The school could exactly meet my needs providing a teacher of undoutful experience. I really enjoyed the classes and my English skills improved in many ways.
Very clear and helpful. Also kind to replace the lesson when I was sick one time.
Not bad
good
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Everything was good
They teached me a lot and now I know much more.
This was the week when I began speaking Dutch. I loved Cárola. She was a superb teacher. She employed multiple ways of engaging us in speaking, reading, listening. Nobody was left behind and everybody had great time. Every grammar was clearly explained in English, all the rest was encouragement for us to speak Dutch. That being said, my second week (stepping stone II) with Kickstart was not so delightful. With the new teacher no new words were written on the board unless specifically requested, grammar was only explained in Dutch, we basically just did exercises out of the book. It felt more like a tutoring session than a real lesson. It was very disappointing seeing how little progress everyone in the group has made - and hearing it being blamed on the "level of the group" (instead of trying to change ways of teaching the materials) did not help. I must write it down in this review, because the school requests you to review them right in class at the end of the last lesson, which is not really ideal to describe a longer evaluation, especially when others are waiting for you, not to mention that it is not clear in that moment that what you are writing is actually going to be online (instead of being used internally). I did not appreciate that aspect either. However, I would recommend the school, if you end up with the good teacher you have a good shot at beginning speaking the language!
Dear Juli, Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We are glad you had such a positive learning experience during your first course. It is a shame that the second course did not meet your expectations. There are many points in your feedback which I have addressed individually via email. On the whole, it seems that the main factor was a clash between you and the teacher (who has received consistently high reviews in the five years he has worked at Kickstart). Unfortunately these types of situations can happen in such a personal profession as teaching, even with the best of teachers and the most dedicated of students. Kickstart is aware of this and we are sorry that we were not given the chance to address this issue while there was still time to do something about it. As I emphasised in my welcoming talk and as regularly encouraged by the teacher, we always prefer students to come straight to the Administration to discuss any concerns they might have so that we can address them before the end of the course. It is perhaps worth mentioning that every other student from your course gave a positive review and some even specially requested to have the same teacher again in a future course. On a similar note, we are glad that you are also keen to continue at Kickstart and that you would still recommend our school to others. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Kind regards, Josien Deknatel, Kickstart School
I found much of this course good; however, there is so much homework that it is difficult to priortize it (this is for the 1-week course). I would have liked better explanations about grammar with real world applications.
It's a lot more speaking so you learn to use the vocab and structures you know to make simple sentences. It wascreally intensive and one should work really hard at home every night. Make sure you know the basic grammar and some vocabulary before applying for this course. Otherwise you have to pull yourself all the time.
I loved your previous class with Carola, this edition I find not okay for multiple reason.i will elaborate in an email, this is the end of the corse, we are in the room it would take too much time to describe.
Enjoyed it a lot. Especially the focus on learning to speak Dutch
Good course
Paul was altijd leuk!!! Hij was aktijd blij en vriendelijk!!!! Goed dorcent
This was a very practical way for me to have one-on-one lessons, due to my unpredictable work schedule. The teacher was very flexible in arranging the lesson times. The lessons themselves were very enjoyable and gave me confidence to start talking Dutch. As an introduction, it gave me a good basis for moving to the next level.
Great course, thanks to the material but mostly to the excellent teacher who gave everyone the comfort to learn and make mistakes. He smoothly directed us through the complications of the English language. Thank you,Richard!
I wanted to improve my English especially on vocabulary and ability to speak easier.
Richard is great, I will feel a lot more confident when I have speak English now!
Dear Jasper, Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback on the course. We appreciate it. We are sorry that you found the classroom facilities disappointing. We are always looking for ways to make improvements to the building. We look forward to seeing you again for the Business English course in September. Kind regards, Kickstart School.
The teacher was very kind and properly prepared for the lessons. I expected a little more he during the course.
It was a good experience and I really feel that my level of English improve. I was looking for a place in which I could practice my spoken English and I find it was a very goog place.
It was wonderful
Usefull e nice experience
Very clear and very helpful. I feel really confident now for the TOEFL test and I think that I am very prepared to make it. Would definitely suggest this if others are planning to go and make the TOEFL test.
Everything is perfect
Good challenge, good atmosphere , and right size
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