About the course:
Hello,
I had a great time in Cambridge and unfortunately have to admit that a month was short. The time is quickly passed and it took a good week until you get used to everything and the right people has found.
Cambridge is a beautiful city, I can only recommend a stay for a study trip. You can here a lot to do (cultural, but also in the evening a lot going on in the pubs), yet the city is not too big and you can very well move to a rented bicycle.
In general, the school has fallen to me. The staff (organizers, teachers, ...) are all super friendly. However, I would hope that a grüßerer proportion of the staff has English as a first language. Furthermore acts partly some pretty disorganized (as German, I'm probably very fussy). The classification in the levels is good and you can always find the right person, just in case questions arise. Unfortunately, I did not show a teacher competent enough for my 'advanced course' because they could not answer most questions that were asked spontaneously. So far, unfortunately not yet responded to our request to replace the teacher or to find another solution.
But generally I fande my courses well, they were fun and brought a lot. Especially the Business English course, I also found very helpful.
The school is very small and that's a good thing! We know very quickly the staff and most of the students.
Referred is to the small proportion of Germans. And in fact, I have only met a German. Still, I find it ägerlich that about 30% of Italians; 30% Asian and 20% Spanish were there. So you see often groups of Italians, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese, who do not speak English during the breaks and separate themselves. The time is often spent in these small groups, which I find very unfortunate. This allows the connection falls not as easy as I had imagined (even though I have a very open personality!).
Now to the area: I have lived in the residence Tripos Court. The location is great (10 minutes to school or to the city center by bike). As the train tracks directly adjacent, it is not exactly quiet, but that did not bother me. The rooms are small, but it works! I (and many other students) did, however, have to complain about the mattress me since this was worn out. This was very quickly replaced with me luckily (others were not so lucky and had to wait a long time). The room is not very clean and so far my room was not cleaned once, though every week should be done once. The biggest drawback, however, is for me the kitchen: The shared with five other people, sometimes even more people to cook it, which are to visit. Not everyone does the dishes properly and often is still a few days after the one or other rum dirty pan in the kitchen and the stove is filthy really bad. Here would be better cracked down.
If I were to ask someone if I can recommend a language course in Cambridge, I would say:
Yes, Cambridge is beautiful and you can fear to speak English overcome. You should, however, take about 2 months (shorter is too short and with a longer duration you may get quickly the crisis, see above review). Such a language trip is very expensive, but I think that this pays off because you really experienced many beautiful things.
Course taken:
July 2020
Would you recommend this course?:
Yes