About the course:
I hope my review will be helpful to someone who perhaps is still undecided about which school to choose. Before booking Kaplan I read hundreds of reviews of many schools and I finally opted for Kaplan International Vancouver, Canada.
I originally booked eight months of intensive Inglese with family, then when the return date was approaching, I decided to extend my stay in Vancouver the other two months, so my experience in total and was 10 months in Canada ( from January to October 2017).
Well first of all say that the school is in the center and is very close to metro and buses, restaurants, supermarkets, shopping centers, gyms, etc. The staff is exceptional, are available to help with any question, even if it does not concern the school, the teachers are all very competent, maximum class size of 12 to 15 students. various activities are organized every day and then in the school is a travel agency with which you can book trips or weekend.
The school offenses lessons in the morning and in the afternoon and you can choose which part of the day going.
I chose Canada because it is not so common for us Italians and since I did not speak English well when I arrived I did not spend all the time surrounded by Italians and in fact we were not many. I highly recommend this school and Vancouver in general because they have allowed me to greatly improve my English. The city is very safe and offers many activities throughout the year, is a multicultural city.
The school gives you the basics then it's up to you to practice what you learn in class, so when you went out with friends you only speak English.
As for the family initially it was recommended to book only a month and then look for something more econimico alone and so I did. After the first month I did not find anything so I paid for the remaining period for the family, I was convinced to get a big discount on the other hand I have applied the weekly price multiplied by the time when I would have stayed and I do not and It seemed right. Then I was told that I would have received the discount only at the time of booking and no later ..... having said that, my advice is to book everything at first and then if the family do not like it for any reason, you can always change it without supplements. This has been there the only negative point I found 10 months.
It is an experience that changes you and gives you a chance to interact with kids who come from every corner of the world, who over time become a bit 'your family !!!
Valentina
Course taken:
July 2020
Would you recommend this course?:
Yes