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Learning Spanish online: the cheapest or the most qualified?

May 17th, 2008 by Lyda

Quality and Qualifications
When thinking about studying Spanish online, what do you look for? Do you look for the cheapest service or do you also make sure that you find a quality service? You have plenty of options when trying to find a tutor. Think about it. How many countries on earth speak Spanish? There are quite a few. Just in Mexico, how many people speak Spanish as a mother tongue? TONS! But just because a language is your mother tongue, does that make you qualified to teach it? If English is your mother tongue, does that make you qualified to teach English to foreigners? There are plenty of people teaching languages whose only qualifications are being a native speaker. We recommend finding a tutor who is not only a native speaker, but also a qualified teacher.

Pricing
I’ve found websites with unbelievable prices for live tutoring. They are so cheap than I can’t understand how they survive paying taxes, expenses and teachers. Do you pay taxes? Me too. Do you deserve a decent salary? Me too. Your Spanish teacher could be in Guatemala, Colombia or Spain. The location of your teacher is not important when your learning on line. The important thing is: Is this a legal business? Do they pay taxes? Are the teachers working with them qualified? What are the labor conditions for this teachers? Are the teachers receiving fare payment?

I work with a great team in Spanish L2. I work with happy people. I work with qualified language teachers. I enjoy my job. I learn with my colleagues and with my students. We love learning. We love teaching. We, here at Spanish L2, offer a qualify service: Teachers with experience teaching Spanish to foreigners. Teachers with an academic background. People who love to teach languages. We are not the most inexpensive service, but we are are far from the most expensive service! We are, however, extremely qualified. We are professional and efficient. And no less important: We are a legal company based in the United States. We pay American taxes and fare salaries. We truly believe fare salaries make for happy teachers.

You don’t have to study with us. But you can consider my advice: Don’t look for the cheapest service out there. Look for the highest-quality service! (Hint: That’s us!)

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