I spent $30 on italki Spanish lessons. This is my result.

I used italki for the first time and here's a vlog about the whole week!
Thanks for taking the time to watch this video! I appreciate you whether you're my friend and I told you to watch this lol or you happened to stumble upon this for some reason:)
🌟common questions🌟
where are you from? - Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
ethnicity? - dad's Japanese, mom's American 🇯🇵🇺🇸
why do you speak English? - made a video about that! • How I Learned English ...
ig? - username: emiii_grace / emiii_grace
spotify? - open.spotify.com/user/2135ivk...

[@phillipnelson8567]

This is the most real, relatable, honest iTalki review on KZbin. Paid "sponsored" videos from others are pretty much a waste, because they are essentially a commercial. These nine minutes FLEW by. Straight to the point information, with empathetic vibes. As a language learner, and an iTalki newbie, I could relate to your tornado of mixed feelings of frustration, excitement, motivation, anxiety, gratification, and anti-socialness...the feeling of not wanting to do a lesson...doing it anyway...and then being happy that you did. These kind of videos motivate me. Thank you. Subscribed. 👍

[@emigrace]

This is such a sweet comment! thank you so much, and sending you much love 🤍

[@kuks9852]

As a native spanish speaker, this really helps me to learn spanish

[@bryandelomejor]

The same here. This helped me a lot :v

[@claysoggyfries]

You already know it though

[@YoutubeCommenter7402]

@@claysoggyfries Not necessarily. Native spanish speaker just indicates that the person grew up with Spanish being spoken at their home/country. Perhaps there was another language spoken at their home as well such as English. Maybe the person learned more English than Spanish while growing up. They might be anywhere between A1 up to upper B2 so they could do basic conversations but nothing very complicated. Now if someone were to say I'm a C2 Spanish speaker then yea you would expect them to be fluent/expert at Spanish.

[@chuonchuonbay8390]

Only 30 usd? They ask me 12 usd/30’! How could u get a good price?

[@vanillagrammer6019]

@@chuonchuonbay8390Set a filter on italki. I took lessons for 5$ per 60 minutes.

[@rosewaldeier5301]

Ok, your channel is hilarious! I'm also studying Spanish, and had my first iTalki lesson about 10 days ago. I've had three different teachers. I have been meeting with a teacher from Colombia who doesn't speak English and I barely speak spanish, but it's so cool how we just sort of made the conversation work. It wasn't pretty, and she had to be super patient with me but I left the conversation feeling motivated to keep working hard.

[@emigrace]

Thanks so much for the comment, and that’s amazing !!!🤍 Super happy for you because I definitely know the feeling:) Best of luck with your Spanish studies!

[@faruq3484]

Right this channel is hilarious😍

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

As a native spanish speaker (I am from Honduras), I am so impressed of your Spanish level. You have a beautiful accent and a great gramally, I think that one of the most dificult things when you learn Spanish is the amount of accent that we have, but you are practicing with teacher from others countries and that is going to help you a lot!. I hope you continue like this. Bienvenida a la comunidad Hispana, a mi Japonesa favorita ^3^!!! Greeting!!

[@emigrace]

Aw thank you so much for such a lovely message!🥰🤍

[@zyrob3435]

Since last year i've done 40 over lessons on Italki in my target language, all community tutors. I usually take 1-2 lessons per week max. That's because I believe it's important for me to internalise all the new expressions and vocabulary taught by my tutor before the next lesson, so I can use the words as practice for the next lesson, plus my tutor doesn't waste time correcting me about the same thing over and over again. I also teach on Italki and I tell my students this too. For those who are anxious about starting on Italki, don't worry and just go ahead to book your first lesson! Pretty sure 5 minutes into the lesson you'd have forgotten all that nervousness, unless the tutor is really bad (in which case you just find another tutor).

[@sharonwilliams7261]

What kind of lessons are they? Do the teachers give you notes or share the screen etc or is it purely an oral chat?

