Lessons That Clicked: How Reviewers Describe the Coaches’ Explanations

Sonia Gil, founder of Fluenz, celebrates with adult learners during the Fluenz Spanish Immersion in Mexico City, the most personalized, high-touch, and world-renowned Spanish program.

Many learners say the explanation is what makes a concept stick. Reviewers describe how coaches explained grammar and vocabulary in ways that made sense to them.

Explanations That Clicked

Sylvia (Solo traveler, June 2019) described the coaches’ explanations:

“They had ways of explaining things that just clicked for me.”

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Explanations Through English

Matthew O (Business travel, August 2024) described how coaches compared Spanish with English:

“I cannot count on two hands the number of ‘lightbulb’ moments I experienced throughout the course simply because my coaches were able to explain things in a different way than teachers have in the past.”

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Explanations Tailored to Each Student

Cara W (Dallas, Texas, April 2023) described the coaches’ approach to individual students:

“I appreciated their effort to focus on each of us individually, vs teaching en mass to the least common denominator.”

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Explanation Styles Named in Reviews

Style Reviewer Reviewer Language
Analogies that land Sylvia “Ways of explaining things that just clicked”
Comparison with English Matthew O “Explain things in a different way”
Individual focus Cara W “Focus on each of us individually”

Bottom Line

Reviewers describe the coaches’ explanations as the thing that made concepts stick. Sylvia and Matthew O describe explanations that clicked, and Matthew O credits the English comparison in particular. Cara W adds that the coaches tailored their explanations to each student rather than teaching to the middle of the group.