As a working adult, coming to study Spanish for three weeks is a big investment of time and money. It’s also a mental challenge. I have come to profoundly understand how the language and culture are connected. The Spanish culture and environment are part of the process of learning. I have also learnt about my own culture and about the cultures of my classmates. The teachers at Taronja are personable and have an encouraging attitude. To learn the language you need a lot of time, practice and patience; and more time, practice and patience. I need a lot more of all of these. So many times, during these weeks I have felt almost depressed by the learning of Spanish, and at the same time have found Spanish more interesting, and it fascinates me more than any other language, it’s also very difficult to grasp. After this time in Valencia, I am going to continue with my life long journey with Spanish. Taronja has reawoken anew my curiosity with Spanish and I will continue feeding it. I have also promised myself to enjoy more things I know and to try and have a curious attitude towards the irregular forms and endless exceptions you need to learn.

My linguistic stay in Valencia was very short but intense and fruitful. The city is wonderful, rich in culture and history. The location of the school is perfect, in the centre of the city. The team is friendly and attentive to the needs of students. The teachers teach well and are original and agreeable. Everyday there is something new to do. I met people from all over the world and learnt a lot in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. I am satisfied with my experience and would recomend the school to other students.

Gracias por cuatros semanas muy divertidas en Taronja. Mi español ha mejorado muchísimo gracias a los profesores, sobre todo a Flor con quien tuve las clases durante dos semanas. Es la manera más rápida de aprender y mejorar tu nivel de español. ¡Lo recomiendo a todos! P.D. ¡Gracias a Carmina también por haber enseñando me unas frases muy útiles!

I like the school Taronja a lot. Everything is great. I have studied a lot and after a week I am capable of speaking a bit. I chose Taronja owing to comments on the internet and it was the right choice. Everything was perfect. The organisation, the information  and last but not least the staff. Everyone was very friendly, and helpful with any kind of information. The teachers did a very good job even if the methods (only one) could be adapted. Also the activities proposed by the school are very nice and help you get to know other participants and to practice the language. The accomodation was perfect! So I will come again and definitely recommend Taronja!

In these two weeks we have had a lot of fun and have learnt new words and expressions. We have grown as people and students. We are never going to forget this experience!

Luana and Giorgia

We have spent two weeks here we will never forget! The people of Valencia are agreeable and the places are amazing. Valencia is a very pretty city! Thank you for everything!

Francesca, Paola, Greta, Martina, Gava and Letiza

I think the school is very well organised. I would love to study here. Everyone who works here is fun and friendly. My Spanish family is amazing! I hope to return here in the future.

Noemile

The school is very nice. The teachers are excellent. The clases are very interesting. We love Valencia. Valencia is very big and very very pretty and clean, but it´s very hot and there is a lot of sun, much more than in Poland. The families are very good and talk with us a lot.

Kecbout, Karper and Kirber

The school is very very very good and the teachers are great. The activities are very interesting but it´s very hot. Valencia is very pretty and big but the people don´t speak much English. We like Valencia and Taronja.

Amelka, Donske, Sofia y Chojmecke

Pedro and I went to Valencia for one week, but we saw lots of of things in Valencia. For example: Mestalla, the Plaza de Torros, the Central Market and the City of Arts and Sciences. We like the architecture of Valencia a lot, it´s different to Opole. We like Taronja school. The teachers are very nice. We like Carmina and Alice a lot, but the others are good. All are very friendly and fun. Opole is very dirty, but in Valencia I walked in the street without shoes. We like Valencia, Taronja school, our families and the teachers a lot.

Pedro

The school is very good, the clases are nice, the teachers are fresh. Valencia is a very pretty and clean city. I like the activities. The Central Market is very pretty. There is very good food here. Spain is a very pretty country.

Ewa

We love the teachers. In class there is always a fun atmosphere. The people are friendly and the teachers in Taronja are very cool. We have learnt a lot in this trip.

Joanna and Natalia

Our adventure in Valencia was wonderful. We have learnt a lot. It was an incredible experience. We have been in Valencia for the first time. In the school the teachers are very friendly and fun. It´s very hot in Valencia, but this passed. We already want to return here. We will miss you! Thank you for everything.

Juloa, Julia, Alex, Julia and Julia

The teachers at Taronja are very friendly and have godo ideas for clases. We have liked our time in Valencia very much, but it´s very hot. We have also liked the very pretty beach. We think that Valencia is a very big city, and open to tourists.

