WHAT MY STUDENTS THINK OF ME:
I just finished level 5 with Gloria and I'm SO grateful for my experience! Gloria is such an amazing teacher and would highly recommend to anyone - she's patient, kind, organized, prepared, and gives really great explanations. Her classes are almost 100% in Spanish and even if something isn't clear, she finds a way to break it down to make you can understand it. She is passionate about teaching and it really shows. She also takes to the time to get to know every student which we all really appreciated. I look forward to more classes with Gloria in the future!
Elena Bonomo, Drummer for Broadway’s musical SIX
Gloria has been tutoring my children (9 and 7) for over 3 years. My children have learned a great deal from her and she continues to inspire them to enjoy learning and using Spanish. Her lessons are fun and engaging. My children adore her and their level of fluency continues to grow across the board (speaking, reading, writing, grammar). Gloria has taught my children both in person and online, she excels in keeping my kids on task and learning in both settings.
Amanda Boening, NYC
Gloria is outstanding! She is a phenomenal teacher, who is not only fluent in Spanish, but also in English. This is important because she has taught both Spanish and English to language students. The level 4 class was in 98% Spanish. Gloria's deep understanding of the syntax of both languages enabled her to explain ‘the why´ certain rules pertained to Spanish and not to English. I live in South Texas and I speak Spanish daily. I joined Berges to improve my colloquial Spanish. Because I communicate in Spanish daily, it is often more challenging to break my old habits, especially since they have been successful in the past Gloria’s mastery of Spanish and English grammar is essential in helping me improve my Spanish. She is patient, yet firm. She knows her stuff, so my challenging questions don't bother her. I had a difficult time grasping pronouns for direct and indirect objects- Gloria went above and beyond, by providing additional exercises for me and my fellow classmates. I am grateful for her willingness to answer all of my ´why´ questions. There are times when I still don't agree, however Gloria has the explanation, with the rule and the example, to support her point of view. I don't this this would be possible without her background.
Jiea Rutland-Simpson
Gloria is an excellent teacher. As a career technical trainer, I have a very good feel for the quality of an instructor. Gloria does some great things in the classroom: she tries to keep everyone on the same page while only using Spanish. By adding some visuals, like hand gestures, she can explain grammar, all in Spanish, and most people can get it. One of her greatest skills as a teacher is that she can tell where each individual student is and adjusts her explanations accordingly as needed. She is excellent at figuring out how high she can raise the bar on each student without overwhelming them. From my experience teaching I know it is important for people to be comfortable in a setting where they can easily embarrass themselves. Gloria is very good at keeping that delicate balance between pushing the class forward without leaving people behind.
Michael Witherspoon - Senior technical Trainer at ACXIOM
Gloria always meets me where I am and then challenges me from that level to progress. She is always direct but positive. Learning a new language can make you feel vulnerable. She is never belittling and always encourages me to try, even if I make mistakes.
Ed Kaufmann, coffee trader at InterAmerican Coffee, Inc. (NJ)
Gloria is an amazing person and an amazing tutor. She is so accommodating and will establish a study plan that meets your personal and work needs. I wanted to be able to speak to my patients in Spanish, she went out of her way to develop dialogue that I could use at work and even created scenarios using pictures of broken bones being that I work in orthopedics. I cannot recommend her enough and I hope to work with her again!
Gianna Scaglione, Physician Assistant at Jersey City Medical Center
Gloria is wonderful. She has been teaching Spanish to our nine-year-old for a little over a year now and is always very well prepared and thoughtful about each lesson. She really focuses on comprehension and building an understanding of the language through context and active listening. She sends a follow-up after each lesson with what was covered and what to focus on to prepare for the next lesson. Learning is both structured and fun, and my daughter looks forward to each lesson.
Theresa Meyer, Head of Product at Time Out
I have come to find my weekly sessions with Gloria to be a highlight of my week! She is patient, thoughtful and fun. I would definitely recommend Gloria!
Tara Mulloy, Marketing and Communications
I have thoroughly enjoyed by Spanish lessons with Gloria. She is well organized and structured in her approach to teaching which is so helpful especially when you are a beginner and trying to grasp the basics. Each lesson has been uniquely customized to my level and progress. Gloria is extremely patient and finds ways to keep the lessons fun and interesting while at the same time making them challenging enough to enable you to progress. Gloria is an excellent teacher and I can’t recommend her enough!
