I messaged a teacher who is new on the platform to discuss if we think he would be suitable. He gave me some information about what he could help with and I hadn’t replied yet. A few hours later he sent me a lesson invitation for a few days time without even asking me what my goals are, and even if I would be free on that day. Is this normal?

I just want to rant because it is so frustrating. I used italki as a student for a few years before I became a teacher and even as a student I understood, the teachers schedule is the teachers schedule, why do so many students try to message asking for other time slots, if I was available it would be open. Italki for most people is likely a 2nd or 3rd job, I open it when I have time. It seems to especially happen with new students, I don't even have any relationship with you, if you want to take a lesson book it from my available time, if my schedule does not suit yours find another teacher, I really can't understand.

I currently have 1-2 lessons a week with a professional teacher. I was thinking of also reaching out to a cheaper community tutor to have lessons once or twice a week for additional practice at a cheaper price. Would this be bad and would it offend my original teacher?

I've been teaching ESL for over 10 years, including some exam prep, but I have never really offered it as a niche. I have both IELTS and Cambridge material that I know and have used. I also bought a certificate course for exam prep so I can get the tag on italki.

The thing is, I like having students that stick with me. I don't want to have a couple classes and then say goodbye, but I am willing to if it really boosts my income.

I know I recently asked a similar question. I want to know how the Italki quiz works. Does the teacher just click a button, and it automatically generates a quiz? Do you look over the questions? My professional tutor assigns quizzes once a week. I want to ask him, but it seems like never the right time, and I don't know how to bring it up. Last week, he assigned me a quiz at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday Pacific Standard Time. I feel so bad because in Spain, it was like 3 a.m. I saw his message and replied, “Okay.” We have lessons on Monday at 9 a.m. Pacific time. I don't want him to feel obligated if he is really busy that week. I know a lot of teachers teach on Italki as a secondary income. Based on the schedule, it seems like he has 12 students total. He might have a main job. Overall the quiz is simple and I could skip it if he doesn't have time.

Dear colleagues, ​I have been working as a professional teacher on iTalki for a long time now, with over 1,600 completed lessons. ​I do this as a side job because I genuinely love teaching, and I do not really look at it strictly as a business. My rate has not been particularly high, it was around $15 per hour. I recently decided to raise my price, not so much for the money, but in the hope of attracting more committed and serious students. ​It feels like having a lower price point tends to attract casual students or those who try to squeeze every last drop out of you for what they pay. Many of them cannot afford long term learning, so all the effort you put in ends up wasted. Others come in with unrealistically high expectations, as if learning a language is like eating once a day, if you do not gorge yourself, you have not done anything. ​My question for you is: Did you notice a shift toward more serious and dedicated students after you raised your rates? And have you ever felt exploited when your prices were lower? ​For context, I teach German, and my rate was $15 per hour.

I'm having problems with Sumsub ID Verification. It has been saying "Verifying your data" for several days. I see no way to resubmit my ID. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Does it get returned to the student wallet? Does the teacher get paid? Or does italki keep the money?

Just wondering how many hours have people committed on italki? How many years and did you drop off once you pass C2.

Hey folks,
I've been looking into picking up Korean classes online for a while now. I got a trip coming up in a few months and thought it would be pretty cool if I'd be able to have even the most basic of knowledge about the language, so that's why I started looking online.

I ended up basically ending up with both iTalki and Preply and though I've seen similarities, I've also noticed plenty of differences. Things like Preply offering a more 'structured' set up because of the subscription model, whereas with iTalki it's more of a 'whenever you feel like it' sort of way of going about. Price wise it seems to be roughly the same so that wouldn't matter to me that much.

When trying to decide on which platform to go for, I found myself primarily finding posts about either platform from a tutor perspective, and not so much from a student perspective. It's shown me posts about how tutors aren't paid for trials on Preply, or how they have a higher rate they pay Preply at the start but that gets lowered based on the amount of lessons you've given, etc.

But, I just couldn't find any posts or whatever about a student's perspective on either platform. So I was wondering, are there any students here who used both platforms, and if so why did you end up with one over the other? Whether this be iTalki or Preply.

Right now i've got about 3 tutors that have my interest, one on Preply and one on iTalki. I'll definitely be making use of the trial option before commiting to a tutor ofcourse, but I also want to know beforehand that the platform i'm going for is the one i want to commit 100% to.

So i'd be very interested in hearing your opinions :)

Long story short I mentioned to my friends I wanted to learn a new language. I don’t really have the commitment on me but they got me a £75.00 Italki gift card. Does anyone want to buy it for £65.00?

Hii! I'm really excited about starting being a language tutor, I'd just like to ask a few tips or recommendations, it could be from people who seek for a tutor in iTalki or iTalki tutors that already have experience

So far I'm not in yet, seems to be always full for my language.

