Verbalplanet
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| Private limited company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Online education Language learning |
| Founded 📆 | October 24, 2005 in United Kingdom |
| Founder 👔 | Andrew Moore |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Services | Language courses |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Verbalplanet is a British online language-learning website for individuals and corporations based in Knutsford, Cheshire. Established in 2005, Verbalplanet operates in the global market for learning foreign languages as a platform facilitating online language lessons between language learners and language tutors from around the world.[1] [2] The site allows students to find online teachers for 1-on-1 tutoring, and teachers to earn money as freelance tutors.[3] [4] [5]
History[edit]
Verbal Planet Ltd was founded by Andrew Moore in 2005 and the first commercial version of the website was launched in 2006.[6] Andrew Moore currently serves as the Managing Director of Verbal Planet Ltd.
The original service used Skype[7] exclusively as the communication channel between users and was designed to take advantage of faster global internet connection speeds, VoIP technology, accelerating broadband adoption by consumers and the development of massive open online courses. (MOOCs) [8]
In 2010 the service was updated to allow teachers to grade the performance of a student according to The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and in 2022 Zoom and Microsoft Teams were added as additional communication channels.
Rather than the focusing on major world languages the platform has sought to make minority languages accessible to a wider audience by eliminating the need for the physical presence of a native speaking teacher.[9] [10] [11]
As of 2023 Verbalplanet was available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Awards and Reviews[edit]
- FluentU - The Ultimate Guide to Online Language Tutoring in 2023[12]
- Academic Help - 10 Top-Rated Language Tutoring Websites[13]
Languages[edit]
As of 2023, Verbalplanet offered lessons in the following languages:
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese: Mandarin
Chinese: Cantonese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese
References[edit]
- ↑ "Use tech to learn a new language". Microsoft News. August 28, 2015.
- ↑ Wall, Matthew (August 19, 2007). "Parlez vous l'internet?". Times Online. The Sunday Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ "5 Ways to Make Money Before the End of Summer". HuffPost. 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "30 side jobs you can start next week". Business Insider. November 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Komando: Make money teaching online". ABC News. February 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Verbalplanet.com Launches the World's First Global Online Language Tuition Marketplace". PRWeb. August 16, 2006.
- ↑ Laurea, Tesi (2013). "Implementing focus on form in Skype-based instruction - A case study" (PDF). Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze del Linguaggio – via Università Ca’ Foscari.
- ↑ Kern, Richard (February 14, 2014). "Technology as Pharmakon: The Promise and Perils of the Internet for Foreign Language Education". The Modern Language Journal. 98: 340–357. doi:10.1111/j.1540-4781.2014.12065.x.
- ↑ Rana, Preetika (July 8, 2013). "Namaste USA! Hindi Lessons a Hit Abroad". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "How To Reclaim Your Irish Today!". Gaeilge le Eímear. February 22, 2023.
- ↑ Hendricks, Sara (2021). "Sustainable Solutions to Common Language Difficulties in Bilingual Families" (PDF). MEXTESOL Journal. 45 (2).
- ↑ "The Ultimate Guide to Online Language Tutoring in 2023". FluentU. March 12, 2023.
- ↑ "10 Top-Rated Language Tutoring Websites". Academic Help. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
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