How To Get The Most Out of Italki - My Top Tips!

[@ShaneGodliman]

Have you tried italki classes before?

[@robinforkids]

I've been doing this for a long time.

[@darshanbharj5615]

He estar usar italki por un año, es genial! Tengo profesores brillantes!

[@mahmoudbaaqeil]

Not yet but thanks for the great video 👍

[@anna-lena9313]

My target languages is only offered by 5-6 teachers. First I tried the best rated one than the cheapest. Stayed with the cheapest and luckily she’s the best!! I used italki before for Spanish, French, Thai and sign language. She’s the best! To be fair i never had this big intrinsic motivation for any language before and I am willing to study the vocab in my free time.

[@bestrafung2754]

I'm currently doing Korean lessons in Japanese despite my native language being English as my Korean speaks fluent Japanese too and the grammar of both languages is almost identical. I think think it's good because I'm improving my Japan too as well as comprehension.

[@Iys67]

300 classes to get from Beginner to Advanced level for three languages is very impressive. I reckon it would take me that amount of lessons to reach C1 or C2 in just one language.

[@ShaneGodliman]

Sorry, I meant I’ve taken classes at various levels, not that I’d reached an advanced level from beginner in all 3 languages. I’ve done that with Spanish, but my Portuguese is intermediate-ish and my Russian is very basic, hence why I mean roomed having experience at different levels and knowing what it’s like as a complete beginner vs someone with more experience

[@Iys67]

@@ShaneGodliman cheers. Still, kudos to you! :)

[@Shibby27ify]

I've followed the comprehensible input idea to wait until you can understand native level language before speaking. I've had about 2 hours of italki Spanish tutoring and it's really really hard, even with 1K of input. I know what to say subconsciously but freeze on the most basic words and phrases.

[@yannick_yt]

I feel you. I've been self-studying Japanese on and off for 2 years and recently I thought I'd give iTalki a shot because I knew I still couldn't say much. I don't know what I expected, but it was 30 minutes of torture lol. Not because of the teacher, he was professional, but because I even struggled simply introducing myself properly. Literally felt ashamed and never contacted him again.. So now I plan to contact another teacher and simply tell them I'm a total newbie so they don't overestimate me 😅😅

[@daniellean5769]

I completely agree. It's a self-study thing. We study to "pass a test" or get to the next level instead of studying the language to survive (like children). With this we constantly are rationalizing, bargaining, and overthinking in our native language. Which means, most of us are brilliant at reading, okay at writing and horrible at speaking. B2 knowledge bt A1 execution. Find the gaps in your learning and start there. One of the reasons we know 6x6=36 isn't because we are great at math bt multiplication was taught with repetition. With my first tutor, we simply would do conjugation drills (she would say it in english ex: "I walk" or "She had eaten" and i would say it in the target language). Helped with getting out of my head some. With the second language I learned, self-study, i started speaking day 1 and got a tutor soon after. I feel sooo much more comfortable, so much sooner with my 2nd self taught language than with my first.

[@cooldragon919]

I like this, I will definitely try it👍 For every 4-Hours of Immersion -> 1-Hour of speaking 😅😂 because am doing the opposite And am not improving much , time for New approach 👍🎧📖📚📓

[@chriswong8586]

I think the problem is hard to find the right teacher in italki that suits you.

[@JonathanOlelo]

Contacting the teacher in advance is a smart move, it can save a lot of wasted time.

[@ShaneGodliman]

Absolutely!

[@cooldragon919]

Agree👍👍 And watching their intro Video and reading their Profile

[@Fraser_TV]

gracias por este video! this was really helpful - I am taking my first italki class today :)

[@ThomasGraffMusic]

Nice job! Best video on this subject I've seen so far!

[@QrooSpanish]

Great tips!

[@artsyhyd]

I just installed this app and about to give the trial class a go. Guess I’m so late to this italki game! 😂

[@aakosh89]

After so many lessons you might be able to give some advice to tutors what to aim for and what to avoid with students? That would be great, thank you!

[@oengus5686]

I tried it before a few times, but found it very awkward, I’m not a very outgoing person. I had a teacher that was telling me to get a paper and pen and write things down… this wasn’t really my idea of what i wanted, I was after speaking, conversing..I felt like I have my times when im sitting with book pen and paper and didn’t want to the lessons to be that. Sort of like if youre talking with someone on the street you’re not going to pull out a pen pause the conversation whilst i write and then continue.

[@broccoli9308]

Just change tutor if it doesn't match your style. And make it clear you are looking for conversation.

[@robertg8303]

No … but I do baselang! Unlimited classes everday . Wow switching the topics is golden! I fall Into that trap !

[@ShaneGodliman]

It’s an easy trap to fall into!

[@thenaturalyogi5934]

I was wondering whether you stick to one tutor for long periods of time or do you switch around? I find the novelty with new tutors to be a challenge but then for each new tutor the same basic questions come up like where do you come from and why you want to learn this language etc.

[@ShaneGodliman]

I prefer to maintain the same teachers for longer periods of time for this exact reason, speaking with new people is great but you inevitably end up wasting a lot of time answering those same questions which doesn’t necessarily help improve your level that much

[@SULTANAOB]

Do you who present podcasts across spotlight 😮 ?