Itlaki, a new source for students longing for new languages

Italki is a website that can help people for picking up new languages. It is very helpful for people who are interested in learning new language, but might not be able to go to classes due to certain reasons, such as limited time or money. Italki is a good place for them to overcome all these difficulties.

For beginning, one of the functions of Italki is providing a platform for teachers and students. Students are able to register for online sessions provided by teachers. Usually, the sessions are about one hour long. The website also provides half hour sessions from teachers that enable students to meet with their teachers with less risk in wasting money. Students are allowed to rate their teachers after taking the class, and the grades will be recorded in teachers' profiles for further students' reviews. Based on this mechanism, students are guaranteed to have better chance of finding better teachers; while teachers are more obliged to prepare their classes more carefully to obtain higher grades and thus more students in the future.

Secondly, all the sessions provided by the teachers are conducted on modern communication tools and online, including Skype, MSN. Therefore, both teachers and students are relieved from troubles travelling to the classroom, therefore they can save both money and time, which might be limitation to some people. Also, sessions, based on these online forms, are much easier for students and teachers to reschedule for other times, if they have to cancel due to certain reasons.

Finally, for people not interested in paying money to learn new languages. The webiste of Italki also provides such possibility. People can find language partners to help each other learning new languages. Suppose one native speaker of English is longing for learning Mandarin, it is highly possible that this person is able to find a native speaker of Mandarin who happens to like to improve English. Additionally,  the website also provides platform for learners of the same language. For example, there are many ESL (English as Second Language) learners exchanging their experiences and posting questions that might be resolved by other learners or teachers.

All in all, the website, Italki, provides people, who are interested in picking up a new language while limited by time or money, a brand new opportunity. By taking the online sessions, people have much better chances to jump out of their obstacles to chase a new language, which will be helpful for them in their future lives.