Marysia, Weronika and Eukasz

We like the school Taronja because the teachers are friendly, the classes are modern and the school is very pretty. Valencia is mdoern and pretty as well, the people open and happy. We do not want to return to our house, but tacobel is expensive. We feel good here.

Timotheo, Patrick, Radek, Tibor y David

The school is very good. The teachers are friendly and intelligent and teach well. Taronja is modern and has pretty decorations with electronic devices. The patio is big and we have spent good time there. Valencia is very big and very pretty. It´s very hot, but we like that. Valencia has a good atmosphere. We have feelt good here and we want to return.

Zuzia, Madzia, Marysia, Lavra and Natalia

Our stay in Valencia was unforgettable. Taronja is recomendable and very modern. All the teachers are young, successful and useful. We know a lot more after studying in Taronja. We had a very agreeable time here. Except studying, we visited a lot of things. Above all, the old city, aquarium and Fallero museum. The best day was when we went to the beach to sun bathe.

Niktoria and Pola

Valencia is very pretty. We like the aquarium and gardens a lot. Our host families were also very  happy and agreeable. We love the food the families prepared. We like the beach but we did not go there many times. The weather was not good because there was a storm for two days. Dispite time, we liked the excursions.

Asia and Paulina

I like the architecture of Valencia a lot, I think that it is very pretty. I love the school Taronja. We have studied a lot more than in Poland. Now I like Spanish a lot more. The climate and culture are very interesting.

Kinga, Kinga and Julia

We think that Valencia is very pretty and ancient. The city is also entertaining as there a lots of bars and restaurants. The school Taronja is well organised and the teachers are sound types and amicable. The house is comfortable and nice. There is a lot of food, tasty and abundant. We would like to return to Valencia in the future.

Agata and Kornelia

The city is very pretty and ancient. El Carmen is our favourite neighbourhood. The families are very agreeable and sweet. The teachers (especially Viktorie) are maravelous. The socio-cultural activities are very nice. We like the school Taronja.

Agata and Magda

Valencia is very pretty and hot. Our favourite neighbourhood is El Carmen because it´s very alternative and artistic. The Valencians greet us, all are helpful and are happy. The teachers at Taronja are very fun. We are going to go out in Gdansk satisfied and with a smile.

Julia, Paulina and Saundra

As to Valencia, it´s a very varied and pretty city. On the one hand, there are very old buildings, traditional and with marvelous decoration. On the other, you can see very modern buildings of glass and metal. Taronja taught us lots of things, the majority very useful which were usable in this trip. Thank you to all! Long live chef Nando!

Zuzia y Martie

Valencia is very pretty, interesting and is full of monuments and pretty buildings. The people are very friendly and open. We love the classes because they are different and more interesting that the ones in our school in Poland. The teachers are fun and nice. Everything about the school we like very much. We are in love with the city and we want to return to Valencia in the future.

Olga, Isabela, Susana, Paulina and Margarita.

We found everything to be wonderful and powerful. Valencia is beautiful! The activities were fun and interesting. We liked it.

Yoica, Joyce, Roy and Kendra.

Valencia gave us a fantastic experience that we had during the last two weeks of »Fallas», which was a great show. Every day fireworks and also good weather. The Spanish classes and workshops we had, were very instructive and very enthusiastic teachers. We would recommend this course to anyone. Kisses.

David, Kyo, and Ilvy.

Hi. I’m from Netherlands. I’m 20 years old and I’m studying art and design at the Noorderpoort in Groningen. We’re her for two weeks, including the Fallas Festival. So about the country: I really love the weather, the people and the fine prices. Also my guest family. They are such a nice family. I really like them. The thing I don’t like is the amount of people. It’s so crowdy, don’t like it, sorry. But the party’s are much fun, and the beer is so cheep. This two weeks we are studying at Taronja school. The teachers are so nice and the classes are fun. I would love to come again. Hope to see all of the people again!

Milotte.

We’re from the Netherlands. We’re studying art and design. The most likable things are: streetart, food, fallas, weather, spanish lessons, the people and architecture. The streetart is for more interesting than in our hometown. We love the spanish people greet each other. The fallas is the most spectacular thing by for…

Anonymous.

I’m from Netherlands. I study art and design at KTM Nooderpoort. I really liked the food, fallas, people, school, teachers and my host family. The fallas is great. Every day were amazing. I really going to miss Valencia so much. ¡Me gusta mucho Valencia!

Anonymous.

