We’ve found that about 10% of our teachers have been fairly bad (just like when we were in high school and college), 80% are okay (we learn stuff, enjoy it well enough), and 10% are terrific. The terrific ones inspire you and make you really look forward to the next day’s class. Now, it’s common to finish a Spanish class (especially an immersion class) and say “that was hard”, or “I think I learned a few things today”. But how great it is to come out of a class and say “That was FUN” or “I finally understand what those …. are all about now.” That’s the best. And even better, a really good teacher makes you come away from a class thinking that it was about YOU - that the teacher saw YOU and spoke to YOU and wanted YOU to succeed. Good feeling.
Entries Tagged as 'Guanajuato'
What Makes a Good Spanish Teacher?
June 28th, 2009 2 Comments
Tags: Español Interactivo · Guanajuato · Immersion Schools · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Oaxaca Mexico · Spanish teachers
Academia Falcon in Guanajuato Mexico - a Review
March 19th, 2009 No Comments
The school wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t expensive, and it’s location wasn’t bad, but I won’t return to it and I cannot recommend it to others.
I should say, though, that we both loved Guanajuato. We would go back there in a heartbeat. But we would find a different language school.
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What Things Cost on Our Mexican Immersion Trip
February 9th, 2009 No Comments
For those of you contemplating a journey to Mexico, especially those who are planning to learn Spanish through immersion, I’ve put together a list of what we paid for things. Exchange rates vary day to day, so I’m using an average of $14 peso to the U.S. dollar. Most days were a little less than [...]
Tags: Aguascalientes · El Centro · Guanajuato · Learning Spanish · Mexico · Oaxaca Mexico · San Miguel de Allende · Spanish · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish · What things cost
Guanajuato Apartment Rentals, Garden Studio Apartment, Guanajuato Mexico: A Review
February 6th, 2009 No Comments
This was a nice apartment, and for under $30 U.S. per night (February 2009), you couldn’t beat it. It had a lovely garden right off the “kitchen”, a large bath, a Murphy double bed (which we left in the down position) and a comfortable seating area. It had wifi also, which we could only get [...]
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A Little Time Spent in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
February 3rd, 2009 No Comments
Right now it’s late on a Tuesday afternoon. We arrived at about the same time of day on Sunday, and since yesterday was a holiday and there was no school, we had a few hours on Sunday, all day yesterday and a few hours today to explore (school started today). I’ll review the school [...]
Tags: El Centro · Guanajuato · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Instituto Allende · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Mexico · Spanish · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
Friday evening, last day, Guanajuato Mexico
February 1st, 2009 No Comments
I finally found the time and the wi-fi signal strength (at the same time) to load pictures onto the previous blog entries and onto Flickr, so if want to see them, just go back to “Our First Day in Guanajuato” and go forward. Or click onto Flickr on the right >>. I’ll load more, [...]
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Reviews of Academia Falcon in Guanajuato, Mexico
January 30th, 2009 No Comments
We’re each going to do a separate review on this page, since we are at very different levels, have different classes, teachers, etc. We’re only going to use the first names of teachers we like. The others will remain nameless. Also, Sherry is going to do a separate blog page on Guanajuato, since she [...]
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The Morning of Our Last Full Day in Guanajuato
January 30th, 2009 No Comments
Friday Morning: We leave tomorrow for Aguascalientes. We were obsessing about getting our bus tickets. Monday is a holiday here, so we didn’t want to take a chance on not having tickets early, but we didn’t want to go out to the bus station, 20 minutes away, either. It turns out that there is [...]
Tags: El Centro · Guanajuato · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Mexico · Spanish · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
Guanajuato Mexico, Thurs, Jan 29
January 29th, 2009 No Comments
We had an interesting day. We rode the city bus, for one. It wasn’t bad at all. I don’t know if I mentioned that Guanajuato doesn’t have any traffic lights. None. And this is not some sleepy little pueblo. So, even though we could have walked it, it’s a fairly long walk, and getting across [...]
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Immersion School, Guanajuato: Day 2
January 28th, 2009 No Comments
Bill here:
We’re getting into the routine, now. And today we stayed closer to home base and didn’t go into El Centro to explore. For one thing, we’re pretty busy. Class runs until 1:30, and by then we’re starting to get hungry. Today that led us to Cafe de la Presa Bristro. It was a lovely [...]
Tags: El Centro · Guanajuato · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Learning Spanish · Mexico · Spanish · Travel Spanish
