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We think we provide high quality Spanish classes that are both fun and effective. But you don't have to trust us, ask our current and past students!

 

"My experience this summer working with Alvaro has been terrific! My Spanish improved immensely and I now feel confident about spending my third year of law school in Barcelona."

News from my student - This is a fragment from her resent email:

"...Everything over here (Barcelona) is going really well - haven´t started classes yet, but have been taking an intensive spanish class which is both fun and helpful! Its made me realize how much I learned working with you this summer - I´m definitely the best in the class with the subjunctive :) " - Sep 18, 2005

Kristin McNamara - Law student - Summer 2005

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Dear Alvaro,

Thank you very much for your lessons. Humberto and I very much enjoyed learning a new language. In Peru we got what we hoped for. We could have basic conversations with all the guides on the trail, ask for directions etc.
Thank you very much for your help!

Manja Klingens - Graphic Designer -October 2004

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Alvaro, I wanted to thank you very much for all you have done. As I told you when I started, I have taken Spanish several times over the years .... This was by far, the best class I took. I feel I have a greater sense of the language and much more comfortability with it - especially when it comes to reading , and to a lesser degree writing. Speaking ( Conversation Spanish) is still tough and I guess that will be the focus of my next class.

Terry R - Real Estate Agent, New Jersey, 2003

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Alvaro,

Thank you for the tip good lessons, you are a very good teatcher you know ! we had a lot of fun
 

Adeline Vanek, 2003

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Alvaro,

I'm not sure if I will continue with Spanish lessons due to time and financial constraints. If not, I want to let you know that I thought that you were an excellent professor and wish you the best of luck in your career. I really enjoyed the classes.

Michael S. - 2002

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"Señor Alvaro Berroteran is an outstanding instructor in Spanish.  In the summer of  2001 I took a private course with him, meeting 3 times a week for 10 weeks. Starting from very, very little ability in speaking the language, I came out of the course quite fluent .... Señor Alvaro is flexible according to one's needs and does not sacrifice conversation, nor grammar, nor writing.  All aspects are covered.

I can truly recommend him to all.  The experience was an excellent one.  I came out of each session exhilarated and alive."

- Howard Boyet, East Village, New York 2001

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"I studied Spanish with Alvaro in Granada, Nicaragua. It was my first time in the country and he did a wonderful job of introducing me to Nicaragua's historical, geographic, and cultural diversity. I learned a great deal of Spanish thanks to his patience and clear teaching approach. He is dynamic and creative which made learning the complexities of a foreign language easier. I can highly recommend Alvaro to anyone seeking to advance their knowledge of the Spanish language.

- Betsy, 2000, Connecticut