[@lifewithkidneydisease]

I am so glad I found your channel. I have been binge-watching. You have so many great videos. Seeing your progress motivates me to step up my studies

[@yanablue4893]

hi! your video came up on my recommendations since I've been planning to take on italki for quite some time now. im SOOO glad i clicked on your video because honestly, this motivated me so much and i relate to a lot of the things you've said here as well! I'm currently learning Nihongo, for almost two years now, and while I can understand the basic grammar structures already, a part of me is a bit frustrated that i still couldn't speak till now. Thank you so so much for this video! I'll definitely try italki very, very soon because of this. Thank you once again and good luck to us!

[@SeanReynolds1962]

I am starting teaching English online, your insights as a learner were very helpful, thanks for sharing and glad you had fun along the way!

[@secretnobody6460]

I found a friend from mallorca, spain. We do videocalls like 2x a week and chat everyday in spanish... Its a free italki class for me! FIND A SPANISH FRIEND Y'ALL!!

[@emigrace]

Omg that’s…… what we should all be doing😂

[@ariannascameraroll]

Omg this is really what I need 🙌🏼

[@mrgpro9149]

You were great!!! just a note, most Spanish speaking natives and instructors like to speak with English speakers willing to speak their language are for the most part and are very helpful and really appreciate the fact that you are interested in communicating with them in their native language. Keep it up, I'm considering becoming a community tutor to teach Spanish for English speakers. Buena suerte!

[@yourfirstsecondlanguage4782]

Thank you for this I’ve been doing Spanish for a little while but ventured into italki this is helping me give the push I need. I’ve had quite a lot of convo exchanges but I could do with some lessons to help push past the upper intermediate barrier !

[@emigrace]

I'm so happy that the video could serve as a motivation

[@chilleenoir1118]

Just the channel I was looking for, have been trying to learn Spanish for ages. Watching your videos is the motivation I need!

[@emigrace]

This comment makes me so happy, thanks so much🤍 Best of luck with your Spanish journey!

[@kdolguin]

I love watching you and your tricks to learning. Also your recommendations

[@michaellettrich5723]

I love your videos. As another person learning Spanish, I can totally relate to what you are going through. Your smile and personality make your videos a lot of fun to watch. Thanks!

[@emigrace]

Thanks for the sweet words!💓

[@smegheadish]

Ohh, how I remember those days! Getting over the fear of making mistakes is the key:)

[@nathaliefrompoland47]

I've just found your canal, a few minutes ago and it's fantastic ❤️ I have been also learning Spanish and a lesson on Italki is a one of my goals, which I try to do in this language. This video helped a lot 😅

[@emigrace]

I'm so glad you're enjoying my videos!💞 Love to have another fellow Spanish learner!:)

[@_Feed_Me]

Your Spanish is way better than I imagined from what you said at the beginning!

[@LoveLife390]

You just inspired me to schedule a an italki Spanish lesson! Thank you :) I just discovered your channel and I love it!

[@emigrace]

I’m so happy to hear that!!💞 hope you have a fun lesson!

[@samileeable]

This was so entertaining! 😂😂😂 thanks for sharing your experience. You did great

[@bryannguyen2383]

WOW this video gives me lots of motivation! I just found your channel and seeing your progress already makes me so happy for you! I'm relearning Spanish since high school, and once I review more vocab and conjugations, I'll definitely give italki a shot, even though I'm very socially anxious lol

[@emigrace]

This comment makes me so happy, you have no idea:) Best of luck with your studies👍

[@stefycadena]

tú puedes, ánimo!

[@ladyinspanish]

Hola Bryan te puedo enseñar español si quieres.

[@songultopaloglu8257]

I am so happy ı found this now when I just start to learn spanish from the scratch.It’s very motivational.I need to watch videos like that to keep studying

[@briannas1316]

hahaha watching you struggle with being nervous about trying to speak in spanish to people you don't know makes me feel waaayyy better that i have 2 coworkers who barely speak english because i dont feel scared to try and speak with them in spanish because i have to try or we just go straight to google translate and they dont hesitate to correct me if we can actually manage understand what i'm talking about. being around them every day definitely helps with keeping up my spanish practice. ive only just started learning about a month and a half ago and so far im doing okay lol and it helps a lot that they are also trying to learn english so we can correct each other and it helps us both learn. one of my coworkers is from colombia and the other is from venezuela so it's super interesting to hear the difference in phrases and accents on certain words they say. spanish is super fun though! also to make a long comment even longer i downloaded language transfer and i really love it! his tips and the way he explains things is really helpful to breaking down and putting together sentences. so thanks for the rec!!! anyway haha hope you're doing well!