Robyn Oates, Finance Specialist at UNO
Friendly, attentive and a fantastic teacher! I take weekly lessons and support with apps. Within 8 week I've been able to have basic conversations. Look no further. Gracias Gloria!
Jay Rinsky, Little Cinema Creative Director and Audio-Visual DJ
Gloria is a fantastic teacher! She meets me at a time that works for me at my home and tailors the lesson plans to my abilities. I love that her style is conversational and the subjects we speak about are relevant to real life. She's extremely responsive about scheduling changes and questions throughout the week. It's been a pleasure getting to know her and learn from her. I feel lucky I found her—she's a very important part of my week.
Alexandra Weiss, SVP of Marketing at Glossier
Gloria is an excellent teacher who knows the right techniques to use so I get the most out of her lessons. She is friendly and organized and I look forward to our sessions. I'm happy that I found Gloria.
Shelley Einhorn, Trustee at the Einhorn Family Foundation
She turned Myles into an A student after one lesson!!! Myles fought having a tutor but now swears by Gloria!!!! Highly recommended!
Glen Roven, Composer & CD Producer
Working with Gloria was very enjoyable. She was exceptionally patient and made all our lessons and interactions enjoyable.
Graeme Conway, Senior Managing Director at Macquarie
Gloria is an excellent teacher. She has a great approach to teaching a language that is patient, considered and is able to adapt the lessons to tailor to myself as a student. She is also particular good at prioritizing what is taught, so you are not slowed down by minutia which takes away the fun of learning a language.
Evet Jean, Music Manager
I had several last minute projects sprung on me and Gloria saved my butt time and again. She is well-prepared, insightful, and goes the extra mile to make sure you get what you need. Highly highly recommended! Consistently terrific.
Gabriel Sloyer, Actor
Gloria's method of teaching is both simple and easy to process. She customized her approach specifically to my needs to maximize my take-away. Every week Gloria prepared a slide presentation that was tailored to our lesson, she would then send those slides to me after the class to study and assist in my progression. Gloria met me at work once a week, which for someone who is busy was very convenient. All around I have had a great experience and recommend Gloria for any level of teaching Spanish.
Heather Lacouture, Market Researcher
Gloria is an amazing teacher and I would highly recommend her! She is an organized professional who always arrives on time. I am a beginner student and Gloria is very patient. She uses different learning techniques and customizes the class to my needs
Alexandra Pethtel, Designer
I started working with Gloria 4 months ago to refresh my high school Spanish which I had mostly forgotten (35 years later!). Gloria has made the lessons fun and interesting with individualized power point presentations. Gloria is very kind and experienced and I feel I am progressing rapidly. I highly recommend Gloria as a Spanish teacher. Isabelle
Isabelle Autones, Architect
Gloria has been such a great tutor. She has truly been a blessing! Gloria created lessons based on my needs, tailoring each class around what I wanted out of the class. She's patient, encouraging and pleasant to learn from. We formed a nice bond and I always look forward to our lessons. I began with no Spanish skills and in just a few months I feel like an intermediate. All I have is rave reviews and highly recommend her as a Spanish tutor!!
Rebecca Chasin, Roof Top Gardener
Gloria is great! I've been taking lessons with her for about six months now! I started at a beginner/intermediate level and Gloria is able to tailor all of the lessons to meet my needs exactly. She uses a fun combination of work books, YouTube videos, and conversation to provide a great learning environment. I couldn't recommend her more!
Cody Healey-Conelly, Artist
Gloria is an amazing Spanish teacher! She is very patient and does a great job of explaining the many, many, many questions I have. She comes to class on-time and well-prepared with a lesson that is tailored specifically to me. I could not recommend her more!
Brandon Denney, Engineer
When I reached out to Ms. Alveal initially, I had zero experience with Spanish and with her help, I managed to attain basic conversational proficiency within a few months. I recommend her lessons to any beginner like myself.
Hamdi Soysal, Law School Student
Gloria is a consummate professional with substantive and logical lessons that make learning fun and rewarding. Her materials are well thought out and her attention to detail really shines through. You will learn the language as well as all the nuances that you can't receive with online classes or learning by a book. I highly recommend Gloria if you really want to learn Spanish.
Earl Thorpe, Pastor at Church-in-the-garden
I have had many tutors in the past and Gloria is by far the best I have experienced. She is so patient and thorough in her lessons. I already feel much more confident using Spanish in conversation in the short time I have been working with her. I highly recommend Gloria to anyone looking to learn Spanish at any level.
