CLIENT CASE STUDIES

Listen & Learn: Hi Jared, thanks for taking the time to talk to us today!
Jared: No problem!

Listen & Learn: Could you please tell us a little about yourself?
Jared: My name is Jared, I'm in my early 30s and work in the telecommunications industry.

Listen & Learn: When did you start studying with Listen & Learn?
Jared: It was during the fall of 2012

Listen & Learn: Which language did you study?
Jared: Dutch

Listen & Learn: Why? What were your reasons and goals?
Jared: During the spring of 2009, I took a trip to England and the Netherlands. Since it was my first time outside of North America, I was quite fascinated by the foreign (to me) language that everyone was speaking. I was particularly intrigued by the fact that a great deal of words were very similar (if not the same) and decided to learn it.

Listen & Learn: Why did you choose Listen & Learn?
Jared: Since I work full time, I couldn't follow a typical university language course. I had taken a one week Dutch crash course while in the Netherlands but hadn't been able to find a way to continue back in Canada. Listen & Learn came up in a web search and so I decided to send an email asking about Dutch lessons. The response was very fast and Julieta (my coordinator from Listen & Learn) was able to find a highly qualified teacher in my province.

Listen & Learn: Was Listen & Learn helpful?
Jared: Yes!

Listen & Learn: What was the most helpful thing?
Jared: My teacher was excellent - the course was one-to-one so it was perfectly tailored to what I was looking for. Since everything was so good, I couldn't single out one thing as being the most helpful.

Listen & Learn: Would you recommend Listen & Learn?
Jared: Yes, of course.

Listen & Learn: And on a final note, what's your favorite saying in your new language?
Jared: This is a tough question to answer as I don't normally think of these sorts of things but I would have to say Het gaat zoals het gaat. which roughly means, “It goes how it goes.”