The Berlitz Language School located in Pembroke Pines Fl is simply wonderful. We enrolled my…read morenephew in their language program this past summer and the experience literally transformed his ability to speak Spanish and more importantly his desire to learn a new language. The program director, Andrea Jurgensen, was incredibly supportive and designed a custom two-week immersion program that fit my nephews specific needs and his summer availability. The Spanish instructor, Malena Olamendi, was simply marvelous! The combination of her kindness, patience and disciplined approach were magical in achieving my nephew's transformation.

Oi tudo bem? I have…read morebeen learning at the Mind Fuel School now for over 3 months and cannot recommend it enough. When I moved to Miami, I wanted to start learning Spanish. I've never taken another language class before and the idea intimidated me. Peggy (the owner) sat with me to learn about me, my needs and preferences and to explain how the courses work. She gave me an introductory lesson and set me up with an amazing Spanish teacher Miriam. I learned very quickly and always looked forward to class. When something came up, Peggy and Miriam were easy to work with and very flexible. A perfect example of how helpful and amazing Peggy and the school are: After taking a bunch of courses in Spanish and starting to get a handle on the language, I met and fell in love with my girlfriend from Brazil. My needs changed overnight and when I called Peggy to tell her, she spent hours setting me up with a Portuguese class that fit my schedule and knowledge level. The teachers are friendly to learn with and even know the history of the language. I'm confident that I'll be able to speak my new mother-in-law come January. Thank you Peggy, Miriam, Amanda and Roberto for all of your help! Ciao!

Mind Fuel School courses were found on the Internet by accident, but so far I have never regretted…read moreit. The location itself is very convenient, the price is quite low, the teacher is excellent, Knowledge is at the highest level, a pleasant atmosphere within the group, everything complements each other perfectly and creates an amazing desire to continue studying. This center, already in the first year of study, brought me closer to the dream - to go to study in Japan, presented interesting people and gave me hope for the fulfillment of my dream. I will recommend this center to friends, relatives and just those people who want to learn foreign languages. The only drawback is the impossibility of contacting a teacher outside the center and all questions (regarding the language) have to be resolved through the manager.

Maryluz is the best!!!! I have advanced more in my Spanish speaking abilities with her in 1 year…read morethan I ever did throughout the 6+ years of taking Spanish in school. This is because her classes are tailored to your individual needs. Maryluz makes class fun-- rather than focusing on memorization or textbook exercises, her classes are conversational and it makes for a natural learning flow. She finds creative ways to introduce new vocabulary and tenses, which makes learning interesting and engaging. Not only is she an amazing teacher, but she is also a very kind person. I am so glad I started taking Spanish class with Maryluz and have already recommended her to friends in the area. Thank you, Maryluz!

Maryluz is Great teacher professor for learning Spanish. Been here for a few months and learned so…read moremuch. Easy going environment. Highly recommend her class.

Attended an Italian cooking class via Groupon last Saturday at Cuisine Gourmet in the Gables. We…read moreexpected this to be an interactive cooking class, meaning we ourselves would be dicing and sauteing away but that was not the case. Instead, the cooking station is surrounded by a tall counter and bar stools and the group simply watches Claudio cook. Our group had about 12 people, all very friendly 20 and 30 somethings. Claudio started off explaining about different cooking and language classes the institute offers. We then indulged in some prosecco and antipasti (prosciutto di parma, olives stuffed with anchovies and chunks of parmigiana cheese). The first course was gnocchi with Gorgonzola cream sauce, accompanied by an Italian red zinfandel. It was simply boiled gnocchi out of a box and Gorgonzola slowly melted in heavy cream. Several people in our group were kitchen novices but if you are an intermediate cook you are well beyond this step. It could have been spruced up with some crisped pancetta or toasted pine nuts. The second course was rigatoni with a simple bolognese sauce. This dish was delicious and made me rethink my tomato base for my own marinara sauce. Claudio used Pomi tomato puree right out of a carton and it had just the right texture and sugar already added to balance out the acidity of the tomatoes. I will look for this stuff at Publix. For dessert, Claudio served a Marsala dessert wine and a chocolate hazelnut treat he brought from Italy, as well as some store bought panettone. The chocolate treat was somewhere between a block of chocolate and a really dense brownie. All in all, we had a fun afternoon and met some nice people. If you're expecting to improve your culinary skills, you will be disappointed.

