Peer Practice

Building Confidence

Being able to communicate with one’s peers is crucial for building confidence. Our system allows students of similar levels and/or work backgrounds to communicate on specified topics. This is pivotal to their success as it shows them their place within each language level, building motivation and confidence.

Open conversation clubs, chat conversations and even writing letters to other students via our system, all earn points for the participants.

In our chat conversations, participants are allowed to anonymously communicate via our secure system with other learners. This removes the obstacle of fear that holds back so many.  The reasoning behind this is that we need that confidence to excel in a language, and many can’t get over the fear until they reach a certain level. This anonymous system lets them speak with their peers, in a controlled manner, without fear.

The communication is controlled to ensure safety and security.

 

Our 360-Degree System

We call it a 360-degree system because it considers all sides of language acquisition, circling the learning with all the tools he/she needs to be successful. Just one module, live classes for example, is great BUT without the support of the other modules, it isn’t enough. We need you to surrounded, engulfed by your new language to fully learn it.

  • Acquisition and Practice

    Here, in our Live Classes, the language and skills are learned and practiced in real ways to ensure participants can understand and speak. The live lessons can be online, or in-office and are designed to deliver the most important and relevant information to the participants.

  • Realizing and Assessing

    Self study allows participants to see what they can do when not directly guided. They take a mental inventory on what they have grasped, and what still needs to be worked on.

  • Bringing Context

    The shadowing system is the best way to bring real context to learning. Context is valuable for language learning because it is the best way to encourage retention. Consider a baby learning their mother tongue; the only reason they remember vocabulary is because it is shown to them, not translated or explained in other words.

  • Building Confidence

    Without confidence, no one can speak a foreign language. Being able to speak to your peers in an autonomous and confidential manner through our system, allows learners to truly practice their skills, without fear of being wrong. That fear is what stops so much progress. Our system takes away that aspect of fear.

  • Making Connections and Providing Value

    Training camps are a great way to practice your language in a real setting, but more importantly, this is where we connect our new skills to our work. Participants see exactly what they can do, in real life. It’s an incredible value-add and the connects are valuable as well.

  • Support and Development

    Being supported by our team, and in contact with your trainers, provides participants with a highly motivational environment. We don’t let people slack and forget their goals. The constant contact was designed to further develop participants when they aren’t in physical classes, and the motivation is a positive externality.

  • Learn what your team can do, and how they can improve

    Our Level assessment module is available for both active participants and to those companies who wish to have us aid them in their hiring/promotion processes. Participants can gauge their own levels multiple times through our easy-to-use system, allowing them to track their own progress and see what they can do.

FAQs

What’s included in Peer Practice?
Conversation clubs via our video conferencing system, anonymous peer chat on the secure system and even written letters if participants so choose. We have many different methods to get people chatting!
How is the Chat anonymous?
Golingua always know who you are, but other participants in the system will only see your username, which is only your first name. They have no idea who you are, and no way to learn. They won’t know your company or any private information. So you can chat with ease.
How is Chat safe?
We have moderation software that allows us to ensure the conversations are always clean and appropriate. The system blocks the sharing of personal information like phone numbers or photos. It is just a simple chat with one or multiple people so that you can get your practice in, and your confidence up.
What do we talk about in Conversation Club?
Each week there is a different topic. For levels above A2, the topics usually relate to cross-cultural communication or international business topics. For lower levels, they are more about daily things like shopping, travelling and basic work-related language.