Jane Harris, Sales Associate at Stella MacCartney
Gloria is an excellent teacher. I started with a very basic vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure, and after 6 classes I am feeling more conversationally comfortable. She is patient and organized, taking you through each subject methodically and with the purpose to build the foundation of your Spanish. I look forward to continuing to work on my Spanish with Gloria, targeting to get to a conversationally fluent level by our 20th class.
Lindsey Harris
Gloria is a fantastic teacher who personalizes each of her student's journeys through the Spanish language. She is flexible, personable and ensures that her students learn quickly and efficiently.
Kara Rosenberg
Gloria is a caring professional who is gifted in teaching Spanish. My children loved doing the classes with her and will be starting the classes again later this year. She offers a fair price for what she does. I highly recommend her.
Denise Varela
Fantastic, patient teacher. Helped me expedite and resurrect all of my Spanish quickly! Gracias!
Daniel Sperling
Gloria is a warm and thoughtful teacher. She has excellent materials but is also willing to customize the lessons to the student's needs. Very professional but also a great sense of humor, and she continues to push me into new Spanish language territory. I've enjoyed working with Gloria!
Gaurav Sharma
Gloria is outstanding! She is punctual, patient, and prepared for every class! She employs a unique and efficient teaching method that really engages her students! I'm excited to continue learning Spanish with her.
Sarah Watterson
Gloria has been very helpful in increasing my son's proficiency in Spanish. She is very dedicated, reliable, and organized with lessons. She prepares for each lesson to make it most productive.
Jenya Vaysburd
She only speaks Spanish in class and never slows down so that I get used to native Spanish which I really appreciate. She tries to come up with new materials as she gets to know my needs better. She is always available via email or text. Her response is extremely quick. She is always full of energy.
Michiko Boyer
Excellent and very experienced teacher. Strongly recommend.
Alessandro Epasto
After a few months working with Gloria, I can confidently say she is a fantastic tutor. She manages to create a relaxed and conversational atmosphere during our lessons, yet she is exacting and pushes me constantly to use better better grammar and expand my vocabulary. I hope to continue to work with her in the future!
Noha Sterngold
Great experience - Gloria is very committed, knowledgeable and patient explaining concepts.
Amal Rahuman
Gloria's been very good from the get go, adapting to the attention span of a 4-year-old and engaging him with fun elements in tandem to the lesson plan. Each session shows improvement on both sides: her tailoring the content & games to his interests, and he responding positively and clearly expanding his vocabulary and understanding of Spanish. And so I foresee what ranked "Good" today evolving to "Excellent" in the not-too-distant future.
Miguel Ferrer
Gloria Alveal is simply phenomenal. She connected immediately with our son and built his confidence to take on a multi-day Spanish final exam. She is positive, fun and focused on results. We are looking forward to working with Gloria again next school year - a true professional and absolute pleasure!
Jan Sage
Great teacher!!! She is well organized and prepared. She come to class with lessons prepared and designed for me. I will recommend 100% to Gloria
Pamela Jimenez
Very helpful and patient. I'm enjoying my learning experience with Gloria and look forward to more lessons.
William Bernhardt
She is an excellent teacher! I took 10 classes and my advances were significant and I feel much more confident with my English. She was also very flexible with hours and meeting locations. I recommend Gloria 100%!
Ariel Yevara
Well prepared, variety of materials, I like and really enjoy the customized classes plus Gloria's interest in exploring her student's culture is admirable! Thanks
Piotr Lodek
Well done, my son was very happy with her. She explained the lesson well and went through all the questions afterward.
Donna Lewan
Such a great, thorough and patient teacher! And a great person. Creates individual lesson plans for each student. Highly recommend.
Karley Sciortino, Columnist at Vogue magazine
Gloria provides very clear and structured lessons tailored to the student's needs. Scheduling never felt difficult and my Spanish skills have definitely improved.
Clement Rosen
Gloria is always on time and follows up on her to-dos
Janice Tan
I really feel super with Gloria as a teacher I have good feedback about it alone, I hope this helps other students to take classes with her.
Alvaro De Leon
On behalf of Dan Sperling (student) - Gloria has been nothing short of exceptional. She catered the curriculum exactly to my skill set - which helped me grow at a very quick pace.
Camille R.