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A great mix of learning, relaxing and meeting people.
I have had a great time at Spark. The personel was wonderful. The teacher Amelia has great teaching skills and is very patient and friendly. also she has a good way of explaining things. All staff members were really very kind and make you feel at home. The whole process from signing up with spark (through Mitch) till the classes and social events with the staff was super
La profesora estaba muy activa y todos los alumnos podían participar. Los asuntos en clase fueron variados y interesantes.
It has been a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience! I think the atmosphere -being so close-knit and friendly- is unique and pleasantly relaxed! I really liked the balance of 4 hours of lessons per day plus the cultural events.
I went to all the cultural events in the programme in order to try to improve my Spanish speaking. The barbeques were particularly appreciated for the ability to get to know other students and they were great fun -due mostly to excellent facilitation by the staff. The bodega trip stands out as being particularly fascinating. However, I found all the cultural events to be excellent, all staff friendly and welcoming, and the whole atmosphere of Sparkville has been excellent.
The classes are varied, interesting and amusing and there is no way to get bored
I like that the teaching doesn’t follow a strict obedience of rules and that there is enough time to switch to another topic, to make an excursion to another topic if the students have questions besides the actual topic. Besides I do really like the fact that the teachers explain everything ONLY in Spanish and are explaining in such an amazing way that you nearly understand everything, even if you don’t understand every single word. Every sigle cultural event in the programme was great and amazing fun! I learned a lot of vocabulary, especially at the Spanish in Action events. Although I have been here for the second time there was nothing I had already done. Thank you for taking that into account!
I had just a great time here! I think the atmosphere is great, all the people was nice and the teachers were superb! I think I learned a lot and I got a really good base to build on my language skills, so really happy with that.
I like it really that you are using so different parts for learning: playing, speaking, leaving and go out on the street and speak to the people, use the book, the internet. With fun everything is much easier!!!
I had a very good time at Spark,, very energéticas profesoras who was more than happy to help us understand and to get us involved to get the best education,,,, very intense and rapid education…
not to forget the dance and the social things
keep the good work up
Spark was a terrific experience, both as an educational opportunity and as an opportunity to meet interesting people from around the world. Classes were ingaging and well divided into separate activities to stay interesting. Our teacher was phenomenal, exceding all expectations, and the Spark Book of Records did help motivate me to practice Spanish outside Spark
I’ve had a really good time, I feel at home here. I love the community kind of living and all the people are great. I’ve learned Spanish in a very subtle way, like all of a sudden I realised I know quite a lot of things thanks to everyone speaking it to me all the time. In the beginning, it was difficult since everything was in Spanish but after a while I got used to it and I think I learned more thanks to it.
Classes were wonderful! Four hours went by very fast! The games helped the most. Having to reuse the new information helped cement it in my brain. Loved Libro Spark de los Records!
I had a great time at Spark. Everyone was really helpful and friendly. The social events were really good as well. I feel that I learned a lot of Spanish in my week at Spark. I really enjoyed the classes.
Buen ambiente, buenas clases/ profesores, un programa cultural variado asi que siempre podia hacer algo con alguien si lo queria.
I really enjoyed being here for three weeks. It was the perdect mixture of learning the language as well as the culture and the wonderful region. I’m looking forward to coming back.