Meridian.co.at - ÖIF Prüfungen bei MERIDIAN - Integrationsprüfungen in Wien (1 von 5 Punkte)

My experience with Meridian in 2013 was not very pleasant. The unprofessional way my trial lesson was handled by the teacher surprised me. In my opinion, there is an important connection between language learning, feeling comfortable in the classroom setting and being encouraged to participate. In this respect, my experience with Meridian was a pedagogical disaster.
If you are interested, read my entire story:
In the summer, I was looking for a high quality language course or a tutor to improve my Russian. Meridian offered me the possibility to attend a trial session of a B1 (GEFR) Russian course prior to signing up. When I attended the lesson, I was not asked to sit down while the teacher exchanged 3-5 sentences with me, then told me to come back the next day for B2. I was already taken aback since her tone was not the friendliest, but I did still come back the following day.
Since I was early, I spent a good 15 minutes alone with the teacher (the same as the day before). The situation was very uncomfortable as she asked me personal questions concerning my reasons for studying the Russian language. When I told her it was my dream to study Russian at the university and maybe work in the translation business one day she did not react in a professional way. She told me my Russian was not good enough, that German-Russian bilinguals like her daughter would outpace me anyway and that not even she as a native speaker had completed the programme.
The actual class was equally uncomfortable as the language level was not appropriate for me. I knew my skills could have been rated B1 at the most but the teacher did not make any effort to adapt the material or the exercises. To top it off she commented on my clothes in a negative way. I am more than glad I never actually signed up for a course at Meridian.

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