[@JulyCT14]

this was such a fun video! I've also been putting off doing italki as well, because ...anxiety. but I know I have to, to learn! Thank you! *I just booked a lesson for this week!

[@deborapatricia3207]

I'm a native spanish speaker trying to improve my english level using Italki and I really love your cheerful on the video and your perseverance to learn another language

[@emigrace]

I'm so happy you enjoyed it!:)

[@sharlenehopwood8664]

I love this. I also don't always want to meet new people.. I'm learning Korean and literally the first person that i used a trial lesson on is the one that i've been using for a month. I should try others... but... My nerves get the better of me. Thanks for showing us, and explaining why it's good to try different people as tutors :)

[@emigrace]

I feel your pain😭😭 just remember, it’s only the initial stage where you try new people, and after that you can just stick with the same tutor🥺

[@languagecomeup]

Super fun video! Looking forward to checking out more. Your Spanish pronunciation was already good here from an early level!

[@emigrace]

thank you so much!:) though I have to credit that to my Japanese roots, since the pronunciation is actually really similar to Spanish hahahaa

[@chocomintholic7734]

I'm happy to stumble upon this video! I've been self-studying Japanese for almost 2 years now but I've also always put off trying to converse (always thinking I need to learn more words and grammar first). After watching your video, I also decided to go on a Lesson shopping spree on itaki. My first lesson starts in 15 minutes. I'm so nervous haha!

[@seanstults1271]

How’d it go? I’m a fellow learner of the Japanese language.

[@chocomintholic7734]

@@seanstults1271 It was really a great experience! Speaking was really hard at first but the teachers are all helpful and patient so far. It's also great that most of them correct my mistakes and type them in the chat so I can review after the lesson. It's definitely important to find a teacher that you can really vibe with.

[@MarleyOnThaBluff]

​@@chocomintholic7734hey its been a year update on your japanese progress so far?

[@jonathanmoult]

Thankyou for posting this. I was just looking into iTalki and am very nervous as my speaking skills are not good. You have helped me make a decision to try it out. I sense a difference in your speaking skills as the lessons progress.

[@emigrace]

I’m so glad this video could encourage you like that! That was exactly my intention for posting this video;) Best of luck with your studies!💪🏼

[@jonathanmoult]

@@emigrace Thanks. I have plugged in some $$ and found 2 teachers too get trials with so far. Should start this week, so thanks again.

[@maxos-4135]

@@jonathanmoult is it possible to try multiple teachers at the same time in this app or just one?(thanks in advance)

[@zyrob3435]

@@maxos-4135 You can try as many as you like and book as many lessons as you want (and can afford). When you first start, Italki gives you three trial lessons per account. Trial lessons means you can to try out teachers at a discounted rate. After you finish using them you just pay normal rates with the teachers.

[@viviannaoh7646]

i'm learning spanish too and this was super helpful!!! i tried italki but i spent all my trial on one teacher which i regret :< Thank you for the vid!!! i'm gonna try bunch of new teachers from now on hehehe

[@groovyhannah8517]

Your videos are so entertaining!! I enjoyed this video so much. It motivates me a lot to study languages :)

[@emigrace]

That’s so sweet of you to say, thanks so much🥺 sending much love 💓

[@crooniegrumpkin4415]

Thanks for sharing your experience on Tutor Selection. Enjoyed it.

[@globalgogetter4469]

Love your Spanish journey. So funny and relatable.😂😂😂 Subbed!

