Kaplan International Languages - English School in Los Angeles Westwood — Local services in Los Angeles

I just want to share by experience at Kaplan Westwood for future students and hope it will guide them through.

I enrolled for a 12-week program called “Intensive English Course” (the only difference with General English course is that we had class in the afternoon). And also I chose one of the housing plans through the school.

Generally, I would say that I really liked Westwood, very friendly neighborhood and the long stay in Los Angeles.

Concerning the school, the program did live up to my expectations at all. After the placement test, I joined the advanced student class. First, I would say that I was extremely disappointed with the teacher who did not help us improve our skills. It was like a dull English class and nothing innovative about it. My main purpose was to improve pronunciation but the subject was never brought up. And about the afternoon time, we used to to watch the TV Series “Friends”. For the housing, I chose to share an apartment with 4 students from Kaplan, the place was filthy, maid barely came to clean it up. The overall experience was not what I expected. I think that UCLA extension, across the street, has a variety of English programs and is more expensive as well.

If you are looking to spend some time in LA and refresh your English, please stick with the General English course. I believe Kaplan does a better job preparing students for exams like the TOEFL. Maybe it can be an...

I would not recommend this school to anyone. If you are a high enough level, for example c1 you do not learn anything. and hours at school are just talking with classmates (so if you make a mistake no one corrects you and you will continue to make the same mistakes), once. a week 10 minutes of listening, and 10 minutes of writing where corrections do not exist. the teacher marks acronyms such as (WC=word choice) but you do not know what is wrong and what the solution would be. the staff I had to deal with was rude. Ms. EMAN with a problematic mii a, when I was explaining the situation to her she laughed in my face. it is a lack of professionalism and education because she is there to solve my problems and is paid for this. gheizzaa responsible for accommodation responds after days even when there is a problem. I contacted her they showed photos of how dirty the family was asking to notify the family and she contacted the family two weeks later. all the guys are close to the school and in nice neighborhoods and they put me in the middle of nowhere an hour and a half away from the school. whatever problem you have if you pay they help you otherwise nothing. it's a machine where they want to eat as much money as possible without giving a quality service. it's a very renowned school but deciding to come and have an experience with them is the worst decision I've ever...

I studied for a month in this is school, and my experience was AMAZING! I made friends from all over the world that I still talk to.The teachers were great also, we were able to learn english in a funny way, talking about important topics with different people and get to knowing their point of view, and it was amazing for me as a lover of different cultures. The school is located in a strategic place, a bus away from Santa Monica Beach, and really close to UCLA, lots of restaurants and a big mall located at Pico Blvd.

I satyed just 3 weeks studying in this school, and as soon as I get there I did a test so they could fit me in the best level, but what happened is that they put me in an afternoon class, that was terrible since i was just staying for a couple days and a big city to visit! So what i did was talk to them, and they were really comprehensive, and 4 days later i was in a morning class!

Kaplan is a great experience that...