Reviews for Kickstart School

good start. good timing and motivational to continue

Great course, very experienced teacher. I enjoyed the course.

Letty explained in terms that everyone can understand, the pace is just right, although I will continue with one lesson per week due to the work engagements. All in all, I learned quite a bit of Dutch in only five weeks, which is quite amazing.

We had a very good experience with our teacher, so this course was great. The only thing I find a bit annoying is that we had to do these evaluations while studying, so it goes in expense of our lessons time.

Professional teachers, good services

I really enjoy how easy it has been made to learn the Dutch language. The Teacher is friendly and helpful and is always there to correct us when needed. Her explanations are always full and clear. I really enjoyed doing this course

The classes are great

You all were always there ready to teach and assist.

Very helpful handout material and also good online material. Ideal learning pace for me.

Kickstart School has been very gracious in answering all my questions regarding the course work and administrative questions. I am happy that I found this school and I do believe I will use this school to help me continue my studies in the future. Thank you!

My Kickstart teacher (Christine G.) was very good and super patient with us. I looked forward to coming to class. I also like the design of the course. The duration was good and the lesson plan was manageable.

The experience is good so far. I got full support and help whenever it was required. I will definitely recommend Kickstart to my friends.

The online classes were ok.

The course had the right speed and mix of exercises. The teacher was fantastic. She encouraged all of us and was always open for questions. She kept the motivation high. I really enjoyed the experience even on Zoom, actually, I think I will choose this or a hybrid option in the future. I also appreciated the possibility of reading two "easy Dutch" books that were part of the materials. The only thing I would like to see improved is to have a bit more information from admin to new students at the start on how to navigate the course: how the handout works vs. the book vs. kickstartnet exercises, what the expectations are, if there are any tests or certificates at the end of the course, etc.

The online course was a bit complicated at first, but once everything was in order it worked great!

All very well, if you want to learn well you have to do the work at home.

I had a good experience with the course, the teacher was patient and guided through everything well. The fact that it was online was very convenient. I appreciated the fact I could do two courses back to back with the same teacher

very happy with the format of the course

Really good courses and teacher. I would recommend that we do not have to request our certificates at the end, but that you send them to us directly. Also, to encourage us to register onto the next course you could contact us to let us know when the new dates are/send a link.

I have already recommended to two other friends and we all very happy to learn quality course!

I was generally happy with the Stepping Stone IV course, although I don't think the course is a good fit for me overall. On the positive side, I enjoyed the structure of the class and the amount of course work given, and I was particularly impressed by the fact that a lot of optional course work was given (even if I rarely exploited the option). I also thought that the instructor Paul Avontuur was both a very pleasant and a very proficient instructor, and his classes were always more enjoyable than they had any right to be on a Tuesday night. The course is a poor fit for me mainly due to its strong emphasis on grammar rules, which is a language learning philosophy I don't share. In my experience, grammar rules are more valuable when seen as tools rather than the be-all-end-all of the language learning process, and I know that this is what works the best for me personally. With regard to the subsequent question: I might recommend you depending on the person and their learning preferences.

I have enjoyed all of my courses so far. I feel my Dutch improved a lot compared to last September when i just started my first course at Kickstart. I recommend Kickstart to everyone who is interested in Dutch. I would love to continue in September!

The course was fun, a lot of speaking, a lot of homework and I feel that I have greatly improved in this course, I even feel confident enough to have whole conversations in Dutch. So thank you Paul, it was a pleasure!

Loads of exercises, speaking, writing and motivated teachers! You had always a chance to practice more and challenge your skills. Online learning environment was really helpful.

I am the most happy with my development in the Dutch learning after taking this course. I have learnt so much in such short time, and can definitely recommend the course.