A FunLingua DLI lesson in progress
LIVE · 1-ON-1 English A1
A real moment from a live 1-on-1 lesson
00:14 — What does she mean here?
Artık bunu yapmıyorum. من دیگه این کارو نمی‌کنم. I don't do that anymore.
Live 1-on-1 lessons with a real teacher

Years of lessons.
You still lose the thread
mid-sentence. Something isn't working.

Live 1-on-1 lessons with a real teacher — where speaking finally clicks.

How Learning Works

Two stages — one outcome

01SELF-STUDY
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Self-Study

Input, vocabulary, spaced repetition.

02LIVE SESSION
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Live Session

Speaking, role-play, real-time correction.

Typical Progress

What students typically experience

Lesson 1
Say real, short sentences about yourself.
1 month
Noticeable jump: talk about yourself, family, daily life.
3 months
Speak at a real pace on a range of topics.
6 months
Confident in everyday conversation.
After 6-12 months

You don't need more lessons — you need more of the language in your life.

  • movies and shows in the language
  • audiobooks
  • easy books
  • YouTube content
  • occasional coaching when you want to sharpen something specific

This is typical progress with regular study — not a guaranteed outcome. Everyone's pace is different.

Many people believe fluency takes years of ongoing lessons, or it fades. In reality, real conversational freedom is achievable in 6-12 months of focused practice. After that, you don't maintain the language with lessons — you just live in it.

A real, documented student result

2 months. One student. A very different level of confidence.

Uliana is 14. She'd studied English for about two years before joining FunLingua — but like many learners, knowing English and actually speaking it were two different things. In her first lesson, she struggled to say much about herself. Two months later, she speaks far more confidently and freely — no script, no memorized lines. She still makes mistakes, and that's normal. What changed is she's no longer afraid to speak.

A real, documented case — not a typical result or a guarantee. Uliana had about two years of prior English study; what changed in two months is that she now speaks it.

Who It's For

Who FunLingua is for

Adults Teens Kids 8+ Travel Relocation & expats Heritage speakers
Why Live Matters

Recognizing isn't speakingonly live conversation builds that reflex

Live conversation is the only place you learn that mistakes are normal. Nobody in the room is a native speaker except your teacher, and everyone stumbles sometimes.

What We Teach

Three languages today

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English
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Turkish
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Persian
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Spanish
Coming soon
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Chinese
Coming soon
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Russian
Coming soon
Meet the Teachers

Meet the FunLingua teachers

Mr. Winfield, FunLingua teacher
DLI Certified
Mr. Winfield
English teacher
🇬🇧 English
Sabur, FunLingua teacher
DLI Certified
Sabur
Persian & English teacher · Founder
🇮🇷 Persian · 🇬🇧 English
Öznur, FunLingua teacher
DLI Certified
Öznur
Turkish teacher
🇹🇷 Turkish
Pricing

Group and 1-on-1 lessons

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Group Classes

Maximum 4 students. Everyone speaks every session.

From €12 / session indicative
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Private Lessons

One teacher, full attention for the whole lesson.

From €17 / session indicative

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FAQ

Questions we hear most often

Yes — but through live speech, not rule memorization.
No one is pushed to speak before they're ready. Mistakes are a normal part of learning.
Live lessons, one-on-one or in a small group, with a real teacher.
Apps train word recognition. We train real speech under the pressure of a real conversation — those are different skills.
None. The goal is 6-12 months of focused practice to real conversational freedom, not an ongoing multi-year commitment. After that, you maintain the language by using it — movies, books, real conversations — and come back to a teacher only when you want to sharpen something specific.
You're matched with a DLI-certified teacher for your language and level, and get a full, personal lesson — not a sales demo.
We use short clips from real films and shows for educational purposes — each one is linked directly to its original source (e.g. YouTube), never rehosted as if it were ours. If a rights holder ever has a concern about a specific clip, we remove it immediately on request. Nothing on FunLingua is presented as our own original video content.
FunLingua is the place where students discover great teachers,
and great teachers discover their own potential.