Gisoel Glasgow

Fantastic experience: مدرسه رائعه، أولادي الثلاثه (بنتين وولد) درسوا عندهم برنامج في صيف ٢٠١٨، والأن يجنون الثمار، شكرا Gisoel

Negative experience: I only had a very short experience, but that was surely negative! I wanted to ask information about an English test, the person replying ignored the question and informed me that "a course" is £16/h and whether I want to proceed? Her name was Veronica, whom is one of the registered owners of this great company (check it online) I have politely asked again about the test, there the reply came - I quote - "No, we don’t. Thank you for your enquiry" I am just glad, that I could experience the great customer service quality before I have given them any money. I can send the emails to anyone who would question that happened.

Fantastic experience: Gisoel (Glasgow International School of English Language) is a great academy which helped me a lot in improving my language skills. I attended class everyday, morning and afternoon, for two months with the objective of preparing for my Academic IELTS exam. I was not even scared or nervous right before the test, instead I felt confident in my knowledge thanks to all the practice I’d done at Gisoel Glasgow. Finally, despite my low expectations, I was surprised in getting my amazing results: 8.5 overall, 7.5 writing, 8.5 speaking, 8.5 reading, 9.0 listening (9.0 being the highest mark in each category). The environment is one of the best, totally diverse and stimulating. Not static at all in the teaching method and and very multicultural with students from all over the world (e.g. Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Spain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Bolivia, Brazil…) that come and go. I also had the most fun and would honestly recommend this school to anyone who needs help refreshing their memory or improving their language regardless of their level, as the teachers here at Gisoel Glasgow engage with the students on both an individual and a collective approach.

Fantastic experience: I met really nice people here. From great teachers (Iain and Kashif) to International students who became great friends. I hope to come back next year to study IELTS. I love Scottish people. I will miss the atmosphere a lot.

Fantastic experience: I studied here for 2 weeks because I had to prepare the IELTS exam. It has been a great experience, I met really nice people and amazing teachers ( especially Kashif and Veronica). I enjoyed my course very much and I hope to come back as soon as possible! I strongly recommend Gisoel Glasgow. I scored 7.5 in the IELTS exam, thank you so much Gisoel!

Fantastic experience: Bin so froh dass ich mein Englisch Kurs bei der Gisoel Schule gebucht habe. Innerhalb von kurzer Zeit können sie mit den eigenen Tests auf mich fukusieren und schneller vorwärts bringen. Die Schule, Lehrkraft, Pause Raum, Schüler und sogar die Schulleiterin waren der absolute Hammer. Möchte es an allen, egal für wie lange die Schule dauern soll, wirklich empfehlen.

Fantastic experience: 저의 영어 이름은 ellen입니다. 저는 glasgow와GISOEL에서 있는 시간이 정말 너무 좋았습니다. 학원에서는 선생님이 너무 친절하게 해주시고 이해가 정말 잘 됐습니다. klara선생님 친절하게 대해주시고 잘 가르쳐주셔서 감사합니다.

Negative experience: El profesor era bueno, pero el método no me gustó. En el curso de "General English" no nos separaron por niveles, estábamos todos juntos lo que no nos permitía avanzar.

Positive experience: I really enjoyed my course classes and guided well by teachers. Course classes helped me alot to improve my english.

Fantastic experience: The teachers were very professional, the lessons were very fun and special Thank you for everything.

Positive experience: Hello, my teacher Klara was nice,patient,helpful,positive and experienced.My English has improved. Thank you.

Positive experience: The school was good. I met nice people and the teacher was nice, very experienced and friendly. Thank you.

Positive experience: I recommend this school because its in a very central location. I had a great time here. I met students from other countries.

Fantastic experience: I absolutely enjoyed my classes and we had a well experienced teacher. Absolutely phenomenal.

Fantastic experience: This is a good institute because my teacher is Klara was good and the lessons help me to speak with people and the cost it is good. Thanks

Positive experience: I enjoyed my time here. I consider to come back!!!! Thank you very much for everything

