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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What makes First Tutors: Languages unique?
  2. What is the difference between First Tutors: Languages and going to a language learning agency?
  3. Does First Tutors: Languages offer support?
  4. Why should I use First Tutors: Languages rather than a recommendation from a colleague or friend?
  5. I need a teacher for a language not listed here, can you help?
  6. How do I give feedback?
  7. Who uses First Tutors: Languages?
  8. I'm looking to recruit numerous language teachers for my firm, can you help?
  1. What makes First Tutors: Languages unique?

    First Tutors: Languages enables language teachers to promote themselves through profiles for free. Only when a language teacher is matched with a learner do we make a small charge, i.e. when the advertising has proved its value. First Tutors: Languages is unique for learners in giving them greater choice in their preference for a language teacher and helping to reduce the costs of lessons.

  2. What is the difference between First Tutors: Languages and going to a language learning agency?

    Firstly, First Tutors: Languages is open 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week: you can always go online and request a language teacher. For this reason First Tutors: Languages is a rapid way of finding and selecting a language teacher as we keep do our utmost to keep our database updated. Rather than talking to a middle man and waiting to hear which language teachers are available, our system enables you to contact them directly and ask them your questions, for example about your particular learning needs and areas of focus, or about regional specialisms. First Tutors: Languages is also very competitively priced: the average agency charges c.£20.00 on top of every hour of language learning, whereas we only charge a learner £4.99-19.99* for the release of their chosen teachers's details.

  3. Does First Tutors: Languages offer support?

    For language teachers or learners experiencing technical difficulties, please contact us via our online support form and we will help you with any difficulty.

    For learners seeking advice on choosing a langauge teacher, please read Choosing a Language Teacher or for commencing language lessons please see Your First Language Lesson.

  4. Why should I use First Tutors: Languages rather than a recommendation from a friend or colleague?

    First Tutors: Languages provides a built-in review facility - we invite feedback from learners about how their language lessons have gone and have collected thousands of responses since launch in early 2009. For learners, this provides objective feedback, whilst also giving the best language teachers a platform upon which to shine.

  5. I need a language teacher for an subject not listed here, can you help?

    Contact us and we'll make every effort to help you.

  6. How do I give feedback about your website?

    We much appreciate feedback and where appropriate usually act on it very swiftly - use our feedback form to tell us what you think.

  7. Who uses First Tutors: Languages?
    • Learners range from businesses large and small looking to learn a language for a work function, to families and individuals learning for leisure purposes.
    • We enjoy a lot of repeat custom once we've been tried and tested.
  8. I'm looking to recruit numerous language teachers for my firm, can you help?

    We'll certainly do our best. Please contact us to discuss your needs further.

If you have any further questions not answered in our FAQs, or are unsure about anything, please ask us your question here.

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* Our one-off fees are variable and linked to the tutor's price per hour to make our service as affordable as possible