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- Rastalamm 10y agoWhat a cool service! Who are the instructors? Can anyone sign up or do you interview them?
- joshaharonoff 10y agoAll of our instructors undergo a thorough interview process before we bring them on board :)
- andygor 10y agoIs it a marketplace?
- joshaharonoff 10y agoNot sure what you mean, but we interview each teacher and design the curriculum for each of our courses. We may move to an open marketplace in the future, allowing people to come on board through some sort of automated vetting process.
- sportanova 10y agoCool to see more things like this. I'm a big user of Verbling - looks like this is supposed to be more structured? It's also more expensive
- joshaharonoff 10y agoVerbling is awesome! Ours is a little different in that we recruit our professors, design the curriculum, and charge the same rate for each professor. Thanks for checking us out :)
- elbigbad 10y agoCool! Looking at the English instructors, it appears that the two you have are from the UK and South Africa. Although English was their first language according to their respective bios, my understanding is that people wanting to learn English place a premium on learning "American" English. Perhaps consider bringing someone on board from the United States who has a non-regional dialect?
- joshaharonoff 10y agoThat's a great point and we are currently in the process of recruiting for "American" English and expect to bring on some new people real soon - thanks for the suggestion!