[@emigrace]

Thank youuu!🤍

[@itzel9780]

Qué linda energía y qué buen nivel de español 👌🏼 Soy profesora de Italki y créeme que los profesores también nos ponemos un poco nerviosos. Felicidades por el esfuerzo 😊

[@emigrace]

Gracias y me alegra mucho escucharlo!!😂💞

[@melvincole1711]

Great video! You have encouraged me to try Italki

[@cymonegottired8407]

I LOVe language transfer. Your editing style makes me happy

[@emigrace]

It's incredible isn't it!:) That's such a sweet comment, thank you🥺❤️

[@cymonegottired8407]

@@emigrace no problem. No puedo esperar para tu próximo video de español 🥳🥳

[@alegrespanish]

You did great! ¡Lo hiciste genial! ♥ ¡Continúa practicando! 💪🇪🇸

[@vtv5558]

I don't usually give likes to videos but I have you one because you said it encourages you. :) I use Italki and I've been wanting to use it more. It really helps to motivate me to study more like you said. I was doing just one lesson a month but I'm going to try one lesson a week for at least a month then maybe do two lessons a week for a month. I can't do more than that because I can't afford it.

[@JanetSuzanne]

I’m living in Moscow and have been learning Russian using italki since March and I love the platform so far!

[@emigrace]

amazing!!!👏👏

[@sojuprincess]

Aweome . I use italki once a week You just inspired to do it once a week . I will have to try this everyday. Gracias

[@patchy642]

Orotava town, Isle of Tenerife, Spain, Africa. Hey Emmy! =D It's me, Patrick! Well done, kiddo! Your Spanish is amazing, as I witnessed when you were over here, volunteering with us, such good times! I freaked out at how unprofessional and condescending that first Italki teacher was, interrupting your Spanish with his English ("It's normal, it's normal", so easily understood but not condescending if he'd just said it in Spanish, what you're paying for:"Es normal, es normal"), the worst thing you can do to a student when they're feeling insecure while speaking the target language, something I would never inflict on any student of mine, as I also teach on Italki. (I'm pretty sure he then infringed on some copyright protocol, distributing third party published material.) Well done, Emmy! Come back to Spain soon!

[@YonathanG]

Your Spanish is amazing! I mean it, good job!

[@ann-toni]

I signed up for italki as I've been putting it off and now have my first trial spanish session tomorrow. I thought I would watch a video review and yours came up. I enjoyed your video and think I'll give Italki ago. I'm nervous but like what you said about being humble ... New sub 😄

[@emigrace]

I'm so glad this video could help you like that!!💞 I hope the lesson went well! lmk!;)

[@ann-toni]

@@emigrace It went well thank you. I booked a block of lessons :)

[@emigrace]

So happy to hear that!

[@surrealchemist]

I started picking up Spanish again and was thinking about trying this out. I’m not a real social person normally, even in my own language and just ended up learning more to read than speak the language. It would be great to have someone to practice with but if its somebody I know I’m kind embarrassed and they might have have the patience to keep correcting me so it seemed like a good idea.

[@emigrace]

yeah exactly! I also find it kinda weird/embarrassing to talk with friends I'm used to talking to English in Spanish. That's why italki it great!:)

[@ladyinspanish]

Hola cordial saludo! te puedo enseñar español si quieres.

[@geminmyeyes931]

You sound well. Keep up the excellent work. I started learning 2 months ago, and I hope to be where you are soon.

[@emigrace]

Yesss you got this!! 🙌🏼💞

[@abnormia]

The first thing I thought was "$30? That's like... 3 lessons..." But you got 8 lessons out of it!? Geezus... learning Korean must be more expensive

[@emigrace]

well, to be fair, I used my trial lesson coupon thing so I had 3 lessons that were super cheap hahaha but yeah, it definitely depends on the country. I couldn't book a single tutor from Spain because it was double the price of some Latin American countries😢

[@kayomoreno4031]

Emi, I don't speak fluent English or Spanish, but I think I can help with conversational Spanish. You can even learn some things in Portuguese. What do you think? Oh, of course, at no cost... that would be great! You help me with English and we help each other with other languages! Hugs!

[@ChanceB02]

This helps I been taking Spanish for a while and felt I wasn’t learning much. Booked my first italki lesson and was nervous. Felt like I didn’t do great but my tutor was very helpful

[@ladyinspanish]

Hola cordial saludo! te puedo enseñar español si quieres.

[@disciplinefreedom3083]

damn that was after 2 months?!!! I have been putting off Spanish as I am currently learning mandarin but this inspires me.

