OCTB Spanish ClassesReviews of octb.us

This platform has been transformative. I had studied abroad in Latin America when I was in undergrad college but over the last few years my Spanish had gotten rusty. Through classes with phenomenal teachers, Veronica, Sandra, Yessica and Patricia, I have gained more confidence and comfort with the language than I ever did before. Now I feel comfortable speaking about concepts at my professional job, writing and reading articles on my free time and fallen in love with the language. After a year of zoom classes, I feel personally connected with the teachers and encouraged to grow. While I had knowledge of Spanish grammar and a foundation before I joined OCTB, this program is great for all levels. The set up is individually tailored to each student. This is better than any university course I took and beauty is to be able to schedule classes at your convenience. I cannot say enough good things about this program and i learn something new every time I log on.

I have been learning Spanish with YouTube and Duolingo for a few years. As of today, my current Duolingo streak is 767 days. But I was never going to speak Spanish that way. I needed soemthing more. I discovered OCTB in January/22. I love it! I connect with native speakers in 1on1 zoom sessions and actually hear and speak Spanish. Each instructor offers unique styles and we discuss different topics. But each class is tracked in the OCTB software where I can review each lesson. The instructors log our conversations and highlight areas of improvement - "mi tarea". I recommend everyone wanting to learn Spanish to give OCTB a try. Do not be intimidated. I am from Canada and have very little opportunity to hear Spanish - much less speak it. But I have had more than 40 classes with 5 different instructors and each has been fantastic. Easy to understand and very good at coaching me to start speaking spanish. What got me to register for the first free lesson was a YouTube video. Look for "Overcome the Barrier" "Spanish live lesson with a native speaker". It walks through an example class. So I clicked the link for the free lesson. Since that first lesson, I have been doing about 3 sessions every week. Once of the best parts of OCTB is the scheduling. You basically have "minutes" that you can schedule with instructors. And it is very flexible. While you can set "recurring", I usually adjust my schedule every week as I have time. There are many instructors - so you find someone that can align with your schedule, even it if needs to be a class Saturday at 6AM or one for Tuesdays at 9:30pm. So keep up your Duolingo - the grammer and structure is very helpful. But actually talking with someone in Spanish is so much better! Rob

I couldn’t have imagined a better platform for me to learn and practice Spanish. Veronica is amazing!

I have been wanting to learn Spanish for a long time but the main barriers were time and cost. OCTB has offered this beautiful flexibility in scheduling your classes and is very reasonably priced. I have been taking my classes with Mrs. Valeria and she has been great at adapting to my scheduling and going at a slow pace as I came with no background at all in Spanish. Very grateful.

I started Spanish beginners classes last year for my kid. The teacher we got is excellent with kids. She taught so well and eased our concerns when we said we need more help as we don't know any Spanish. She used to teach in way that was both entertaining and useful that my kid started even talking small sentences. I see very good progress in her Spanish vocabulary. I liked ease of scheduling classes at our convenience and individual attention for the kid. The only reason I took out 1 star is the new teacher took almost 8 classes to figure out at what level is my kid's Spanish. I would've liked more if there is some way that when we change to new teacher, they can see where the kid's level is.

I enjoy my classes with Manuel. He is knowledgeable, patient and communicates well. I'm learning at my own pace and getting more comfortable with the language each lesson.

OTCB has really improved my language skills. The online platform made it easy to schedule language lessons no matter where I am (I travel a lot so it has been amazingly helpful!). I like the structure of having homework and corrections from each lesson. It really forces me to review my grammar and vocabulary learned on each lesson. Overall very pleased with OCTB and my instructor!

OCTB helped me become bilingual at my job! I had a history of formal Spanish lessons, and wanted to refresh my skills after a long break. With my tutor, Valeria, we tailored each lesson to a grammar concept I had forgotten, or wanted more clarity on. We worked at my pace, and she customized each class to my knowledge and the specific vocab I wanted to learn. I look forward to each lesson!