Hello. I’m from Holland. I’m studying art and design in Groningen. I really enjoyed my time in Valencia, it’s a beautiful city and the people are really kind. In fallas there was a lot of Fireworks. I also liked the ‘’mascletá’’. The weather is really nice, and if you want to relax you can go to the most beautiful bach I’ve ever seen.

Anhie.

Hi, we’re italian. The experience in Valencia was very good and we learn a lot of things with the teachers, that are very nice. We did a lot of interesting activities: we were at the principal station, the market, at the ‘’casco angtiguo’’, at the beach and at the Oceanografico. We also eat typical food of Valencia like ‘’tapas and paella.’’ The city of Valencia is very beautiful, especially for kids. The people was very nice and lovely. We loved this experience and for this we won’t come back to Italy.

Elena, Giorgia, Lorenzo,Camilla and Eleonora.

Hi. We live in Italy, near Rome and we come from the linguistic school ‘’Isabella D’este’’.Valencia is a very amazing city, full of history and at the same time interesting for kids. We visited a lot of monuments like ‘’torre del miguelete, la plaza de l’ayuntamiento and las torres de serrano’’ that we particularly liked. Also we tried typical food of the city como ‘’paella and horchata, (but we prefer italian food!)The experience was beautiful, we learned a lot of things, we have improved our level of Spanish and we have a lot of fun!

Chiara, Ludovica, Giada, Paola, Carolina and Sara.

Our first time in Valencia at the Taronja School was very useful, especially for the conversation. The school was very good and the teachers were very nice and we helped a lot. We want to do a lot of activities in the evening: we liked our free time to go out and do shopping, but activities were a little bit boring, but this week was very funny and we took the opportunity to practice our spanish.

Anonimo.

A wonderful experience! The school was very beautiful and also the teachers were very lovely and nice. Valencia is a very beautiful city and we think that we will come back.

Elisa, Marco, Arianna, Tina.

Taronja school is very beautiful and funny, and teachers were very nice, for this they worked very well with kids. The lessons were very interesting and never boring. The walls of the school are full of color. It was very funny do activities in the Street and talking with spanish people. We would return next year!

Veronica, Silvia, Vanessa and Susanna.

Taronja school was very beautiful. We were never in a bad mood, because we have Pablo and Elisa. Pablo is a teacher very funny and very beautiful: we died laughing every time we see him. Elisa is very beautiful and funny and she likes her job. With them we learned spanish in a different way and we liked so much learn in this school even if was only for a week. We will miss a lot Pablo and Elisa! You’re very funny and lovely with us.

Simone, Valentina, Federico, Giorgia, Alessia, Maria Francesca.

 

We are Sophia, Daniela, Patrick, Timrich, Martinus, Magdalena and Paula. We’re from Austria and today is our last day of our journey. The program of the school was very varied and funny. We had a lot of classes outside. For example we needed to ask things to people at the streets, we went to the Mercado Central to make really special food, we made a menu and wrote down the prices of the ingredients. Also Taronja organized a typical meal from Spain. We ate paella and tapas and we loved this food very much! Our journey to Valencia was a famous experience for all of the students.

Sophia, Daniela, Patrick, Timrich, Martinus, Magdalena and Paula

We are Madlene, Georgios, Pascale, Angelina, Ulrike, Laura y Julia and we’re from Austria. Our journey lasted six days. It were days with a lot of wonderful experiences, we haven’t only visited places but also we had the time to get our Spanish better. For example we visited Oceanográfico which is in The city of arts and sciences. Of course we have tried paella and delicious tapas. How tasty! Also the food from the hosts were very good, and the families were very sympathetic, funny and open. It was a bomb! An unforgettable and advisable journey. A lot of kisses from Valencia.

Madlene, Georgios, Pascale, Angelina, Ulrike, Laura y Julia

I am very satisfied with this experience. The teachers and the interns were very welcoming and opened to help you, and the classes were a good time to learn while enjoying, meeting new people connected by the same aim to learn better spanish. The activities were many and well organized, useful for talking a bit in spanish with new friends. I think I am going to repeat the experience and I would recommend it to all the people that, like me, want to have a different holiday, dedicated to have fun and at the same time learning another culture and a new language. Thank you for the spanish warmth that made my holiday amazing. I hope to see you soon!

  I loved my time in Taronja and in Valencia. I do not want to leave. It was an amazing experience. The teachers are very very good and I liked that I had many different teachers. The classes are always funny and interesting. Before coming, I forgot a lot my spanish and now, after 4 weeks, I can speak pretty well and the conversations are much easier. Taronja is also a good place to meet new people and make many friends from all the world. I recommend it to everyone!