Bernd - Student and Teacher

Every year at don Quijote we welcome thousands of students who want to learn or improve their Spanish, but there is no greater compliment than students who come back to learn Spanish with us. To introduce you to these students, we would like to introduce one of them to you. Bernd Pappenburg is a Spanish teacher in Germany and because of his job he needs to have a good level of Spanish to be able to teach it well to his students at home.

Bernd has visited our schools all over Spain, in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and since 2006 he has been coming regularly to our school in Tenerife. It seems that in Tenerife Bernd has found his ideal place to combine work and vacation, and when Bernd refers to work we think he is referring to taking our Individual classes. These classes give Bernd the opportunity to address specific topics in a customized course. Bernd also said that one of the reasons he likes coming back to Tenerife is the family atmosphere (it is one of our smallest schools in Spain) and the fact that don Quijote's teaching method has been continuously improved over the last 25 years.

By combining his vacations with this customized course, Bernd not only has a high level of Spanish, he also improves his teaching skills to give his students the best learning experience possible. At don Quijote we are proud of all our students who come to take a course, but students like Bernd are special to us. Not only is Bernd a returning student, he is also a co-teacher who shows his confidence in don Quijote to best prepare him for all the challenges he may encounter while teaching Spanish in a high school.