As an adult learner, I am not preparing for exams, but wanted to improve my Spanish beyond the “get by” stage. Marta is a wonderful teacher, and has clarified many complicated points of grammar, and encouraged the use of Spanish throughout the lessons. She takes a lot of time and trouble preparing interesting lessons for my age group, as a lot of textbooks are aimed at teenage students. When visiting Spain I have been able to hold quite varied conversations with a range of people. The lessons never feel stressful, so it was almost a surprise to find that I was much more fluent, and could follow spoken Spanish much better. Gracias.

I am a mature student, who wants to learn Spanish despite my misgivings about my ability to learn another language. I like to travel, but do feel a little guilty about relying on speaking English wherever I go. So even though my motivation is not terribly strong and my willingness to put in enough time and effort is poor, I am never the less 4 months into my weekly Spanish classes with Marta.

Marta is an excellent teacher for me. I have not felt judged by my slow progress and my unwillingness to do any homework. I have felt encouraged and supported. She has taken me for what I am, rather than expecting me to conform to her expectations of what one of her students should be. She is always attentive and focussed during my one hour lessons, and the combination of conversational Spanish combined with some formal language learning is ideal for me. I could have so easily given up, and would have done so if I’d felt the pace to be demanding, or the lessons to be unstimulating. I have however really enjoyed this journey of learning, and though it is hard work at times – I am progressing.

We started learning Spanish about 2 years ago by attending council run courses, but felt we needed a more one to one learning environment. Marta is really friendly and we felt comfortable with her from our very first lesson. The lessons are tailored to our needs and go at our pace. Marta never makes us feel silly or embarrassed if we get something wrong! We have now been having lessons with Marta for about 7 months. With thanks to Marta we are definitely making progress and hope to put all we have learned into practice on our trips to Spain.

Gracias