Live Lessons

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Chatterbug’s Live Lesson ratings

The criteria to earn a certificate at Chatterbug is to see at least 50% of the exercises in a level and get a “pass” score on at least 75% of them. The 50% rule only applies to learners who start stu…

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Preview and Customize your Lesson

When you study one unit at a time, your next lesson will always pull exercises from the current unit. However, you may also choose to study several units at once, and in that case, your lessons will…

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How do I schedule a Live Lesson?

It’s really easy to book a Live Lesson on Chatterbug: click on the Live Lesson section on your sidebar and head to your schedule page. choose an appointment in the calendar. The calendar is displayed…

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Can I only take Live Lessons?

Well this one's tricky! Technically, you can take just Live Lessons and advance through the levels that way, but by doing so, you would be missing some core learning material that's only available in…

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My Favorite Tutor doesn’t show up on my List

A tutor won’t show up on your list unless you’ve rated them via the feedback form at the end of a lesson. If you did not rate your tutor before, you can do so via your Achievements page 👉🏽 All Live L…

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What happens if I’m late to the lesson?

If you join your Live Lesson within 10 minutes of its start time, your lesson will go an as usual for the remaining time. For e.g. if the lesson starts at 6pm and you join at 6:05, you'll have 40 min…

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Live lesson credits

Pre-paid credits are always active for one month at a time. If unused, they do not roll over to the next month. Say you're subscribed to a Serious plan, your 8 monthly credits are to be used within t…

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My lesson was not scheduled with the tutor I requested

Requesting lessons with a favorite tutor is not a 100% guarantee that the lesson will end up being with that very tutor. It's more of a 90% guarantee which is still very high! When lessons are reques…

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What happens if I cancel or miss a Live Lesson?

You can manage your Live Lesson appointments from your Schedule page. If you need to cancel or reschedule a lesson, first cancel the existing appointment by clicking cancel. Then, if you want to resc…

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Where can I review past Live Lessons?

Practice makes perfect, so we created the Activities page on Chatterbug to help you review past lessons whenever you need a refresher. Activities has a tally of everything you already learned on Chat…

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Where can I review past lessons?

Practice makes perfect, so we created the Achievements page on Chatterbug to help you review past lessons whenever you need a refresher. Just click on "All Live Lessons" and you'll be directed to you…

Updated 3 months ago

What happens when my tutor doesn’t show up to a lesson?

We have a 10-min-lateness policy at Chatterbug that requires both students and tutors to wait for each other for ten minutes after the start of a session. If your tutor doesn’t show up within those 1…

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I’m seeing the same exercises from previous lessons

Chatterbug courses follow the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and students have the possibility to earn a language certificate at the end of each CEFR level. Because certi…

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Do I need to do Live Lessons?

To put it plainly, yes. There are many tools out there that help you practice vocabulary or study grammar, but without conversations with real humans, using your new language skills in the real world…

Updated 3 months ago

I can’t connect to my Live Lesson

If you’re stuck in the Chat Check and struggle to connect to your lesson, here are some troubleshooting techniques you can try. Device and Browser. You should be on desktop to take a lesson. Live Les…

Updated 3 months ago

I Forgot to Rate My Tutor after the Lesson!

If you forgot to rate a tutor you'd like to work with again, don’t panic! You can rate them retroactively via your Achievements page 👉🏽 All Live Lessons 👉🏽 Rate Tutor. That's it! Your tutor has now b…

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How to Favorite Tutors

Chatterbug gives you the possibility to work with a different tutor everyday. But if you’d rather build a long term relationship with a trusted tutor, Chatterbug allows you to do that too. At the end…

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Cancellation policy for Ultimate subscribers pre-March 23rd

We changed the conditions of our Ultimate plan on March 23rd, 2020. For information on the new conditions, please read the following announcement.

Updated 3 months ago

Live Lessons - What to Expect

These sessions should be thought of as an experience somewhere in between a language exchange and a tutoring session. The people you are connecting with are not necessarily trained teachers, but they…

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