Preply
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Pros
- I think if you approach it as "only wanting to focus on speaking and listening" I think you could find tutors who meet your needs on sites like iTalki, Preply, etc
- Beyond italki, there is also preply and verbling, who have some different tutors—you might find a good match on one or the other
- Italki or Preply are online platforms where you can send inquiries to tutors and have trial classes with them.
- I personally use Preply and I enjoy it, but it’s more about the tutor than the app.
- Honestly, head to Preply, look for a tutor around £12-£15 per hour. They’ll give you heaps of worksheets and tone exercises to practice as well as conversational phrases.
Cons
- I had a pretty negative experience with Preply. We just went through Genki in a very methodical "high school course" way, which felt very unfun at my self-taught 30 yr old pace.
- Very in depth, I would add that italki and Preply are similar, just that italki charges PER lesson while Preply you have to pay by subscription model
- preply is a subscription service
- iTalki is vastly superior to Preply for this - because you can just book 1 or 2 lessons with a tutor and then just not book another if you don't like it - no cancellation or awkward conversations, just don't re-book.
- Last time I looked into it pre-ply also locked you in to always buying a full set of lessons.
Sentiment
202 positive (77%) · 30 mixed (11%) · 32 negative (12%)
Trust + time weighted score: +62% · raw score 64%
What redditors said (10 of 264)
I think if you approach it as "only wanting to focus on speaking and listening" I think you could find tutors who meet your needs on sites like iTalki, Preply, etc
Beyond italki, there is also preply and verbling, who have some different tutors—you might find a good match on one or the other
Italki or Preply are online platforms where you can send inquiries to tutors and have trial classes with them.
I personally use Preply and I enjoy it, but it’s more about the tutor than the app.
I had a pretty negative experience with Preply. We just went through Genki in a very methodical "high school course" way, which felt very unfun at my self-taught 30 yr old pace.
Honestly, head to Preply, look for a tutor around £12-£15 per hour. They’ll give you heaps of worksheets and tone exercises to practice as well as conversational phrases.
You can also pay for community tutors on Preply and iTalki and the like.
Very in depth, I would add that italki and Preply are similar, just that italki charges PER lesson while Preply you have to pay by subscription model
preply is a subscription service
iTalki is vastly superior to Preply for this - because you can just book 1 or 2 lessons with a tutor and then just not book another if you don't like it - no cancellation or awkward conversations, just don't re-book.