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''I've never had another Spanish tutor - only professors at school. Mely explains things in ways that are easy to understand. She encourages us to be detailed in our descriptions of things to improve our vocabulary and grammar. I have pages and pages of vocabulary learned over hte past few months, and a handle on a few grammar concepts that I was confused by before...'' Mar 08 2010 ''I've only ever had two tutors (both through SBB) and I was pleased with both (thus the "about the same" rating). Raquel was very engaged in our sessions, and I felt like she put a lot of thought into the preparation for each lesson.'' Mar 06 2010 ''She helps promote self confidence'' Mar 04 2010 ''Mely is great at facilitiating conversation that allows us to practice vocabulary and new grammar areas, and is also great at figuring out what needs to be explained and how to explain it in Spanish so we can understand easily. She is wonderfully sweet, and clearly very competent as a teacher.'' Mar 04 2010 ''She incorporated issues that I had particular trouble with outside the lesson plan when needed.'' Mar 04 2010 ''She let us free to decided what was important to learn.'' Feb 28 2010 ''Mely is great at creating a fun learning environment. She has a plan for the day, but is flexible, and lets the conversation go [*] it will, to satisfy a students question about a certain aspect of the language. I feel I have made great progress through my classes with her.
Her manner is great, and you feel like you are being helped when she corrects you.'' Feb 16 2010 ''Raquel was really good at speaking only Spanish in class and making the class fun and interesting. Raquel is very nice and was always available if I had a question via email or skype. By the end of my classes, I felt like I had meeting a good friend, not just a tutor.'' Feb 14 2010 ''Explained grammer rules in a way we could understand and assimilate.'' Jan 18 2010 ''Encouraged us to keep trying
Writes beautifully upside down! I don't know how she prints so neatly so I can read it when she is sitting on the other side of the [*].'' Dec 30 2009 ''Speaks only in Spanish, answers all the questions we have, makes us speak a lot. I am very happy with my tutor.'' Dec 30 2009 ''Mely has done a great job of shaping the conversations and topics to be specific to the experiences of myself and the other students.'' Dec 24 2009 ''Catch errors in speech and explain them well. Raquel does a very good job.'' Dec 19 2009 ''I thought she was a great tutor overall. She was very adaptable and tailored the sessions to my needs. Given the limited time (4 weeks), we progressed more rapidly through the material I felt comfortable with and lingered on topics that I found problematic. She listened to what I wanted to get out of my tutoring sessions and followed through on these goals. She has a great attitude and also clearly enjoyed teaching Spanish, which made our conversations in Spanish flow better and feel more natural and fun, and in a few instances she also went "above and beyond" by continuing to speak Spanish for a while after the class was supposed to end.'' Dec 15 2009 ''Mely was very good at speaking in a beginner's vocabulary so that I could understand.'' Dec 14 2009 ''This was my first Spanish tutor. She engages me to talk all the time and provides me with exerices.'' Dec 07 2009 ''very patient'' Dec 05 2009 ''She was very patient and willing to explain something as many times as you needed until you understood.'' Dec 05 2009 ''She was very knowledgeable about technical language that related to my field of study, and she was very responsive to my needs.'' Nov 30 2009 ''Help with pronunciation.'' Nov 09 2009
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Results may vary. Although many SpanishBlackbelt ™ students have been very successful, the positive results achieved by one student may not be indicative of all students' experiences.