Negative experience: Please DON’T go to this school. 1. Very small school, only TWO classrooms, but more than 20 different courses available on the website. How is it possible? Basically, students at all levels are put in the same class. Which means A1-A2 students don't understand anything and don’t learn anything, on the other hand, C1-C2 students are bored and also don’t learn anything. Of course there's no placement test. But according to Mrs. Veronica, the owner: „mix of levels is normal practice for any school as classes can't be created for each and every level that makes no sense.” Yeah, right. Other schools simply don't offer courses which they cannot create. 2. Not all teachers are native speakers. 3. Lessons with up to five different teachers in one week. 4. Absolutely no curriculum. The first exercise in the morning is reading Metro (a free newspaper which can be found on the bus), then there are some random exercises the whole day, every day. And if someone, for example, enrolled in a 16-hour course instead of a 20-hour one, she or he is simply asked to leave the classroom one hour earlier in the afternoon, in the middle of an exercise. 5. Many weird rules. Coffee and other hot drinks are not allowed in the classroom! Warm food is not allowed in the dining room! Hot food can be only consumed standing (!) in the pretty nasty cluttered kitchen. Additionaly, the owner of the school, in her replies to the google reviews accuses students that they didn’t learn anything because they weren’t talented enough or because they weren’t long enough in the school. This is very interesting reading and another mark of the school’s professionalism. Here are a few quotes which fopefully also will help you to make the right decision: „I suggest that you either review or remove your comments, or I will take action.” „The issue is that some students come to the school and are quite frankly not IELTS level. (…)This student should be ashamed of himself for this unjust and unfair review.” „Reyes found it difficult to understand the difference between singular and plural and continued to make these basic, fundamental errors in writing tasks.” „She had a totally unrealistic approach and expectation of progress in IELTS. Reyes review was negative and rather vindictive.” „mix of levels is normal practice for any school as classes can't be created for each and every level that makes no sense.” I hope this review will warn at least some people. Unfortunately, it seems that honest reviews disappear between myriads of 5-star ones, suspiciously written in perfect English. PS. I’m writing under a pseusonym, because I don’t want to be attacked personally, like all the other authors of negative reviews. Best regards. PS2. Reply to the "Response from the owner": Instead of responding to any of my complaints, the only thing you do is wondering about my identity?! Half of my review is just your quotes, and all the rest are facts. I'm attaching a photo of the classroom, I'm also sending confirmation of my payment directly to google. (And it was the worst spent 200 pounds a week in my life.)

Fantastic experience: I studied here for 8 weeks and I believe I am now prepared to take my Cambridge FCE exam. The teachers are really dedicated and reliable. I highly recommend this school.

Fantastic experience: I was in the Elementary class. It's a good school and nice teachers. Great location. I recommend this school to all of my Saudi friends and family

Fantastic experience: I like this school its very nice , they have kind and good teachers , feeling comfortable , learning a lot of English , never feel bored while studying , all the employees are perfect .. I love this school and I will come here again .

Fantastic experience: Teachers are friendly and they are very helpful. I improved my IELTS skill a lot.

Fantastic experience: The school is very good. GREAT lessons from the teacher. Cost is better and good location too. I am Elementary student.

Fantastic experience: I had a great time here, the teachers are enthusiastic about what they do and they focus on everyone's specific language difficulties. The school is situated in an excellent position in the centre of the city and the train station is five minutes from it. I warmly recommend it.

Fantastic experience: When I arrived to Glasgow i didn't have any expectation of this academy but when i arrived the first day I felt very satisfied because all the teachers are very nice so I felt very happy. And I think that I have improved my English a lot at Gisoel. Thank you from Carlota (Spain).

Fantastic experience: I'm very happy, that I've choosen GISOEL to improve my english skills It was the best time I've ever had in Glasgow. Thanks a lot to all teachers and special thank to Kash, who has made every effort to bring me here, where I'm now! I will miss all of you, all the funny and educational moments.

Fantastic experience: I really enjoyed the time I spent in Glasgow and GISOEL. I really liked the Glasgow people. The school is located in the city centre. The teachers helped me a lot. I feel that my English has improved. The course material is good. The students room is good to relax in and have lunch. It's a good room to talk to the other students.

Fantastic experience: I had good time here. The teachers give me personal time. The class was the right level for my need. My teacher Klara was very approachable and prepared. The Head Teacher is easygoing and friendly. She helped me with booking my accommodation too.

Fantastic experience: It has been a great experience. All teachers have prepared me very well for my CAE exam. I feel more confident after being 6 weeks there. Also, I met very nice people as well as all the staff.

