REAL REVIEW Lingoda Online Language School

I'm always banging on about how much I love lingoda, in fact I mean promoting

them for over a year but I guess what you really need to know is, is lingoda

the right learning platform for you? are there any negatives you should know

about? why do I seem to love them so much? I think it's time for an honest review

hello everyone my name is Anna English this is English like a native and if

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miss any future lessons now Lingoda. it is no secret that I love

lingoda and the reason I love them so much is the simplicity of their platform

and their focus and dedication to getting you to the next level. Sorry can

I just interrupt and say that because most of you are very busy and possibly

won't stay to the end of this video in case you are thinking about checking out

and Lingoda which you definitely should then do use the link in the description

box below and the discount code provided and that will get you a very tasty

little discount I say little quite a big discount so let's have a look at that

website it's simple it's slick it's easy to use now once you have an account

you're going to head to your profile and setup is very simple now you want to set

up your time zone then you're going to set your learning level I am still a 1.1

in Spanish now in the initial setup you choose the language in which you're

interested in learning you can only choose one language and I know for some

of you this may seem like a drawback as some of you are interested in learning

multiple languages at the same time how you do it I do not know but in your case

it's not the end of the world you just have to set

a couple of accounts for the different languages that you're learning okay so

we're in and we're set up what next well next you would choose a package but if

you're still unsure whether you want to commit then lingo to do also offer a

trial class which is easily accessible by the tab at the top of the page let's

talk about prices now some of you have sent to me in the past when Gowda is

very expensive but if you do the maths actually is not at all it's actually

very very competitive but the difference is they make you commit so rather than

buying one-off ad-hoc lessons whenever you feel like you want to study you're

committed to buying a group of lessons a bundle towards a course that helps you

focus on actually improving and taking your language level up and let's be

honest if you're not doing that then you're really not going to improve so

it's probably for the best that they make you commit so the options you have

are to pay monthly you can choose from the standard package which offers a

range of options depending on how much time you can commit each month all the

options here are a mix of group and private lessons all lessons are 60

minutes long and just so you know the group lessons it states are an average

of around five students but my experience doesn't reflect that my

experience has been the most was three people in a class me included on our

fridge it was one other person and in some cases no other students have been

in the class so it's been practically a private lesson you can also opt for

private lessons only obviously private lessons are more expensive than group

lessons but you also have to remember that all of the teachers on lingotto are

fully qualified and you also get the course materials provided if you're

working to a tight budget then go for the group lessons like I said they're

very small groups and on some occasions you might get lucky and be the only one

in the class if you're fully committed to going a

level up and getting a very special certificate which we'll talk about later

then choose the certificate option and take a bundle of lessons that will

ensure you make it through to the next level be mindful though that these

lessons have to be covered within a six month period so make sure that you have

a time in which to commit to those classes and then payment is very easy

you do it via Visa or PayPal and don't forget to use the discount code which is

linked in the description box below for that fabulous discount okay let's book

at the very top of your profile page you'll see how many credits you've got

for private lessons and group lessons now head over to the booking page and

set your parameters choose whether you're looking for group classes or

private classes and your availability but a word of warning you must book

early these classes are popular and they do book out quite quickly so I would

always recommend booking at least a week in advance to make sure you get the

slots that you really want with your parameter set you can now see all the

available classes at your level at those times and days that you are available so

now it's time to book now on lingo de you book the class based on the topic

you don't book the teacher but you can rest assured that all of lingo does

teachers are fully qualified and they all follow the learning materials and

the format set out by lingoda so you're in safe hands no matter who takes the

lesson so looking through the options you can click on any one of the topics

to open it up for more information and on this page you can also download the

course material now I used to believe that these topics were set at those

times and that you couldn't switch things around and I used to think this

was a little bit annoying and then I discovered at the bottom of the topic

squares are two little arrows and that gives you some more options of topics

available at that time that makes the world of difference

thanks lingoda and at this stage it's worth bearing in mind that you are on a

course therefore all the topics that you can see are part of the course that you

need to complete and you can track all of this on your my course page which

tells you which topics you've covered which still need to be covered what

percentage of the way through your course you are now it is worth saying

that if these topics don't float your boat and you want to learn something

specific and you can request a customised private lesson all you have

to do is head over to the my course page scroll down and fill out the customised

private class form and then go to will try and organise that for you and the

most exciting thing is when you complete all of the required lessons you will not

only go up a level you'll also receive a CEFR certificate which makes it

official it's an internationally recognised certificate which you can

then use on your job applications or on your university applications now to take

part in a class you now have to download a software called zoom which makes it

very easy for the teacher to appear on screen alongside the material and for

you to work through it together I'm not very tech savvy I'm really rubbish when

it comes to downloading and installing software and I did find this a little

bit tricky because I'm me but lingoda do provide complete instructions and

support if you get stuck and to be honest it only took me a few extra

moments I just had to concentrate a little bit harder to make sure the

software was up and running properly but once you're past that stage then the

software works very very well and I had no problem connecting to all of my my

lessons and what I will say is that every single lesson I took the

connection was good and this is something I feel very

passionate about if I'm going to spend an hour of my time with a teacher online

then I want to be able to hear them and see them very clearly and I have to say

with all the lessons I've taken with Lingoda the connection has never been

a problem. After every lesson you're encouraged to give feedback and this

feedback is anonymous which is fantastic because it means you can be totally

honest about your experience about how you found the teacher and the lesson hmm

so what more can I say that is pretty much the learner experience

Personally, besides it being focused structured and simple to use the reason I love lingoda

so much and the reason I will continue to promote them is because they

really seem to care about their users progression they really care about the

service they provide and you can see that in the constant development of the

site of the products and also with what they're doing in social now if you're

not following them on social media then it definitely is worth giving them a

follow on Instagram on Twitter on Facebook because you'll see that there's

lots of things they're doing and they're trying to engage their community I just

think that is rare these days for a company to truly care it's rare and that

rhymes I'm a poet and they didn't know it. so there you go that's my honest

opinion that's my experience with lingoda

if you have any experience that you'd like to share them please do put it down

in the comment section below it's always helpful to get a range of different

opinions and if you're interested in trying lingoda out for yourself then do

click on the link in the description box below and use that voucher code to make

sure you get that amazing discount I do have one more thing to say a blog

lingoda have a blog and it is worth spending some time scrolling through the

articles because there are lots of really helpful articles that we can all

benefit from they give us tips on language learning strategies until next

time thank you so much for joining take care and bye