E-tutoring is CRUCIAL
  • Roe November 2012
    Howdy,

    For any of your new to language study, I'm telling you: THIS E-TUTORING IS THE MISSING LINK AND THE ULTIMATE KEY TO YOUR SUCCESS.  

    I've self-studied languages since high school (am 35 now) and have done quite well with many of them.  And my French and Italian are in fact quite good.  But that is because I lived in France, and in southern Switzerland (where they speak Italian).  In other words, it was this immersion and forced conversation with native speakers that really helped me improve.  

    Well, that's what the e-tutoring does, and honestly, without it, you will never truly learn the language.  The books, CDs, and games are wonderful---but the e-tutoring is what brings it all together.  

    And don't be afraid to just jump in.  I just started Japanese, and have only made it to page 6, but I am already enrolled in an e-tutoring session, because I know that forcing myself to listen and speak to a real Japanese speaker will exponentially increase my skills.  Don't think, "Oh, I should wait until I've mastered the entire book, or the entire lesson".  NO!  The way to master the book and lesson is... to do the e-tutoring.  :)

    So sign up for e-tutoring today, and then, as soon as you finish your first session, sign up immediately for the next one.  Just keep doing e-tutoring over, and over, and over (and push forward with the reading, the CDs, etc) as well.  In 6 months' time, you'll be quite surprised with how much you have improved.

    NOTE: It is REALLY discouraging at first with any language.  And it often feels like you'll never make any progress (Chinese is one example--VERY hard language), and that you'll never understand what is being said, and you'll never be able to construct comprehensible grammatically-correct sentences.  But just force yourself to keep at it, and voila, one day, it will hit you like a ton of bricks: WOW, I TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID!  And... WHOAH, DID I JUST SPEAK A TOTALLY COMPLETE SENTENCE?  WHERE THE HECK DID THOSE WORDS COME FROM?!

    Ti promesso.

    Happy learning!
    Vives les langues!
    -Monroe
  • Christopher November 2012
    Thanks, Monroe! This is fantastic. We love our eTutoring team; they're very talented and dedicated, and they really bring language learning to life. 

    Everyone else, we couldn't agree more with Monroe! Please make use of your eTutoring, and don't be discouraged. It take a bit of time and effort, but if you have reasonable expectations of yourself, and make some space in your life for your new language(s), you'll get results!
  • UpstateLangFan November 2012
    I took the first level eTutoring for Chinese twice. I did much better the second time.
  • Giulia November 2012
    You bring up a great point! Learning a language is not unlike going to the gym or the yoga studio and repeating the same sequence of exercises or poses. Everytime you do them you are going to improve, especially if you do them regularly. Improvements can be subtle at first, but you are improving!!

    Giulia
  • Sakura November 2012
    Hi there, I'm a Japanese eTutor. I just wanted to mention some tip on how to make the most out of eTutoring. 

    I have several students who always repeat the same session over and over again. For example, they would take Intermediate Unit 1 one day, and take Intermediate Unit 1 again the following week. Needless to say, they're making a fantastic progress. 

    Repeating sessions enables you to regularly speak the new language. Even if you have to repeat Essential 1-2 session 10 times before you feel comfortable moving onto Essential 3-5, there's nothing to be embarrassed about!  
  • Roe December 2012
    Yeah, I keep doing the same lessons over and over.  That's fine with me.  Practice makes perfect. :)
  • goospanish May 2014
    ok looks like you can start the e-tutoring right away.   I just need to get my supplies I ordered
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