Josep Claret

I have now undertaken ~30 Catalan lessons with Josep, starting from almost scratch about 6 months ago. I engaged Josep to help me learn Catalan so I can better speak with my partner's family and friends in Lleida. Having tried numerous other teachers, Josep was definitely the most engaging, supportive, and helpful teacher I've had. He uses fresh materials weekly, helps prioritize learning vocab and grammar that help me near-term, all whilst educating me about important Catalan tradition and culture. Having just returned from a trip to Catalunya - I can confirm the lessons mean I understand and can participate a lot more! I am now working with Josep to complete my B1 certification in May, and certainly plan to continue working with him as far as I can. For reference, I am a monolingual native English speaker, and have found Josep brilliant for helping me grasp my first real foregin language to learn, he has a solid approach regardless of the motiviation or base level of knowledege.

In total I had more than 200 lessons with Josep and he helped me to reach a very high level en Català, almost from level zero to level C1. He always motivated me to keep going when things got difficult and supported me always to reach my goals. Josep organized perfect and adequat material for each lesson and always corrected my exercises and tasks that I did at home. The lessons are always well prepared, competent, varied and makes fun. Gràcies per la teva amistat i la teva ajuda Josep!

I had many many Spanish lessons with Josep and I learned a lot from him. He knows how to make a fun conversation using the words/grammar concepts we are working on that class. He was always well prepared and encouraged me to speak. I strongly recommend him as a Spanish teacher! It’s a pity that I cannot work with him any longer because of the time difference. Thank you so much Josep for being patient with me during the class and helping me improve my Spanish. I wish you the best! Hasta pronto!

This was my 1st lesson with Josep. He was GREAT in all ways. Totally supportive, encouraging — yet patient — yet providing excellent oral and written feedback. Josep happily adapts his teaching to the needs and desires of his students. So we spoke mainly Catalan (my priority) — but at my request also Spanish, some French and a touch of Italian. I love it when my teachers are totally fluent in multi-languages, which allows me the chance to practice switching from one to another of the languages I am learning. THANK YOU!

Josep is an amazing teacher. Engaging, helpful and intelligent. Had a fantastic start for Spanish!

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