Reviews for Kickstart School

I have been recommended through a coach. It’s not actually the most practical as I live in Rotterdam, but I think the trip is worth it. Our teacher is very friendly and open, interacting with her is very easy and natural. She’s able to answer any of our questions in a satisfying and informative way. Maybe it’s more the role of teachers rather than administration, but I feel like en email as a reminder of the course material that will be viewed could be sent within the week. It can be automated and can help some people keep track.

I liked the style of doing homework before the lesson Friendly teachers and classmates

Ik vond het erg leuk en vooral de leraar. Bedankt Letty

I particularly enjoyed this course and I feel much more confident with my Dutch. Letty is a fantastic teacher, always full of energy and focused on keeping us all engaged in each lesson. The material is complete even with extra material. The lessons are very well organized and it is easy to prepare in advance. At the end of each lesson, Letty guided us on what to expect on the next lesson and how to best prepare for it, which makes it more enjoyable. Overall 5 star and thank you.

A good way of learning basics things. Perfect rythme. With a good atmosphere without any stress and a lot of fun.

Good for anyone that starts learning dutch anew or catch up, as a false beginner it really helped me get back my basics.

It’s a good class. I’m happy to join this class

I had an incredible 10-week language course - it was a class I would look forward to each week. The tempo was good, and the homework was do-able. The weekly quizzes were a great way to recap on the previous week’s work.

The school is really nice, with a great structure and really useful material.

Course fulfilled my expectations. It was well organized and Diane provided helpful feedback.

I really enjoyed the course and Debbie is a great teacher, thank you!

Nice professional teachers that go the extra mile

Enthusiastic teachers, a great mix of students who are in themselves fascinating, and the school is open to feedback - they are always looking for ways to get even better!

Good

I've enjoyed the lessons so far, but unfortunately it's not as easy to practice the language a lot in an online forum, as we have to speak one by one, instead of speaking with each other. That's not the fault of the school or the teacher, but maybe it's useful feedback. A lot of homework, but the system works really well and it's great to be able to prepare well for each lesson beforehand - it makes learning go smoother and then it's less scary to practice during lessons.

I enjoyed the course and style of learning. I would recommend it to all students.

Very good. This gave me the basis of dutch language, and now I can make conversations with people dutch.

Overall it was good. As always, I learned new concepts, words, and dutch culture. It was very enjoyable. There could be some improvements, such as working in groups, having more time to talk with other students, but maybe the teacher saw that these types of activities where going to be hard with the students she had.

For me, this course was too intensive and short, I would like to have longer period for study and 1 lesson per week, and repeat material from previous lesson more often

Very good course in a very fast paced intensive learning. If you are a complete beginner and don't have a lot of time to dedicate you shouldn't go for the semi intensive. Otherwise, that's your course.

I really liked Kickstart course and especially Harreit, our teacher. Zijn is een geweldige leraar and ik leer meestel met haar.

I learn a lot in this course. I'm feeling more confident to keep learning to improve my dutch. Letty was an awesome teacher as well.

The course has met my expectations considering the amount of workload that 4h per week is. The study time needs to be proportional to keep up the level in class but it’s been a fast and good way of beginning my learning of Dutch (although as said, it requires a considered and consistent effort in a short time).

Small group lessons which were vital for interaction, felt like we covered quite a lot of material in a short time

Above average.