Fluency in four weeks
Anybody selling that is selling the word, not the skill. A level is about twelve weeks and gets you one honest rung of the ladder.
How we teach
Small rooms. Real names. One level at a time.
Teaching here runs on a handful of habits we do not bend: place people honestly, keep the room small enough that everyone speaks, and finish every level with something you can prove.
The habits
Five rules every programme here obeys.
- 01
Placement before day one
A free 45-minute placement check decides the room you sit in. Starting too low wastes your money, starting too high wastes your confidence, so we check first and start once.
- 02
Cohorts small enough that everyone speaks
Sessions are built around output: every learner talks in every session, not just the loudest three. That only works if the room is small, so we keep it small and add a round rather than a row of chairs.
- 03
One level at a time
Roughly twelve weeks, one CEFR level, a final assessment at the end. Nobody is rushed from A1 into B2, and nobody pays for a level they have not finished deciding about.
- 04
Instructors who work in the language
Native and near-native speakers, examiners, and working translators. The person at the front has used the language in the world the programme is preparing you for.
- 05
Exam pathways, not exam pressure
Every level ends in an assessment you have already paid for. The external exam (DELF, Goethe, HSK, JLPT, IELTS) is your choice: sit it when an employer, university or embassy asks for proof.
The shape of a level
What the twelve weeks look like from inside.
- Before
Get placed
Placement check, right level, right Cohort, round chosen. Day one stops being a guess.
- During
Speak every session
Weekly sessions with your Cohort and your Instructor. Practice happens in the room, out loud.
- End of level
Show the work
About twelve weeks in, a final assessment marks the level you have actually finished.
- After
Decide with evidence
Next level, an external sitting, or a pause. You choose that with a result in your hand, not a brochure.
The other list
Three things we will not promise.
Schools that promise everything are usually describing their brochure. Here is what stays off ours.
A lecture hall of forty
The room stays small on purpose. If a round fills, we open another round; we do not add chairs to the back.
A certificate you did not earn
The level ends in an assessment that is marked. Pass it and the certificate means something to the person reading it.
See it yourself
A room tells you more than a mission statement.
Tour a session, meet the instructors who run them, or sit the placement check and watch how the first forty-five minutes go. The proof of a school is in the room, not on the page.