I run a business that offers and private and semi-private lessons for over 10 languages.
I’ve personally taught well over 1000 people and my instructors combined have taught even more than that. We believe in what we do and I personally take private lessons all the time when learning languages. I find them to be incredibly helpful.
However, does that mean you should take private lessons yourself?
In short, not necessarily. Private lessons are often more expensive than other language learning resources, products, and services. Furthermore, you definitely don’t need to take private lessons to become fluent. Far from it.
If you do choose to take private lessons, here’s what matters most.
Be strategic. Don’t take lessons willy-nilly. This concept applies no matter who you hire.
Here are examples of how you can be strategic with private lessons:
Combine private lessons with self-study. In class, ask your tutor questions about what didn’t make sense to you while you did your self-study
Work on skills with your private tutor that you dislike doing by yourself. For example, my mom is learning French. She dislikes practicing her listening comprehension on her own time. Therefore, she was telling me the other day that she is considering just doing listening practice in class
Use private lessons for accountability and structure
I give even more examples of how to use private lessons strategically in my YouTube video.
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