Great place to learn a new language! Feels like family. They invest in you if you invest in…read moreyourself!

Something has drastically changed with their business model. They were great in past years, but…read morerecently it seems there has been a change. After using this company for our other kids, referring customers, and finally calling them for another kid, they have switched up. We paid for a package of personal lessons, and had an instructor cancel as the last minute. The class was re-scheduled, then the instructor reportedly showed up to the pick up location at a certain time and left at a certain time. Surveillance cameras showed otherwise. Then the driver reportedly texted the student, which was also untrue. Clearly, they are operating under a different business model. Waiting on a refund now. Would certainly NOT recommend AB AUTO DRIVING and Traffic School.

la verdad es que me parece un completo desastre este lugar, hace como un mes fui hacer el examen y…read morela verdad es q todo el personal es un desastre y te tratan muy mal cuando estás haciendo el examen ni te explican bien y todo lo hacen de mala gana, el día q tome m examen el instructor me hizo esperar dentro del carro por 20 minutos mientras hablaba por teléfono, cuando me estaba haciendo la vuelta de práctica ni si quiera me tuvo paciencia usaba el break de emergencia cada q podía cuando me decía q tenía q parquear ni me decía como ni nada solo decía q lo estaba haciendo mal (para recalcar yo ya sabía manejar y sabía q lo estaba haciendo bien)solo se comportan así para que pierdas el examen y lo vuelvas hacer tuve q darle una estrella porque no puedo dejarle 0

So I signed up for 30 Spanish lessons through this school. First of all they sent me the workbooks…read morethat you could not open in my email. I sent numerous emails to the student affairs director asking him to resend the emails in a format I could open and he never sent to me plus you can never get anyone to answer at their school office When we started the first day of my online class, I told my Professor Kristina I did not have my work books she resent them to me in a format I could print out. I started out the classes seem to be going OK. I had to cancel one class because I was not feeling well. I only took six classes. I had two classes scheduled that Professor Kristina , she not get on the zoom call when I texted her why she was not on the zoom call she told me she completely forgot what day it was. How do you forget what day it is when you're supposed to be teaching a zoom class but that was exactly what she said. She said I'm so sorry. I didn't realize it was Tuesday today. I just forgot it was Tuesday and then again on a Thursday. She said oh I'm sorry I forgot we had class and then the following Friday, May 9. We were supposed to have a class 30 minutes before the class she called and said oh I'm sorry I have a meeting that's come up. I have to cancel the class so I did six classes and I paid for 30 so I sent an email requesting a refund because this is my time I work a full-time job and I said I would look elsewhere to take Spanish classes. Also, Professor Kristina I heard so much about her family living in Washington and that she might be moving to Washington while I'm supposed to be paying for Spanish class many times she would just talk start talking in Spanish. I had no idea what she was saying I could have to ask her to please translate. Also, she had a whiteboard behind her that she wouldn't write things on, and she would ride on it and she was sitting in front of the whiteboard so you couldn't really see sometimes what she was riding on not a good experience. I wish I would've read the comments before I joined the school because now I've read other comments about professor Kristina, which were not good comments. Obviously she's not a good teacher. I've read the comments on yelp and also Google reviews and professor Kristina does not have good reviews They informed me they have a no refund policy. How convenient for them to just forget about classes, cancel classes at the last minute when I work a full-time job and I set my schedule for these classes how convenient for them to do, then say oh did you not read? We don't do refunds I think it's very very convenient for them And I said well then I will contact American Express and I will then have to leave reviews about this and they sent me a very nasty email saying we don't appreciate a threat. I didn't know when you write a review about a public company was a threat. All I can say is, I would not recommend this language school to anyone I would not take classes with them the professor that taught me she totally forgot two days that we have a class and again how do you forget that you have a class and you're a professor supposedly Kristina has got 30 years experience maybe she's forgetful and then you cancel 30 minutes before a class again I'm speaking with American Express but I would just advise anybody looking at the school don't sign up. There's other places to take classes. You can never get anybody on the phone and when you do try to call the school the person that answers the phone was Kristina. It's like a one woman show There's nobody to answer this phone. There's nobody when you go to their office. It's like the one professor, Kristina, I guess she kind of runs it but anyways I'm dealing with American Express because I'm not paying for 30 classes when I took six but be very very cautious. If you decide to take classes from this school be very cautious I would look for other schools that teach Spanish. Kristina also told me she might be going to Washington in May so she didn't know if she was still gonna be my professor or not. I don't know what that exactly meant but just be aware that there are other language classes out there this is not I don't think a professional reputable language class and like I said, you can never get anybody on the phone except Kristina I think all the calls go to her home phone number or her house and I keep getting an email from some student affairs Director, Ramon , who I have asked numerous times to call me. His name was Ramon. Well guess what? I never get a phone call so again I would never never recommend Ceves Spanish language Schools. I'm sorry, but Kristina is not a good professor. I say she did to me exactly what she's done to other people when I read their reviews, but I will get my money back, but like I said, do not do not take classes from this school you'll be very sorry you did.