Fantastic experience: Lovely place! I joined this school with a view to taking an IELTS exam and improving my English skills. What I've learnt there definitely exceeded my expectations. Teachers such as Ksenia or Kashif were incredibly friendly and helpful so there was no place for shyness or embarrassment. But what I found the most useful were indispensable IELTS tips and techniques given to me by Veronica and her dedication to trace my progress and correcting my mistakes. After these few weeks I feel more confident speaking English and I expect good score on my exam. I have also made many friends from all over the world that I keep in touch with. Altogether, I'd recommend GISOEL to everyone who wants improve his English, no matter what is his language level (it's suitable for beginners as well). I'll definitely come back there in the future! @edit: After 2 months of preparation at Gisoel I passed my IELTS exam with Band Score 8.0! It's awesome considering my absolute lack of expierience with this sort of tests when I joined school. It is also worth to add that my reading score was 9.0, mainly due to techniques I mentioned before :)

Fantastic experience: I think the school was very good. I really liked all of my teachers. It's better than another school I attended in Glasgow. I really enjoyed the afternoon activities. I learned lots of new words and made new friends. I was able to practise my English here.

Fantastic experience: I really enjoyed my stay at Gisoel. I did the 20 hours course English Intensive and IELTS preparation. I considerably improve my English skills, as well as I learnt many useful tips to get a better score in the IELTS Test. I really appreciate the lessons from teachers Katrina and Kashif. For this reason, I absolutely recommend this course, the Academy and the experience of living in Glasgow, one of the most beautiful and colourful cities in the UK. Thank you Gisoel for such a great time.

Fantastic experience: I attended an IELTS Course for 7 weeks and I got a 6.5 Band Score. I strongly recommend Gisoel Glasgow. All teachers are amazing. They really help me to learn the techniques I needed to be able to have this score. The environment was really good. I wish I could have done more weeks. Thank you for everything

Fantastic experience: Bin so froh dass ich mein Englisch Kurs bei der Gisoel Schule gebucht habe. Innerhalb von kurzer Zeit können sie mit den eigenen Tests auf mich fukusieren und schneller vorwärts bringen. Die Schule, Lehrkraft, Pause Raum, Schüler und sogar die Schulleiterin waren der absolute Hammer. Möchte es an allen, egal für wie lange die Schule dauern soll, wirklich empfehlen.

Fantastic experience: Teachers are friendly and they are very helpful. I improved my IELTS skill a lot.

Fantastic experience: When I arrived at Gisoel I had not studied English for 5 years, so I was very nervous. Luckily I had teachers of different nationalities and accents, which gave me the confidence to work in English in any situation. Every week we do IELTS exams and practice each language competency separately with specific techniques. This way, taking the test becomes a matter of course. In addition, teachers tend to score strictly so that we have realistic expectations. But, unlike traditional schools, they always give you constructive feedback and even provide you with additional material if there is something you want to go deeper into. If you would like to experience this way of learning, then this is your school!

Negative experience: So sorry to say that but I do not recommend this course.

Negative experience: Bu kursta IELTS ve gene İngilizce eğitimi aldım. Bazı hocalar fedakar ama genel olarak pek iyi değil. Her seviyeden insanı bir sınıfa dolduruyorlar. Kaliteli bir eğitim sunamıyorlar. Meteryalleri ve davranış şekilleri çok hoş değil. Öğle yemeklerinde bile oturup yemek yiyeceğiniz, sınıf arkadaşlarınızla sosyal ortam oluşturacak bir yer yok. Fiyatları kampanya nedeniyle uygun oluyor diye yazılmıştım fakat kesinlikle iyi bir kurs değil. 22 saatlik IELTS + Genel İngilizce eğitimi kampanya ile haftalık 86 Sterline düşmüştü fakat buna rağmen aldığım eğitimi beğenmedim. Sonrasında evime uzak olmasına rağmen"Live Language"'e devam ettim ve çok memnun kaldım. Eminim bu yazımı okuyunca pek memnun kalmayacaklar ama uyarmak istedim. Bunlar tamamen kişisel düşüncelerim ve önerilerim ve gözlemlerim. Sizler belki sevebilirsiniz ama ben sevmedim.

Fantastic experience: Coaching is serious with good pedagogy. Learning with studying news is very positive !

Fantastic experience: It's pretty good. Perfect teachers. I enjoyed sport activities.

Fantastic experience: I studied here for 24 weeks. All the teachers are very friendly, sincere and very successful at work. I met with many classmates. My English has improved a lot.

Fantastic experience: Teachers are very professional, lessons very interesting and diversified, a great atmosphere of working in a way to improve English level of everyone ! Thanks !

