LanguaTalk review

How does LanguaTalk work?

LanguaTalk is a great option to learn a foreign language. You can learn one (or more!) of the following 9 languages: Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, and Japanese.

LanguaTalk makes it easy for you to choose your tutor. You first need to select your fluency levels, goals, and budget.

Just to you know, all tutors charge individual rates. So, as tutors set their own prices, the cost for your lessons will depend on your teacher’s individual rates and the number of sessions you buy.

Lesson prices range from $10 to $60 per session.

Once you’ve narrowed down your search, you’ll be shown a selection of videos and biographies from tutors who may be a good fit for your learning needs.

If you can’t make up your mind because there are many good teachers, you can book a free 30-minute taster session with some of them so that you can be certain to choose the best one for you.

Once you’ve chosen your tutor, you’ll have personalized 1-on-1 video sessions, and your tutor will develop a learning plan to meet your needs.

Italian study time calculator

Are you in a hurry? Find out how long it will take you to reach your target level of Italian with my free calculator.

It only takes 3 minutes!

Just fill out this simple form to find your ideal study schedule and get on the right track.

I’ll create your free lifetime account to store your study plan so that you may review it at any time. I’ll take you to your dashboard where you’ll find all my free resources.

On your dashboard, you’ll get to take some of my courses for free. I’ll also send you my best offers and free resources by email. You may opt out at any time.

Yes, all this is free for you!

   

Your language skills

How would you rate your skills in your native language?*

I keep my sentences simple; my vocabulary is limited

I can communicate effectively in my daily life, but I'm not comfortable with long or difficult texts

I'm confident speaking and writing about topics I'm familiar with; I can understand complex texts with some effort

I can write and speak correctly about various topics; I regularly read complex texts like newspaper articles

I can explain virtually anything in the right words; I can deal with very complex texts like scientific papers

How would you rate your skills in your native language? is required.

Were you raised bilingual (or more)?*

Were you raised bilingual (or more)? is required.

Have you ever reached an intermediate proficiency in a foreign language?*

Have you ever reached an intermediate proficiency in a foreign language? is required.

Do these languages include any language that is similar to Italian?*

Have you ever reached an intermediate proficiency in a foreign language? is required.

Namely French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Romanian.

How old are you?*

  < 1011 - 2021 - 3031 - 4041 - 5051 - 6061 - 7070 +

How old are you? is required.

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Your current Italian level*BeginnerElementaryIntermediateUpper-intermediate

Your current Italian level is required.

Set the target level higher than your current one.

Elementary: Can communicate in simple and routine tasks.
Intermediate: Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling.
Upper-intermediate: Can interact regularly without strain with native speakers.

Your target Italian level*ElementaryIntermediateUpper-intermediateAdvanced

Your target Italian level is required.

Set the target level higher than your current one.

Deadline*

Deadline is required.

Based on your weekly time commitment, you need extra days to meet the deadline.

Example: your next trip to Italy.

Choose a study schedule*

Intensive 14 Hour/Weekly Commitment

Regular 7 Hour/Weekly Commitment

Free 5 Hours/Weekly Commitment

Deadline is required.

In order to meet your deadline, you need to commit extra hours/week.

Yes! If you follow the plan, you'll be speaking Italian at Advanced level by .

Intensive

In the intensive plan, you commit 2 hours per day.

Diversify your study activities to cover all the language skills that you need: speaking, listening, writing, and reading.

Even though you could argue that more your study, the faster you learn, I wouldn't recommend studying more than a couple of hours a day because the gain from extra time gradually gets smaller.

At the end of this form, you'll get a detailed weekly plan with all the study activites you need to reach your goal. 100% free!

Regular

With a regular plan, you practice 1 hour a day, every day.

Taking 2 live 1-on-1 lessons per week with a qualified teacher or an experienced native tutor is a good pace to practice speaking and get feedback.

This plan is the closest to the one I follow myself and I can assure that you'll make steady progress.