This is a great Spanish school. After many failed attempts to learn Spanish, it's the first place…read morethat's helped me to see Spanish as a language rather than just words that I don't understand. After taking the beginners fast track I'm signing up to do the intermediate. Cristina who is a fantastic and experienced professor, knows how people learn and takes time to understand each students challenges and adapts to them. You have to spend time outside of class to practice with the course material which is very comprehensive.

Struggling with keeping up with our daughters school standards in Kindergarten we were searching…read morefor any program that could help. Her school offered tutoring but in no way shape or form could present the curriculum or plan. Her confidence was low and every parent teacher meeting left us feeling helpless since we were doing everything we could to boost skills at home. A close friend of our reccomended Kumon at the Tower Shops after hearing our daughter was doing summer school instead of camp. We started her immediatly the next week and we were astonished at the mountains she had overcome during the summer. When the school year began she was not even phased at her classwork and in our household Kumon became mandatory before homework. You know "eat the frog first" kind of thinking. It is a lot of work on top of homework and at times we were concerned if she was working to hard. Than she started getting faster and faster at mathematical computations. She began reading harder and harder books. Her handwriting improved. Most importantly she became disciplined all her own. Looking forward to her next Kumon buck and getting dissapointed when she had not completed the work. She was confident and assertive in her classroom. The owner requires a sit down every six months and has an open appointment policy whenever we feel as though our daughter is struggling. She definitely a no nonsense woman but was always very helpful when we needed. As an unconventional family with mt husband being asian and adopted our latin and caucasian daughter we never experienced racism? The owner was nothing but helpful and even worked hard to find another Kumon in our new location. Thank you Mrs. Ireen and all the tutors that helped our daughter get to where shes at. Were happy to say our daughter is a Kumon kid!

I don't have any good recommendations about this place. It…read moreall begins in an office in the back of the facility where Ms. Farahana acts as a typical Salesperson. There is little to no communication between parents and staff. This place is ALL about $$$ not academics. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was the fact that she thinks that is OK to charge for services not rendered during COVID-19 pandemic. The governor ordered a "stay at home" and we couldn't leave the house. She still charges us because that's their policy. Even during a pandemic it's all about $$$$ Shame on you!!! I def don't recommend this location to anyone!!!

Best reading system that there is , my daughter has learned so much , and gained her confidence…read moreback after struggling with reading for year . MRS. Sandra it's great ,she care so much for each kid best decision I had made for my Daughter. Quiero empezar diciendo que este sistema de aprendizaje de verdad funciona , yo he tratado con mi hija muchos otras maneras de lectura y ninguno funcionó , hasta que encontré este lugar es verdaderamente una salvación. Me acompañan a las conferencias con los maestros y la verdad es que pelean por los derechos de tus hijos como si fueran sus propios ,estoy muy agradecida , la señora SANDRA ES INCREÍBLE ELLA SE TOMA LA EDUCACIÓN DE CADA NIÑO SÚPER PERSONAL Y LE IMPORTA DE QUE CADA UNO DE ELLOS APRENDAN . GRACIAS

My daughter was adopted from foster care. With close work between the school, home, and tutoring at…read moreThe tutoring center, she is now a straight A student and will soon be off her IEP. She hasn't even been in tutoring for a full year and is at grade level. She enjoys tutoring and asked to keep going. Highly recommend