There is a new Cat in Town – Learn2Lingo.com launched

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

New year, new language learning start up. I just got followed by Learn2Lingo on Twitter and had a quick first look and I have to say: it looks quite nice.

The good thing is that I can write this blog post after just 5 minutes being on the site. So the message gets through.

Learn2Lingo.com

Learn2Lingo.com

The color scheme is pink-white, the other popular one to blue-orange (I think I have to write a post about those color schemes in education one day). What I really liked and that immediately were the little cartoon characters and the short animated film. If you can explain your product like this and the message gets through you are already on a good way.

Learn2Lingo seems to have two models. Independent teachers can sign up and get paid a fixed rate of 7,50 Euro per 30 minutes. Students pay a fixed fee of 9,50 Euro so Learn2Lingo will take 2,00 Euro commission.

There is also the option for language schools to sign up. They will get

  • Unlimited personalized teacher and student logins
  • Unlimited use of our simple to use, innovative and effective online classroom
  • Exposure as a featured partner on our website with a page dedicated to your school

The center piece is of course a virtual classroom environment. Learn2Lingo seems to offer lesson ready material but teachers can upload their own material if wanted.

Learn2Lingo was founded by Shira Rubin a former science teacher. For me it’s a big plus if the founder has a teaching background. The platform seems to target the UK and Brazil.

Bottom line: the site has a certain something and I am definitely curious to learn more about the service. Needless to say that I will keep you updated.

For now, I suggest to visit www.learn2lingo.com.

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About Kirsten Winkler

Education 2.0 Blogger at KirstenWinkler.com, Interviewer at EDUKWEST.com, Consultant at WinklerMedia.com.
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  • Wil
    @ Chinamike
    Hi, I'm one of the writers for the learn2lingo blog. Thanks for the feedback on our blog and I'll certainly try to make sure there is more info about the team on there in the future. We do actually have some posts about the team and L2L events there but because it's updated so regularly, they tend not to stay on the front page long.

    We use the blog to reflect the diversity of the languages on the site and have a lot of guest posts from teachers of all different languages. There are articles on everything from Basque to Swahili and a range of multilingual posts by teachers from all over the world
  • chinamike
    Kirsten I went and had a look. Like you, I certainly like the layout of the site. I like the cartoony nature of the site because I think it says heh, this stuff is real easy to figure out and we don't take ourselves so seriously.

    This could be a drawback however for corporate business users, but I'm guessing that is not their target.

    I like the fact they charge a fixed commission and set the rates. It makes it easy to make comparisons. But heh, did you check out the commission rate. A hefty 21%. I wonder if this is the balancing point for this kind of business?

    The first place I go to when I visit these sites is the blog. I look for that personal touch and a message from top management about who they are and where they hope to go. There was none of that. The blog was a bit too cold and impersonal for me. Too bad, considering the wonderfully diverse background of their team.

    Maybe we will see more coming from their blog in the future. Sadly the video of Shira was maddeningly slow to load in China.
  • I think the pricing is made to attract students. 7,50 Euro for a "teacher" is... well, you know what I am thinking about this. They won't get professionals with this kind of pricing for sure.
    But I think they want to target schools anyway. The offer is pretty interesting and it is also mentioned that schools will be able to set own rates.
    We'll see, still waiting for an answer ;)
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