only downside is number of lesson hours are not enough for the topics covered.

I took the online B2 course with Letty & I have to say I really enjoyed it. The lessons were very informative, we did a lot of speaking, as well as reading, listening and grammar exercises. The teacher was very helpful and responded quickly and kindly when sending the homework assignments for example. I feel a lot more confident with my Dutch skills and I look forward to taking the next course!

Het was leuk en Letty was een geweldige lerares. Het was vooral gericht op lezen en spreken, maar dat was wat ik zocht. Ik vind ook de optie het online te kunnen doen echt leuk!

I always have a nice experience with Kickstart. This time I took the online Stepping Stone III course with Joke, my first time trying an online course with Kickstart. The online format worked well and Joke is a great teacher who knows how to facilitate an online calssroom and keep it engaging. She points out when we make grammar mistakes in an encouraging way, and whenever there is a lull in the conversation during class as can often happen in an online format she is able to keep the conversation running smoothly and keep students engaged. This is not an easy thing to do and Joke really did an amazing job on this. For the homework, I found the schrijfopdrachten especially helpful because we received specific feedback from the teacher before class. It helped me understand what I needed to work on and gave me concrete examples of things to ask about during class. Overall a great experience where I learned a lot. Thank you to the Kickstart team for a great course :)

I had a very nice and helpful course with Joke Bouwmeester. She is definitely one of the best Dutch teachers I've ever had. The lessons were well-structured, exciting and interactive. I was forced to speak a lot (thanks for this!), so after starting as one of the group's worst students, I got up to the same level as them. I genuinely enjoyed this course, I am sure it significantly contributed to developing my Dutch language skills.

Very nice course where I improved my Dutch, there were a lot of opportunities to speak and practice Dutch. The course was well designed. Carine is a good teacher and explains the grammar very clearly.

I feel like I learned a lot, but the lectures were sometimes unorganized and led to confusion or feeling very rushed just to get through content.

Lots of great content, lessons, homework support this course which aided learning of Dutch. Would take kickstart lessons again, even by zoom they are pretty good. Suggest in future smaller breakout groups for speaking practice would be good addition as limited chance to practice talking in the lessons.

Good online studies. However program is quite tight. Grammar is explained very fast. Woild be good to slow down a bit, and repeating 2nd time as for me. Also repeating at which page we are currently. Connection interrupts sometimes and my homemates might distract and i dont recognise which exersise we are doing.

It was quite good. The teacher was very polite and patient. Would recommend for sure.

I like the pace of the lessons and the (extra) exercises and notes (beyond the NIG book). I like our teacher...he is fun and relaxed. I didn't feel intimidated during classes.

The teacher is very nice, professional, patient and willing to help. The handout is very useful.

Marteen is an amazing teacher. Thank you for your lessons.

I really enjoyed the course. We practiced a lot of vocabulary, which helped me to stay motivated to learn new words. Grammar was clearly explained and there was a lot of time to practice speaking

There are quite a lot of homework so make sure you have enough free time.

Im very pleased with the course, the teacher was very good and the materials and structure as well. However sometimes i don’t have the time for all the homework, and sometimes felt overwhelmed by so much new vocabulary

Ik denk dat twee klassen wekelijks zou beter zijn geweest dan een lang les op dinsdag. Maar ik heb veel geleerd en Letty was een goeie docent.

I thoroughly enjoy these Dutch classes. And the tempo at one class per week is super practical. Our teacher is very helpful, patient and fun.

I have taken many different Dutch courses, this one is the only one that made a difference for me.

The experience was quite good. I have taken a previous language course in the Netherlands, but this one was much better. One minor criticism is that the homework material could have been made more easily accessible, the links in the pdf we had didn't always lead to the stated homework or exercise.

I learnt a lot thanks to her! She has a lot of patience, which is really appreciated when learning a language that is quite different to your mother tongue.