[@Gis1]

Soy maestra de español y puedo decirte que lo haces muy bien. Sigue practicando👏🏻

[@ComeUndun.]

Oh my god. The first time I watched this video, I had only been practicing on Duolingo, and I didn't understand anything. I'm two weeks into an intensive spanish course at my university and I understood most of what you said!?!!?! And here I was thinking I don't know anything.

[@lotsamoxie]

Very very helpful. Thank you so much!

[@paulwalther5237]

Your Spanish sounds good enough to have a conversation - you're doing great. I abuse the present perfect tense too. I really should open a grammar book.

[@emigrace]

That's very kind of you to say:) Hahahaha, a few months later and I'm still struggling with the past tense😅

[@CharliesSpanishJourney]

This was a great video thanks for sharing it!

[@emigrace]

Thank you so much!🤍

[@vitozdev]

I really enjoy this video, I wish a good learning and never give up Im try the same but from spanish to learn english

[@panickbee]

5:15 the little french "avec" out of nowhere is so relatable

[@emarcostar]

I'm a native spanish speaker, you speak super well, your pronunciation is completely native and natural ☺👏🏻 Keep going!

[@emigrace]

Thank you so much🙏🏼🥺

[@tonychen4589]

Wow! By day 8, you are fluent en español! Felicidades! I registered iTalki a month ago and paid $20 already (and got $10 bonus credit). But I’m yet to be confident enough to use it. Maybe in another month. Ja ja ja

[@emigrace]

Thank you! Yeah, I think it really helped my Spanish!😄 Ahh, I know what it feels like😅 but I think it'll be great if you could get up the courage!:)

[@Antbeast23]

Preply is pretty good to use for language learning

[@kaioceanlove]

Your spanish is actually pretty good! I'm trying to get to your level haha

[@jenniferbatallanos3397]

Excellent video!!! 😊 I am a Spanish tutor in Italki 😀⭐ I hope we can have a lesson one day 😊😊😊

[@HannibalXKarma]

I used it for Russian for 3 months. After learning on Rosetta for about a year. (Which I kind of don’t recommend Rosetta Stone as a sole platform.) italki is amazing.

[@Brilla2013]

So funny, the other day i had my first trial lesson in german and i was freaked out, scared of being dumb, but in the end i felt good because the teacher was nice and he understood me, it made me realize what things I'm really not confident at.

[@emigrace]

ahhh yeah I definitely know the feeling😭 glad you had a good experience tho! keep it up!😊💪

[@kelparry8572]

Great channel ! Curious, did you start out on Rosetta Stone or something similar? Keep up the great work!

[@caylinsun]

Cool! iTalki sounds great from watching you going through it haha. I also need to get better so I can talk to native speaker jajaja

[@emigrace]

Thanks for the comment! The first lesson takes a lot of courage to do but I'd def recommend it☺️ and good luck with your studies

[@glenmaralfonso]

I have started learning Spanish a few years ago and like everyone, I stopped, because of whatever reason. Life. I wanted to continue to learn and I booked my first Italki lesson yesterday and I am nervous! This video made me feel more at ease but I’m still nervous that the conversation will be in English lol

[@emigrace]

wow I love that, that's amazing!! I hope you had a good lesson!:)

[@AudaciouslyMe]

Great video! I jus found out about this app and signed up earlier today. Im living in medellin and my Espanol no es bueno. Hope my experience goes this well LOL

[@emigrace]

Yayyyy that’s so exciting!! Hope you’ll have a good experience!❤️

[@prestokrs1]

I feel like you are someone who has a lot of anxiety. So I'm very happy you had the courage to do this. ☺️

[@mrpeacemm]

I had a great time watching your video! You're so funny. Subscribed

[@emigrace]

That's so sweet, thank you so much!🤍🤍

[@salaheddine2720]

I like this girl !

[@CallmeAshlyn]

I am facing an obstacle now. I do not want to spend months on level A1 by just reading textbooks and completing exercises. but all the teachers i engaged are only willing to do free topic conversations only, which apparently i feel a high beginner or low intermediate will do. And all my teachers change our agreed approach on the second lesson onwards. I am constantly being cheated to have lessons with them for them to start becoming unprofessional.