Fantastic experience: I’m so sad because i’m going back to my home country ... I’ve been here only for 2 weeks but my vocabulary,writing,reading,listening,and speaking are much better ... My teachers are excellent and friendly

Positive experience: I've just finished my General English course and I'm satisfied by my experience. I started with a very low level of English and I have made a lot of progress in these 8 weeks. The ambience is friendly and my teacher Louise is very good, prepared and careful.

Fantastic experience: I am Dr. Awilly Chofle, I have recently qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, I had I wonderful experience with GISOEL GLASGOW. Back in Jan 2017 I joined a 6 week course in my English test preparation for my General Medical Council (GMC) registration requirement and I couldn't ask for a better place to study. I would like to thank Ms Veronica and Mr Kashif and other supporting tutors. I will recommend the course for International Medical graduates and other disciplines who are looking forward to advance their careers in the UK. What I can say is Ms Veronica is a senior English teacher, as all English teachers she is tough and very methodical and I will recommend the school for anyone around Glasgow.

Negative experience: Hi! I'm an student who has spent 8 weeks in Gisoel. I was in the IELT's course. It is true that during the first week we were doing IELT's stuff. But last weeks they join us with the general english students. We did unuseful exercices which make me got bored. They don't focus on the necessities of the students. My main necessity was the writing skill. It's true that it's impossible to focus individually with each student. But in this case, all the IELT's studens needed the same. And we just did writting once a week. Last week I had an argument with them and after that we did  writing twice with the intention of getting a good review...because lately, as you can check, they just have bad reviews. In addition, every day we wasted one hour reading the metro (the newspaper) without any correction. You just listen other students from other countries reading with their own pronunciation. Moreover, they just divide the students in two groups. Begginers and advance. I was in the advance group with people with more level than me and with people with less. We are  B1, B2 and C1 in the same class. If there are not enough people with the same level to form a class, do not form a class with all mixed I also believe that we could make a better use of time. We just did a few exercices in the whole morning. I know my level was not good enough to take the IELTs score I wanted but that's the reason why I joined the school. After 8 weeks, I have not improved any much. The good points are that it is near than central station and you can meet nice people there. Overall, I finished the course with the feeling of having wasted my money.

Fantastic experience: I'm writing this on behalf of my Polish brother-in-law who has just finished 12 weeks of general English. His teacher, Louise, explained clearly and patiently and he now has more confidence in shops, and talking to me too! Tomasz would recommend this school to others.

Fantastic experience: My students studied at this school, they really appreciated the environment, the lessons, the manager and the very approachable teacher. I only regret that we could not stay longer to learn more and take more benefit of it. (Martine, teacher from Marseille, France).

Fantastic experience: I attended GISOEL school for 3 weeks. My lessons were interesting and enjoyable. I learned a lot of things. The teachers are very good. I stayed at the university and I really liked my accommodation. In the school I met many new people and made lots of friends. We exchanged emails and we are going to stay in touch. I highly recommend GISOEL.

Fantastic experience: My experience at GISOEL was one of the most gratifying in my life. I enjoyed a lot with my teachers and my friends. One of the things that i want to thank is the way that my teachers always teaching us with a lot patience and always with a smile on their faces. I want to recommend GISOEL for the people who wants to start to learn English or improve it...It will be an amazing experience for you ;)

Negative experience: I just attended a six week General English course and I have to admit that it wasn't the best. Although this school might have a potential, there are many things to revise and improve. I started this course with a B2-C1 level, so I expected the course to be suitable for me. During the first week, I learned that I have been put in mixed class, with people with different levels and goals. In the first week, we did only IELTS exercises which were too easy for me. So I asked to receive private tuition, which they accepted to do, though I've never received any. Instead, we started to do CAE Use of English exercises everyday, even though there were people who couldn't understand them because they were just too advanced for their English level. For 5 weeks, we only did this kind of exercise, without any writing, speaking or listening. We would just receive the answers without any explanation at all. And for the first hour, we would just read the newspaper without the proper corrections, making everybody bored and dissatisfied. What's more, sometimes some teachers have also been rude with some students without any reason, also making up some crazy rule about clothes. I hope somebody will take into consideration my suggestions. Wish you the best!

