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Date Submitted: April 29, 2009
Language School: German Language School in Mainz, Germany  EVOLANGUAGE
Language & Location: German  ::  Mainz, Germany
Classes & Instruction: 10 out of 10
School Facilities: 10 out of 10
Accomodation: 7 out of 10
Cost & Expense: 9 out of 10
Recommend: Yes
Review: Good teachers and the best location
Estudiar en Evolanguage fue una gran experiencia para mi. Yo tomé un curso intensivo de alemán y comencé desde cero en el nivel principiantes en Octubre del 2007, no fué fácil pero los profesores que tuve en este nivel fueron excelentes y aprendí muy bien las bases gramaticales tan importantes para poder desarrollar bien el idioma. Cada nivel tiene entre 8 - 10 estudiantes, lo cual es muy bueno pues tienes mas oportunidad de participar en las clases. El ambiente en la escuela es muy chevere, hay gente de muchas partes del mundo y eso te da oportunidad de hacer muchos amigos y conocer diferentes culturas. De vez en cuando se hacen visitas a museos o sitios interesantes en la ciudad, lo cual te da la oportunidad de conocer mas de la cultura alemana. Hoy día puedo hablar el alemán ( no perfecto, pero este idioma no es nada fácil ) y esto se lo debo a mis profesores en Evo, ellos están siempre dispuestos a ayudarte con cualquier duda que tengas inclusive en los descansos que teníamos.
La escuela se encuentra a una cuadra de la estación principal de trenes, y la gran mayoría de buses tienen parada allí también, lo cual facilita mucho el traslado.
Y bueno lo que tal vez deberían mejorar a mi parecer, es la organización de las clases. No siguen un libro en concreto, los profesores te dan copias de lo que vas a ver en la clase ( bueno eso hace que ahorres en comprar libros si lo ves desde ese punto de vista ). No sabes cuando vas a pasar al siguiente nivel, el profesor un día de repente te avisa que has sido promovido y debes avanzar al siguiente nivel pues ya es tiempo para ti. Sería mejor que te dieran un programa con los temas que vas a ver por nivel, así sabrías como vas avanzando en el mismo.
Por ultimo gracias Anita, Daniela, Nicole, Ana Marie, Barbara, y Daniel, mis profesores, gracias a ellos puedo hoy defenderme en el alemán satisfactoriamente.
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Submitted by: Sandy
39 year-old   ::   Female Reviewer   ::   Colombia

Date Submitted: July 28, 2008
Language School: German Language School in Mainz, Germany  EVOLANGUAGE
Language & Location: German  ::  Mainz, Germany
Classes & Instruction: 10 out of 10
School Facilities: 10 out of 10
Accomodation: 10 out of 10
Cost & Expense: 10 out of 10
Recommend: Yes
Review: Excellent German instructors & location
After spending considerable time reviewing options for a language course in Mainz, I decided to attend Evo Language. It was a great decision which dramatically improved my German and provided a terrific place for me to learn more about Mainz and the local area.

The classes were small (4-6 students usually all ages and nationalities) which meant everyone had the opportunity to talk a lot. It was total immersion once you got past the very basics. The students came from a variety of backgrounds which meant often German was the common language, as a result even casual conversations during the breaks were in German.

I arrived with basic German (I had taken an immersive 12 week course two years before). I was placed in an advanced beginner group to relearn some grammer before advancing to more of a conversational group a few weeks later. Both styles of class were engaging, we usually had 3-4 days with one instructor and 1-2 days with another. This allowed us to work on different skills and helped us learn different accents as well as materials. The instructors were all excellent, all had advance qualifications in languages and many also worked at the local university. As you can see I scored the school with all 10's, this is honestly because 11's or higher were unavailable.

Finally, how did it work out? After about 6-8 weeks I found I was able to participate in conversations easily, watch films, television and engage in any day to day activities with relative ease in German. I wasn't fluent, but this takes time and I can not think of anything EVO could have done better to improve my progress. When I encountered problems (my weakness - grammer, I think it's more of an allergy) they took the time to explain things multiple times and in multiple ways to help me and others in the class understand.

The school is small and as a result over just a couple of weeks you get to know everyone which is really nice. I felt within days that I was part of the 'EVO' community. We'd have coffee together, we took field trips and I made friends there, all of this in German!

Finally, I know EVO has facilities in a number of cities. I picked Mainz because I wanted a smaller city where hopefully I would be exposed to less English. It was a good choice and I'd recommend Mainz to anyone who wanted to live in Germany. It's a terrific size, easy to get to know, the people are very friendly, the prices are reasonable and Karnival is fantastic. There is also a surprisingly good nightlife as its a college town.

If you've made it this far in the review, I hope it's helped. Also, tell the people at EVO I said hi when you contact them! :)



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Submitted by: Liam Wen
40 year-old   ::   Male Reviewer   ::   Boston, USA

Date Submitted: September 25, 2006
Language School: German Language School in Mainz, Germany  EVOLANGUAGE
Language & Location: German  ::  Mainz, Germany
Classes & Instruction: 10 out of 10
School Facilities: 10 out of 10
Accomodation: 10 out of 10
Cost & Expense: 10 out of 10
Recommend: Yes
Review: German courses - the best results
This is the letter I wrote to the Evolanguage team: I would like to thank you all for my outstanding time spent in Mainz and at your school. I would sincerely recommend this to anyone thinking of studying with you, be it for a short period or longer. Not only has my few months with you given me some confidence in the German language, but a good knowledge of the local area and customs. As I was here on business, I was concerned that my lack of German would be a problem in the workplace, which it was in the beginning, but now I can communicate at a basic level and feel I have developed a good grammatical foundation on which I can build in the future. Mainz is a truly fantastic city, and I found your location particularly convenient so close to the main station as well as being in walking distance to the stunning Cathedral, restaurants and many bars. I wish you the very best of luck in the future. Yours, Alec
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Submitted by: alec
28 year-old   ::   Male Reviewer   ::   London