Versa spanish academy

Cristina is a gem! She not only teaches Spanish grammar, vocabulary and expressions but she teaches us about real life in Spain. Cristina creates opportunities to teach Spanish while on a patatas bravas or croquetas tour (two classic Spanish appetizers), a tour of the city or even in a Spanish cooking class. She gets us singing and dancing in classes while teaching us about Spanish culture and customs. She has been the number one connector of all the foreigners we know in Gijon, as well. My life in Spain has been enriched in so many ways by being Cristina’s student and I plan to stay in her classes as long as I’m here!

The first day I stepped into Cristina’s class two years ago, I was taken by her sense of joy, her humor, and her love of teaching. I came to learn not only more about the language, but also a great deal about Spanish and Asturian culture. I met all of my current Gijon friends in her classes and would consider many of them friends for life. Cristina is not only a highly educated linguist and a very talented professor, she is also one of the rare human beings that I want to be around as often as possible. I am so grateful that I found her when looking for Spanish language classes. I recommend her wholeheartedly.

Before we arrived in Asturias for the summer, I researched around the area to find something which would suit the needs of my children, my husband and myself but to no avail! Someone then recommended Cristina and she was amazing! She organised everything for our two weeks in Gijon, our children had surfing lessons whilst my husband and I learnt Spanish on a one-to-one basis and once we were finished, the children had their lessons. We asked Cristina to formalise our lessons differently as my husband and I wanted to be able to get around ie: book restaurant tables, read menu's, etc whereas we wanted it to be more formal for the children. Cristina was extremely patient and kind to us all, especially my husband and I as we found it quite hard remembering everything! She repeated work when required alongside teaching new vocabulary making us feel confident enough to ask for things in restaurants, supermarkets and shops. We enjoyed our lessons thoroughly as the content constantly changed, Cristina is so enthusiastic when teaching and the lessons were also really fun and informative, she can work with all ages and noticed when my youngest was drifting off in her own world so would play Spanish games so she could interact more which was brilliant. We enjoyed our lessons so much with her in Spain that we have decided to carry on with weekly online lessons with her. We feel very lucky to have found Cristina and I would highly recommend her to everyone.