However here are some questions:

How important is to you that your tutor is certificated? (Like TEFL certificate for english or ELE certificate for spanish)

What do you expect in the trial lessons?

What do you need in a tutor?

Would you pick a cheap tutor or an expensive tutor? (In case of being an expensive tutor, how much are you willing to pay as a max?)

I have ADHD so my lessons are not really typical, not following the book but I enjoy them that way making them dynamic always following a plan so we reach a goal.

Thank you for your time in advance.

I take weekly lessons with an amazing tutor and have done so for a few months now. I want to continue my current lessons but add in a weekly conversational lesson. My current tutor's price is quite high and I can't justify spending that kind of money just so I can fumble through conversations with her again (we do some free conversation at the beginning of each lesson). I've found a new to italki tutor who has a much lower price than my tutor's so I have booked a trial lesson with her.

Tutors, my questions are:

• Do you care if your students use multiple tutors? Are there any advantages or disadvantages?
• How do I tell my tutor it's only related to her price without trying to sound like I'm complaining about it?

Thank you!

Is it just me or lately students just won't show at the scheduled lesson time? It happened at least three/four times in the last week and I'm currently writing this while waiting (already 30 mins in) for a new student who booked his first lesson at least two days ago. No message, no nothing. I even sent him two messages and still no answer. I feel kinda stupid and tbh I think that this is very disrespectful towards teachers... Like, my daily schedule is quite strict lately and I would prefer to do other things instead of just staring at my computer's screen waiting for someone who I don't even know if it's going to come or not. :')

Are you experiencing the same thing lately?

UPDATE: The students came one hour after the lesson time and told me he overslept and if I could refund him. I obviously said no, because I'm tired of this happening so much lately and now he's saying me that it would have been better to "preserve our relationship than to give him a hard time over that one hour" and that he "would have booked many more lessons with me". I have no words tbh...

How exactly do I promote myself on that platform? Their algorithm keep showing the same tutors all the time

Hello everyone! Does anybody know how to change the iTalki calendar format to Sunday - Saturday instead of the Monday - Sunday one? Thanks!

I want to ask is it imp for teachers to upload video along with form? Can't form be submitted without it?

Hi!

I have been taking lessons on Italki since April, and have been using the Italki video platform for the lessons.

It has been working fine; however, my tutor and I have started to have some issues with audio breaking or lagging (or disappearing completely), so I would like to switch to Google Meet for next and upcoming lessons. As I buy package lessons and reschedule in advance, is there a way to change the video platform once a lesson is already booked? I am not seeing the actual option to do so, and cancelling and rebooking is not an option as the tutor is fully booked for the next two weeks (in the time slots that would work for me at least) so that would mean skipping the lessons for two weeks.

Thank you in advance!

I take 7 hour for an hour and 10 dollars for 90 mins and with the commission , it is even the less. And specially the students who take 90 min classes sometimes can be demanding, so i sometimes spent 30 mins on preparing material, and it have been frustrating for me and feel demotivated. But specially one of my students who take 90 min classes have been complimenting me a lot, making several good reviews in my profile, and i feel like it is weird to raise price right after that, she would never give positive feedback to teachers after this maybe lol. So i want to atleast raise prices for new students and then raise prices for old students 1-2 months later. How can i do that? Or do you think i should raise my prices for everyone? I have taken a breal from italki for 2 weeks alreasy, and all my students said they would wait me , i feel like it is also weird to raise my price right after come back ( i took the break by making my rate 40 dollars, to not get any students , telling this incase it is also useful how algorithm treats me and neither i should decide to make my rate 10 dollars an hour and 15 dollars 90 min)

Student management programs

Recommendations on the best apps for catalouging, organizing students and lesson plans and materials.

Currently I have been using a seperate file for each student with notes, Google Docs and Excel.

I primarily teach Business, Medical, Intermediate to Advanced English and Fluency Training, and in most cases the classes are adjusted to the individual student's industry, specialty and goals. So, in general I'm not really able to use the same lessons with every student.

I also create a lot of my own learning materials. Some general, some specialized topics.

Most of my Intermediate level General English students I use textbooks with, so this is much simpler than the specialized classes.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks

Hi all! I'm a Business English teacher for professionals and have been on iTalki for a few months. I've gotten quite a few trial lessons and they consistently say they like me and will keep booking. Now, it would be one thing if I saw that they are taking classes with other teachers. But, most of these new students joined iTalki, had a class with me, then never came back online. I don't understand why this keeps happening. I have great reviews and they all genuinely seem to enjoy my trial lesson and my personality.

I understand professionals are very busy, but is this normal when you're targeting professional students at a higher price range?

Thanks!

Should I go with doulinggo or something else