[@alexrebo7772]

hi !, I just watch your video by coincidence and I can say your Spanish is awesome!, you are doing great, congrats !... I'm from Mexico so my native language is Spanish, if you want we can zoom from time to time to practice your Spanish and I can practice my English as well, would be cool to learn Japanese although! :-p

[@adelapineda4275]

estoy aprendiendo Inglés y ver tu video me dio una idea de como es estar del otro lado🤭

[@NoirHammer]

I'm further ahead in Spanish and that book isn't at my level. Don't know why he recommended it to you. Love the code switching Emi. That helps in the long run.

[@emigrace]

hahahhaha I know right😂

[@lizettmorales1002]

Thank you for this video

[@languagelearningdabbler]

I treated myself recently to my first lesson for my birthday. It was a trial lesson so only 30 minutes but I loved it. I think I prefer 30 minutes over an hour though LOL

[@emigrace]

I’m so happy for you!!!👏🏼💞 and I totally agree, with new teachers especially, I prefer the lesson to be 30-45 mins haha

[@soy_chinito]

Buena pronunciación del español, hablas muy bien, se escucha muy claro. Soy de Chile

[@easymedizinpodcastmitkauve7370]

Couple of months only? That's impressive

[@paulakoyoc.feldtart240]

Wow tu Español es buenisimo, y cuantos idiomas hablas? I wanna try this app in order to teach Spanish, English and probably French. But I did not get my degree yet, I studied linguistic in Bolivia. I just need to get my degree. J'adore ta vidéo! 😊

[@emigrace]

Muchas gracias!

[@SDKhan-yv7bs]

Is there somthing I should be careful of during a lesson for the first time?

[@santhipriyaardala9652]

NIce and informative video. Thank you

[@sheherezahade]

Your Spanish is amazing, tbh.

[@luis920810]

Hi I just wanna say thanks for try to learn Spanish, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about decide to pay italki to improve my English, so after watch your video I’am decided to pay it. Please don’t give in your Spanish!!!! You can do whatever you want, you are Japanese 😊

[@jonjohns7080]

I’m really interested in knowing how much Spanish you already know, I get by at work but haven’t ever really studied

[@hanbitlee1682]

Funny and wholesome ! ☺️

[@emigrace]

Thank you!!🤍

[@learnthaiwithbee]

is sharing experiences very interesting I like your videos. Fun talk. You are so pretty and cute. I'm also interested in learning Spanish.👍

[@jorgesindoni6357]

She speaks english very well.

[@janmac218]

It doesn't sound like you can pick a teacher from a specific country> It also didn't seem like the teacher had a specific focus as to what will be covered in a given day

[@surabhibansal9691]

Will i get the certificate after finishing up my any specific language course

[@tal9106]

I want to askk something, I hope you would mind to answer, did you book the trial first or just go for the classes without going through trial? Because the trials requires payment, they're not free (obviosly) so I wonder if they're not nessesary in your opinion? I think I would skip the trial too if you think so, thankss

[@_sparrowhawk]

DAY 8!!!

[@adriannamartin5992]

This is helpful I subscribed!!! I talki right now Is doing there anniversary sale

[@emigrace]

thanks so much for subscribing!💓

[@thnthr]

lol i love your content keep up the good work

[@emigrace]

thank you!:)

[@diariosdelextranjero]

It is a great platform.

[@andyenespanol]

8 lessons with $30? Wow thats value. I should do that.

[@Donttagme11111]

wow, u're so gorgeous! I am a polyglot myself, so definitely , you now have a 1+ subscriber :)

[@emigrace]

any thank you!🥰

[@laurauwu6840]

Now i am watching your video in the opportunity to improve My English..

[@lavishreacts8010]

Your Spanish is pretty good how did u get to that level ??

[@janettsalas6737]

Creo que es hora de practicar inglés en serio voy a usar italki una inversión ..entiendo pero me falta hablar

[@nicklowe_]

Finally, you can talk to all the natives in Tokyo

[@loidaarevalo7947]

Hola me Encanto Como Hablas ingles yo estoy aprendiendo ingles y se me hace muy dificil