Tamwood Language Centres - Vancouver

Huge disappointment

WORST school I have ever gone !!
DON’T GO THERE
Especially if you are from Europe

I chose this one by an agency because it was the cheapest , I know now it was a big mistake, I know why it was the cheapest now

I had a B1 level when I came, they hadn’t be able to give me classes for my level
With the teacher of their “best” level, I spent one morning waiting to receive exercises, I asked many times, but she ignored me. I paid one morning for nothing.

And when I suggested to the administration to talk about that, they ignored my proposition, and just said “sorry you’re not satisfied with the class”
Whereas this teacher told me , at the end of her class when I came to complain about how useless it was to come in her class this day , I don’t have the time for you, blame the School, don’t blame the teacher”
Of course the school was to be blamed, but this teacher too, I can ensure it
A joke

I had 5 teachers, only one was competent ( Bill ). Among the others : one who is not able to do a dictation correctly, one who just want to finish and leave the class as fast as possible, leaving the students talking with each other during 1h30 without saying nothing ( when I asked him his utility, he hasn’t been able to answer me ), another teacher who gave listening exercises without giving any corrections , without asking to students if they finished the exercise before switching to the next one ( and when I suggest to give a correction, she told me “oh interesting idea” )
A joke

The level of the classes, of the teaching, of the teachers, is sadly sadly low

If you’re A1 level, or you are just looking for a graduation , go there , the graduation is totally easy to get, they give it, I saw students graduated with a A2 level, maybe even A1
I don’t know their test, but it must be possible to cheat, use any device or a dictionary, otherwise I don’t understand how some students have been graduated

If you’re B1 or more, never go in this school, worst idea ever

Besides their administration is extremely slow, they are not able to give deadlines when you ask something, they are unavailable and let you with the intern,
They said you can come to talk with them, but better sending email, because when you come to talk with them, the day after, you have to repeat everything

For example I said many times I didn’t the afternoon’s class, she said it was possible
And once I was in the week with only the morning class, their intern, or assistant, told me “oh it’ not possible to have only the morning”
So I had to pay a week of afternoon classes where I didn’t go, ridiculous

And of course, they never admit , tell, or write that they made a mistake, or they forgot something, no, no
That’s not in the school policy apparently

Plus, when you’re explaining to a teacher he or she is wrong, they are offended
Most of the students are Asian and say nothing during the classes
Administration and teachers are not used to having someone telling them something is wrong in their teaching , they are not able to listen and improve , they are totally stacked in their low teaching level

Administration doesn’t aware of the level in their classes
They probably just try to have a maximum of students in each class, make money, and whatever if the teaching level is ridiculous

You are from Europe , B1 level ? Even A2, don’t go to this school, never
I regret it deeply, I lost my time and my money with them
And it also cost me mental energy

I could write a lot more about this school, but that’s probably enough to give you my opinion

Never go there

posted 2 years ago

Awesome

Tamwood is an amazing school! I recommend Tamwood to anyone who needs to improve its English skills. I learned a lot of things with students from other countries like Panama, Japan, Colombia, Italy, South Korea, China, Mexico and the Czech Republic.

posted 6 years ago

They are the best !

I had the opportunity to know people from all over the world and the best and patient teachers that I ever had!Tamwood is the best .

posted 7 years ago

Review Munro\'s class

I for myself enjoyed the class, the atmosphere. We spoke a lot and had also interesting conversations, spacial was it becaus of the international aspects, it was most likely that ther no more of tow from the same country.

posted 7 years ago

My experience in Tamwood Vancouver .

My name is Carmen , I am from Spain and I have always loved English as a language . I have always thought that the world made a mistake giving Spanish to me as my mother language so that is why I decided long time ago to learn English perfectly . My mother and I decided that the perfect thing to do to end up speaking English as a native speaker is to go abroad for a period of time and then , that is what I did . I left everything for six months and headed to Vancouver , Canada . I was scared at the beginning. I imagine everybody was the first day they arrived in Tamwood .
But fear turned into happiness when I first met Ana , my Brazilian roomate , who helped me a lot . She showed me the way from the house to the bus station , where I needed to go when we went inside of Tamwood , she introduced me her group of friends and that gesture helped me a lot to get comfortable since the beginning . Ok , I am not going to tell every detail I lived but I just want to say that Canada , Vancouver and Tamwood have sheltered me , have treated me as a Canadian and have helped me every time I needed . It really is a special and multicultural country , and that is what tourists are attracted to . Tamwood is not just an international college , it is more than that . Tamwood for me has been a family since the first day . And the best part of Tamwood is how people from so many different countries with very different cultures mixed and make a big international family . Now , one year after my experience , is when I realize that the friendships you made there are still existing . I am so happy when I see pictures of my Mexican friends with Japanese friends visiting each other . I remember how interesting was to finish school and go to a bar with your friends to talk about everything and just to have fun together without caring from what country you are . Tamwood as a way of learning English is awesome . There is no other word to describe it . All teachers help you every second you need it and they never let you fail or give up if something does not go as you want . I started in level 4 and I ended my stay in level 6 so , What does that mean? , That means that my teachers showed me how to be an English speaker naturally , and after all my efforts I did it . We all can increase our knowledge and forced ourselves a little bit so we can get whatever we want .
I have nothing but the best to say about Tamwood , an undescribable college.
Thank you for reading my review and I hope you go and live the same beautiful life I lived.

posted 7 years ago

Thank you so much!

The time I spent at Tamwood was one of the most amazing experiences in my life. Not just the school but also the host family was perfect and I am so glad and grateful that I could come to Vancouver and study at Tamwood. Thank you so much for this experience!

posted 7 years ago

Congratulations

Very good course!!

posted 7 years ago

My life in Tamwood

My name is Carlos from Mexico City, I spent two months in Vancouver, Canada it was my very first time in that county I had lots of surprises specially from Tamwood. I found out how you've the opportunity to create connection between you and people that you might not usually be able to know from the comfort of your home so that makes it an adventure that never ends. The courses are designed to help you being self-confident and know how others cultures think about specific topics, before and after the course you'll be able to share a fun moments with others by asking they're background and how they decided to come to Canada and learn English. I was a leader at Tamwood and you guys don't have how helped others earns happiness. I had the opportunity of choose the places where we'd like to go on to hang out and organize them. It helped for my personal growth. So if you wanna get better in the lenguague and also learn how to connect with people I'd highly recommend to take up an English course in Tamwood. It was one of my biggest pleasures.

posted 7 years ago

Great school

I appreciate the effort of teachers and their dedication. I enjoyed school and atmosphere there. Tamwood helped me a lot! My kindest regards to Kim!

posted 7 years ago

Study English is very perfect

Course content is very rich, grammar is very clear。

posted 8 years ago