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| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5484 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 1 of 4 03 March 2010 at 2:12am | IP Logged |
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Is it any good? I'm thinking about doing it next year for Vienna since I'm already going to Cologne this summer. Has anyone here done it? What is your opinion on it? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Beverly Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6431 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish | Message 2 of 4 09 March 2010 at 9:15pm | IP Logged |
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I'm hoping to get an answer to your question too! I'm looking at courses in Mexico with them. I spoke to somebody at Apple Languages last week and she was very helpful and they seemed reliable.
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| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5474 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 4 10 March 2010 at 1:51am | IP Logged |
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If someone posts a review of one of their schools, it may or may not be applicable to their other locations.
Remember that Apple Languages is a broker that finds students for their client schools around the world. The schools are independently owned and operated. You may have noticed that it is not possible to find contact information for the schools on the site. They don't want you to be able to bypass them and apply directly to the school. I have seen an online magazine for "language travel brokers" with a poll that asked how many of your client schools do you visit personally to assure quality - the responses varied from 50% to 100%. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| SJC Trilingual Nonaglot Newbie Switzerland Joined 6267 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: SpanishC2*, French*, EnglishC2*, ItalianC2, GermanC2, Swedish, Portuguese, Catalan, Swiss-German | Message 4 of 4 20 March 2010 at 2:25am | IP Logged |
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Microsnout is perfectly right, Apple Languages does not "own" any school as far as I know. It is also true that no
contact information for the schools they work with can be found on their website, I find it a bit sad and not necessarily a best practice in marketing. While it is obviously a barrier to contacting the school directly, it might also push the user to try to find the school (or another school) by himself and so actually have a negative effect for Apple Languages (if they lose the potential customer). I have taken two languages courses with Apple languages, both for portuguese in Portugal, one in Faro in 2006 an one in Lisbon last year. Although I had found the school official website directly on the internet (but with professional SEO's it is increasingly difficult for a school or institution to be listed at the top of the list of major search engines...) I still went through Apple Languages. There is a small fee that they will charge, which if I remember well is independent on how long you stay (the longer the better...). On the other hand there seems to be some quantity discounts that you might not get if you sign up directly on the school website (but you need to double check). Also, availability, security and simplicity of payment methods can be an issue, I remember I could pay directly with CC online through Apple Languages whereas I should have sent a fax with CC info to the School had I chosen to sign up directly with them. So it's up to you, but my advice would be to examine all options. As for the quality of the schools, Apple Languages is probably more of an online marketing business rather than a certification body.... so you'll have to do your own research to make sure I'm afraid.... 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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