Online Language Classes With a Personal Tutor - Verbalplanet.com Shakes Up Foreign Language Courses

Aug. 10, 2010 - PRLog -- Up until recently many people have chosen to learn a language, often unsuccessfully, in isolation due to lack of an available teacher or a reluctance to try out their language skills in public.  

Verbalplanet.com ( http://www.verbalplanet.com ) offers a different and uniquely web based system to learning a language which puts you in touch with your own personal online language teacher via Skype, the leading internet telephony service.  

Their online language classes are a great way to get the benefits of one to one language training and tuition without any of the hassles of travelling, large class sizes or lack of an available language tutor; putting Verbalplanet.com at the forefront of the shift towards online language education.

At the heart of Verbalplanet's solution is a belief that learning a language is all about real people engaging in real conversation.  All lessons undertaken through the Verbalplanet site are 100% interactive with a tutor lead approach which focuses on verbal communication skills.  Tutors and students can also share electronic materials and documents through Skype before, during or after the lesson.

What also sets Verbalplanet.com apart from other solutions is the flexibility the site offers, with students being able to choose an online language tutor from anywhere in the world and schedule online language lessons around work or family commitments using a personal online tuition diary.

"Now using the internet anyone can bring learning a language to life in a way not possible with traditional self study methods.  Online language classes through Verbalplanet.com are a great way to build confidence as well as perfecting your accent and building fluency.  A student that lacks confidence in their own ability will thrive under the guidance of an online language tutor." says Andy Moore of Verbalplanet.com.

Verbalplanet.com operates around a market based format so students have the ability to shop around and select a private language teacher according to a range of criteria including price, location, available lesson times and feedback from previous students. Included with every teacher listed on Verbalplanet.com is a profile of their teaching background, qualifications and teaching approach, which allows the user to get to know a potential language tutor before booking lesson time.

The availability of free trial lessons by many of the tutors listed on the site also means that it is possible to evaluate the service for free before committing to buying further lesson time.  The number of language tutors listed on Verbalplanet.com has also been increasing steadily so users can select a tutor that matches specific learning requirements or who is available at specific times of the day.

“One of the biggest benefits of learning a language online is that distance is no longer a barrier to education. The web can create a truly interactive learning experience & allows people to converse and learn in partnership with a personal native speaking language tutor anywhere in the world. For example, using Verbalplanet.com it’s possible for someone learning Mandarin Chinese to take online Chinese classes from the comfort of their own home with their own personal Chinese tutor in Beijing, regardless of where the student happens to be in the world.” Adds Moore.

In addition to their online language tuition service, Verbalplanet.com also provides extensive supplemental material, including a range of audio lessons for MP3 players covering most of the world's major languages, structured language courses in MP3 format for French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin and more, together with a range of online or desktop language dictionaries, making any student's quest to learn a language a smooth and convenient one.

About Verbalplanet.com

Verbalplanet.com is a language training and tuition service which facilitates online language classes between language learners and native speaking language tutors around the globe using the Skype internet telephony service.

http://www.verbalplanet.com

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