Gina Gargoles

It is so much fun to learn with Gina. She adapts to my knowledge level and I make great progress with her. She is great at explaining and gives real life examples for me to learn. She also helps communicating with my family on the Philippines and I am very grateful for that.

Gina is a very caring and patient teacher, and she pays attention to what I want to learn. She's always happy to make great new original learning materials, and tailor her lesson style and topics from my requests. Her personality is warm and gentle and she's open to chatting about local lifestyle too. She helps me with pronunciation and language structure using practical sample sentences, which also impart some Philippines customs in our lesson.

Great lesson with Gina! Gina told me a little about the current situations in the Philippines. We reviewed the sentences that I wrote, and Gina had some suggestions/corrections. After that, we started learning about the "proper name marker". Gina mentioned that I can make suggestions about what to learn, which I thought was very flexible and understanding of her!

I’ve had many Tagalog classes with Gina, and every single one has been a rewarding and enjoyable learning experience. Her lessons are clear, engaging, and tailored to my pace, making even difficult grammar easy to grasp. She’s patient, encouraging, and genuinely cares about my progress. My confidence in speaking Tagalog has grown so much thanks to her guidance. We also talked about local culture and lifestyle to help me understand more about the Philippines. Gina is also warm, friendly, and genuinely invested in their students’ progress. Her consistency and positive energy make every lesson something I look forward to. If you’re serious about learning Tagalog or preparing yourself for a trip, I highly recommend Gina.

Great lesson with Gina! We learned about the markers for proper nouns. After learning, we did a "fill-in-the-blank" exercise to check that I can choose the correct marker. Gina mixed in some new vocabulary words to make it more useful. Gina gave a lot of positive feedback and is very encouraging!

Fun lesson with Gina! We had some small talk, then we reviewed the vocabulary from the last lesson. After that, Gina had a photo of a festival and some words that she wanted me to use to make sentences about the festival. It was a good exercise and I learned about different festivals in the Philippines!