Positive experience: I thought so much about my review because I had conflicting feelings. In the end, I decided to write a sincere review to prepare future students and help the school to improve itself. In GISOEL I met nice people, both colleagues and teachers. I think Kashif and Louise are excellent teachers, they're both human and professional in their job. I appreciated Veronica, Head Teacher, for being comprehensive with me, even though I'd recommend the staff to be less strict about the rules, especially about clothes - the room can be very cold sometimes. One important thing to notice is the lack of an initial and final level test to understand your own improvement (it would be useful for the teachers as well). I would also consider to create different classes based upon each student's English level. I understand this is a structural need, but maybe it doesn't help so much to improve and learn. Furthermore, I really think reading the METRO for an hour everyday is useless, but it is only my point of view. Sorry, but I also found boring doing the same exercise everyday, reading more than 40 new words for 2/3 hours a day, simply guessing the solution. It's impossible to memorise, so I think that instead of learning so many synonyms of the same word per day, it would be better to learn 2/3 synonyms and to increase grammar rules, speaking section (with eventually corrections) and listening (it would be great to read again the listening text with the teacher). Anyway, I think I've improved my english in the first three weeks, even if I felt constant in the following three. So although my general judgment is GOOD, I really think there are only some things to adjust and improve to became PERFECT. I hope you will appreciate my suggestions. I wish you all the best!

Fantastic experience: was a great time and experience at GISOEL, even if I were there only for six weeks. I came to school to get the knowledge to pass the IELTS, and the teachers were very kind, helped me to reach my goal and to achieve a high score. I am grateful to all teachers, especially to Kashif, who was always very helpful and supportive! I enjoyed the time I spent at GISOEL, as I also met so many friendly people. I do believe that this school is suitable for people with different level of English, so everyone can have improvements there and also have fun!

Fantastic experience: In my experience, I enjoyed the course very much, the environment of the class with all my friends, I also liked the activities that we did (speaking and grammar specially), I think that the school need to focus more in listening part, but the best way to learn English is practising, and to practice we need to speak, and I love speaking in this school. Great teachers.

Fantastic experience: I was at the school for three weeks. I attended an IELTS course. I had a great experience. Teachers are very experienced, I have learned a lot about IELTS techniques and also new vocabulary very helpful for the exam. Classes were also very interesting and not boring at all. I would like to thank Kashif and Veronica for their willingness and support. It was a pleasure to learn from them.

Fantastic experience: I had the time of my life in Glasgow and I loved studying here. I studied in Gisoel for 5 weeks and they are amazing! They are in the city centre, whats is amazing because you can go all around the city centre in few minutes. They have more than one teacher and i loved it because you can learn a lot of experiences. And even though they have the same methodologies, each teacher teach in a different way and it is great because if you don't like a teacher specifically, it doesn't mean that you'll need to get used to him because they have another teacher. Their methodologies are great and don't be shy about speaking because they have a lot of conversation :) i'm already planning to study there again next year! I really recommend it!

Positive experience: I highly recommend Glasgow International School of English Language. I feel that my English has improved tremendously. I will definitely miss the learning environment and amazing teachers

Fantastic experience: My experience with GISOEL has been nothing short of amazing! The course had an enormous impact on my understanding of the English language and I look forward to sitting my upcoming academic IELTS exam with greater confidence than before. I recommend this course to anyone willing to improve their English no matter their experience. Glasgow International School of English Language is located in the heart of Glasgow City Centre, next to Glasgow Central Station. The location itself is very accessible from any part of the city, I have personally travelled by train daily in under 10 minutes from the outskirts of Glasgow.

Fantastic experience: Fuí con un nivel B2 bajo recién conseguido en España con el objetivo de tener un C1 (7.5 en el IELTS) en 6 semanas para poder acceder al doctorado aquí en Glasgow, y lo conseguí sin ningún problema. La academia prepara durante toda la semana el examen concreto para el que te vayas a presentar y realiza un simulacro de exámen cada lunes desde la primera semana, ayudándote a saber por tí mismo cuál es tu nivel y en qué necesitas trabajar para continuar mejorando. Si esperas que te lo den masticado y trabajen por ti no es el lugar ideal, pero si buscas preparar un examen y desarrollar estrategias concretas para mejorar tu nota es el sitio indicado. Muy recomendable para mejorar el inglés académico. I really improved my English and my average score in the IELTS Academic Exam in less than 6 weeks working with them (from band 5.5 to 7.5); but above all, I have to thank GISOEL's staff for make me like this language for the first time in my life. I had a great time in the academy and I encourage you to do the same.

Fantastic experience: I strongly recommend this school if you either want to improve your English or need to prepare for exams such as FCE, CAE or IELTS. Not only I was able to achieve a band 7.5 for my IELTS exam, but I also learnt interesting and useful facts while refining my English skills. I couldn't be more satisfied!