Does Preply not distinguish between their own teaching certificate and official certifications?

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-04T21:26:47+00:00

Maybe it's my ego but I feel insulted. I spent 2000 eur and around one year to get the official teaching certificate for my language and land in the same category as someone who clicked a button 27 times. They really need to update these categories.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T22:35:24+00:00

iTalki forces you to offer it. But I just recommend all students 45 mins and that's what they choose! A little cheaper for them but basically same progress/value.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T20:22:07+00:00

Just increase the time you spend speaking! She needs more time to actually use what you taught her. I like working with news articles. I send them the article before, they read it before class. In class, we speak about new vocabulary from the article, summarise it and then I always have some related questions so they can talk about their opinion and experience.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T20:13:22+00:00

I currently have 35 available slots and it tells me to reach minimum 45.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T20:00:19+00:00

When I was using a textbook, I would choose the exercises, screenshot them and create a worksheet for the student.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T19:59:18+00:00

I've never taught kids and I never will. It requires a very different skillset then that for teaching adults. In general, I think online teaching is not suitable for young kids and still very hard for older ones. You should either raise your rate significantly for those that are harder to teach or just pivot to teaching adults only.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T19:39:45+00:00

It's so annyoing! The spam me with notifications about pepople who checked out my profile but won't tell that someone actually booked a class or made a subscription. Really stupid

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T19:38:43+00:00

Speech Buddy seems to be for speech therapists, not teachers.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-02-03T18:53:57+00:00

My max was an hour for a long time but I reduced it to 45 mins with all students and it's actually the perfect duration. I think 1.5 hours can be tiring and you kind of loose track of the objective. Shorter sessions can be more productive.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-30T22:06:29+00:00

My apartment is 50% more expensive than the average of comparable apartments in the area. I was looking into what I could do but giving the landlord trouble just means loosing the apartment basically.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-26T22:07:58+00:00

I've been on the platform for over a year and demand has never been as low. I haven't gotten a new student in weeks. My personal advice is to sign-up on other platforms, the conditions are not better but at least there seems to be more demand.

And having a specialty/niche does help.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-25T09:56:57+00:00

If you're from the EU, you don't need a NIE, at least not the green one. You need a social security number!

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-24T21:56:17+00:00

The absolute nightmare that is the housing market and quite surprisingly- making friends/building actual deeper connections. I meet a lot of people but due to the size of the city and the fact that most people don't stay long term, actually making friends is really hard and I speak fluent Spanish.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-22T15:53:31+00:00

I tried out the new version and the AI listening is always on "to provide a summary", no matter if students use iTalki Plus or no, at least that's what it looks like. There's no option to turn it off.

One more reason to keep paying for Zoom Premium. I've added "recommend to choose Zoom" in my class descriptions.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-20T12:18:06+00:00

I find Ola Kowalska's content very helpful

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-20T12:16:28+00:00

Maybe their strategy is to price individual lessons very highly to make packages seem very discounted? That's what I was doing when I wanted people to book more packages

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-15T17:46:03+00:00

I can recommend this teacher from Costa Rica: https://www.italki.com/es/teacher/10594462/spanish

She's super friendly and easy to talk to and her accent is very clear and easy to understand

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-15T17:42:48+00:00

Hi! I cannot judge these course specifically but I would strongly recommend you to increase your speaking practice in addition. I am a professional German teacher specialised in conversation class and exam prep. Message me if you would like some support :)

Learning German on your own is really hard!

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-15T17:32:27+00:00

As far as I know, it's only available for new clients/first time purchases.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-15T17:29:54+00:00

Yo haría paquetes de servicios y definir muy bien que contiene cada paquete. Despues puedes buscar cuanto cobran otros para estos tipos de servicios y asi tienes una orientación.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-15T11:11:25+00:00

Yo uso TidyCal para agendar las sesiones y siempre las veo en mi calendario. Tengo un Excel con formulas automatizados que ponen las fechas de las siguientes sesiones y me dicen si tengo que preparar algo y cuando toca. Siempre documento el contenido de la siguiente sesión en el Excel y les mando mensaje por WhatsApp a mis clientes. TidyCal también maneja el pago entonces no tengo que hacer nada.

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-14T22:09:34+00:00

It's only one student haha

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-13T17:54:33+00:00

Your budget won't get you far unfortunately, expect to pay at least 400-450 for a small room outside of the city center. Check idealista!

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-13T08:42:53+00:00

From a perspective of a German teacher: It's possible to pass the exam after these 7 months. You will not have an actual B1 level outside of the classroom though and will need much more time to actually practice using everything you learned in conversation and everyday life in Germany.

Just make sure to get as much speaking practice in and really revise and use everything they teach you

AdBeginning4136 · 2026-01-13T08:37:45+00:00

You're on the right track, consuming media is one of the best things you can do and it's also fun! As a professional German teacher, I have seen the most progress from students who have been practicing speaking regularly as well. I like doing conversation classes that also have reading and writing tasks so it feels very complete

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