At the end of this form, you'll get a detailed weekly plan with all the study activites you need to reach your goal. 100% free!

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There's plenty of free resources online to make the free plan viable.

You need to substitute paid 1-on-1 tutoring with language exchange with native speakers or find other venues to practice speaking. This can be time-consuming and you need to make up for lack of guidance with self-study.

At the end of this form, you'll get a detailed weekly plan with all the study activites you need to reach your goal. 100% free!

Get your results

You're almost there!

After you submit this form, you'll receive the results in your mailbox and will see the study schedule based on your level and the plan that you selected.

These questions below are not used to create your study plan, but I'd love to know more to make my service more relevant to you!

What's your reason for learning Italian? *

Hobby

Work

Study

Relatives / significant others

Travel

What's your reason for learning Italian? is required.

How long have you been studying Italian? *

Less than 1 month

1-2 months

3-5 months

6-12 months

1-2 years

More than 2 years

How long have you been studying Italian? is required.

What are you struggling with? *

I just don't know how to study a languageI'm embarrassed because I can't speakI'm frustrated because I'm wasting time and moneyI'm nervous because I make mistakesI fear that it's too late to startI regret that I don't have timeI feel discouraged because I can't travel or live in ItalyI fear that I'll forget after I quit studyingNothing, I'm confident in my abilities

What are you struggling with? is required.

Gender *

Male

Female

Other

Gender is required.

Your first name*

Your first name is required.

Email*

Email is required.

You'll receive the results together with my best free resources to learn faster. You may opt out at any time.

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When you take lessons with a tutor, you can choose to book 1, 5, 10, or 20 lessons. The more sessions you book, the lower the price.

Sessions last 55 minutes and are conducted as a video call, either through Zoom or Skype.

LanguaTalk vs Italki

Italki is one of the best websites to find a tutor for the language you’re learning. LanguaTalk is very similar to Italki but has some advantages.

First of all, LanguaTalk provides more personalized support.

Also, it offers refunds, while Italki does not at all. LanguaTalk has a 24-hour cancellation policy and 16% commission.

Setting availability and calendars is more intuitive than on Italki. Also, teachers don’t have to do anything about getting paid.

Their payments get sent automatically to their bank each month.

Italki has more tutors, but LanguaTalk is pickier so the level of professionalism and experience is a little higher on average. You’ll notice this when checking profile videos.

Italki has shorter lesson options.

When you book on Italki, after you book, tutors can accept or reject the booking. On LanguaTalk, a booking is a booking, making the process smoother.

If you’d like, you can read our Italki review too to get a better idea of this platform, which is a good alternative.

You can also check our post about how to teach on Italki if you’re thinking about teaching online and can’t decide where to do it.

Also, remember to check out our live online Italian classes.

Is LanguaTalk safe?

LanguaTalk was founded in 2021 by co-founder Alex Redfern, so it is very new to the market.

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Before LanguaTalk, Alex grew another site (Lingoci) to $1.3m in annual revenue (with no funding). Much of this growth came from student recommendations.

Lingoci runs purely on third-party apps, so he built LanguaTalk with a friend at Google.

LanguaTalk is very reliable. You can check this by looking at their profiles.

For instance, it will only accept approximately 10% of applications from potential tutors to ensure high-quality teaching.

Also, all payments are processed by Stripe, which provides additional peace of mind about the safety of your transactions.

Your ideal language learning resource

All tutors of LanguaTalk are native speakers of the language they teach and have some prior experience in teaching a language.

This provides a real sense of the teacher’s experience level, and on-site videos also give you an insight into their personalities.

This information is very important because it makes you feel like you’ll learn with a very professional teacher.

During the session, you can practice your conversation skills, ask questions about the language, and get feedback on your pronunciation and grammar.

The sessions are conducted through video chat, so you can see and hear your conversation partner.

If you’re looking for a fun and effective way to learn a new language, give Languatalk a try!

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