REAL REVIEW Lingoda Online Language School

34,720 views ・ 2018-07-21

English Like A Native


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I'm always banging on about how much I love lingoda, in fact I mean promoting
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them for over a year but I guess what you really need to know is, is lingoda
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the right learning platform for you? are there any negatives you should know
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about? why do I seem to love them so much? I think it's time for an honest review
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hello everyone my name is Anna English this is English like a native and if
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this is your first time on my channel and you're learning English then be sure
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to click the subscribe button and the Bell notification button so you don't
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miss any future lessons now Lingoda. it is no secret that I love
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lingoda and the reason I love them so much is the simplicity of their platform
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and their focus and dedication to getting you to the next level. Sorry can
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I just interrupt and say that because most of you are very busy and possibly
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won't stay to the end of this video in case you are thinking about checking out
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and Lingoda which you definitely should then do use the link in the description
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box below and the discount code provided and that will get you a very tasty
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little discount I say little quite a big discount so let's have a look at that
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website it's simple it's slick it's easy to use now once you have an account
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you're going to head to your profile and setup is very simple now you want to set
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up your time zone then you're going to set your learning level I am still a 1.1
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in Spanish now in the initial setup you choose the language in which you're
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interested in learning you can only choose one language and I know for some
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of you this may seem like a drawback as some of you are interested in learning
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multiple languages at the same time how you do it I do not know but in your case
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it's not the end of the world you just have to set
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a couple of accounts for the different languages that you're learning okay so
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we're in and we're set up what next well next you would choose a package but if
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you're still unsure whether you want to commit then lingo to do also offer a
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trial class which is easily accessible by the tab at the top of the page let's
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talk about prices now some of you have sent to me in the past when Gowda is
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very expensive but if you do the maths actually is not at all it's actually
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very very competitive but the difference is they make you commit so rather than
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buying one-off ad-hoc lessons whenever you feel like you want to study you're
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committed to buying a group of lessons a bundle towards a course that helps you
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focus on actually improving and taking your language level up and let's be
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honest if you're not doing that then you're really not going to improve so
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it's probably for the best that they make you commit so the options you have
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are to pay monthly you can choose from the standard package which offers a
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range of options depending on how much time you can commit each month all the
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options here are a mix of group and private lessons all lessons are 60
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minutes long and just so you know the group lessons it states are an average
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of around five students but my experience doesn't reflect that my
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experience has been the most was three people in a class me included on our
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fridge it was one other person and in some cases no other students have been
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in the class so it's been practically a private lesson you can also opt for
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private lessons only obviously private lessons are more expensive than group
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lessons but you also have to remember that all of the teachers on lingotto are
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fully qualified and you also get the course materials provided if you're
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working to a tight budget then go for the group lessons like I said they're
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very small groups and on some occasions you might get lucky and be the only one
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in the class if you're fully committed to going a
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level up and getting a very special certificate which we'll talk about later
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then choose the certificate option and take a bundle of lessons that will
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ensure you make it through to the next level be mindful though that these
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lessons have to be covered within a six month period so make sure that you have
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a time in which to commit to those classes and then payment is very easy
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you do it via Visa or PayPal and don't forget to use the discount code which is
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linked in the description box below for that fabulous discount okay let's book
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at the very top of your profile page you'll see how many credits you've got
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for private lessons and group lessons now head over to the booking page and
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set your parameters choose whether you're looking for group classes or
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private classes and your availability but a word of warning you must book
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early these classes are popular and they do book out quite quickly so I would
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always recommend booking at least a week in advance to make sure you get the
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slots that you really want with your parameter set you can now see all the
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available classes at your level at those times and days that you are available so
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now it's time to book now on lingo de you book the class based on the topic
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you don't book the teacher but you can rest assured that all of lingo does
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teachers are fully qualified and they all follow the learning materials and
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the format set out by lingoda so you're in safe hands no matter who takes the
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lesson so looking through the options you can click on any one of the topics
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to open it up for more information and on this page you can also download the
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course material now I used to believe that these topics were set at those
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times and that you couldn't switch things around and I used to think this
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was a little bit annoying and then I discovered at the bottom of the topic
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squares are two little arrows and that gives you some more options of topics
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available at that time that makes the world of difference
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thanks lingoda and at this stage it's worth bearing in mind that you are on a
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course therefore all the topics that you can see are part of the course that you
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need to complete and you can track all of this on your my course page which
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tells you which topics you've covered which still need to be covered what
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percentage of the way through your course you are now it is worth saying
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that if these topics don't float your boat and you want to learn something
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specific and you can request a customised private lesson all you have
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to do is head over to the my course page scroll down and fill out the customised
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private class form and then go to will try and organise that for you and the
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most exciting thing is when you complete all of the required lessons you will not
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only go up a level you'll also receive a CEFR certificate which makes it
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official it's an internationally recognised certificate which you can
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then use on your job applications or on your university applications now to take
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part in a class you now have to download a software called zoom which makes it
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very easy for the teacher to appear on screen alongside the material and for
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you to work through it together I'm not very tech savvy I'm really rubbish when
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it comes to downloading and installing software and I did find this a little
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bit tricky because I'm me but lingoda do provide complete instructions and
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support if you get stuck and to be honest it only took me a few extra
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moments I just had to concentrate a little bit harder to make sure the
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software was up and running properly but once you're past that stage then the
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software works very very well and I had no problem connecting to all of my my
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lessons and what I will say is that every single lesson I took the
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connection was good and this is something I feel very
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passionate about if I'm going to spend an hour of my time with a teacher online
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then I want to be able to hear them and see them very clearly and I have to say
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with all the lessons I've taken with Lingoda the connection has never been
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a problem. After every lesson you're encouraged to give feedback and this
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feedback is anonymous which is fantastic because it means you can be totally
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honest about your experience about how you found the teacher and the lesson hmm
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so what more can I say that is pretty much the learner experience
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Personally, besides it being focused structured and simple to use the reason I love lingoda
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so much and the reason I will continue to promote them is because they
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really seem to care about their users progression they really care about the
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service they provide and you can see that in the constant development of the
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site of the products and also with what they're doing in social now if you're
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not following them on social media then it definitely is worth giving them a
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follow on Instagram on Twitter on Facebook because you'll see that there's
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lots of things they're doing and they're trying to engage their community I just
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think that is rare these days for a company to truly care it's rare and that
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rhymes I'm a poet and they didn't know it. so there you go that's my honest
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opinion that's my experience with lingoda
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if you have any experience that you'd like to share them please do put it down
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in the comment section below it's always helpful to get a range of different
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opinions and if you're interested in trying lingoda out for yourself then do
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click on the link in the description box below and use that voucher code to make
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sure you get that amazing discount I do have one more thing to say a blog
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lingoda have a blog and it is worth spending some time scrolling through the
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articles because there are lots of really helpful articles that we can all
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benefit from they give us tips on language learning strategies until next
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time thank you so much for joining take care and bye
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