The following answers are not completely objective, with personal subjective feelings and no interest.

introduction to the process of hitalk course:

hitalk is a product of Hujiang.

First of all, there will be 2-3 minutes' preview courseware (pre-recorded by Chinese teachers with ppt explanation), which will be substituted from the aspects of grammar, topic vocabulary and expression, and common sentence patterns.

Then, the 25-minute live lecture (audio) of foreign teachers scheduled by yourself. After the live lecture, you will get a feedback-a summary to evaluate your performance +ta will give you a summary of vocabulary, grammar, fluency and sentence making. Forgot) to score+suggestions. Yes, the official should only ask for grading and summary of various latitudes, and teachers will generally correct mistakes in the expression of some simple sentences. In fact, the summaries and suggestions of different teachers in each class are similar.

Finally, there is a so-called word that you need to remember according to your performance. I don't think it was the teacher's feedback, but the fixed words in the textbook arrangement, because I didn't meet the words I asked in class (APP: Happy Word Field). You can also write comments to the teacher.

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Overall evaluation —— only from the teaching aspect

What I like:

The official life.

The highlight or feature is that there is a scene in which you and the teacher play two roles to use what you have learned before. Of course, not all themes are in this pattern.

for unfamiliar topics (such as: talk about your unforgettable memories), you don't know what to say, and the textbook will be refined into specific issues, such as: first job, traveling, funny but stupid memory ....., and finally summarized.

All teachers have "TESOL, TEFL, CELTA, DELTA and other English education qualification certificates", which I haven't thoroughly understood. Of course, having a certificate also represents a certain level.

The topics are rich, covering life and business. You can choose your own topics (maybe it is officially called "custom"), and sometimes there are some interesting, unpopular and fashionable topics: your wishes, ethnic minority food, and how to use Alipay.

What I don't like:

Price: It's hard to find a clear price tag, but we'll know the price after the experience. There will be various marketing from time to time, such as full scholarship classes, so the price may fluctuate more or less, ranging from 5 to 8+for one class.

The experience of course selection, class access, presentation of teachers' basic information and APP is not particularly good, which will be described in detail later.

At first, the consultant told me that all the teachers are native English-speaking countries. Later, I found that this is not entirely the case. Some teachers clearly stated in their voices that English is his second language, and some teachers still have a little accent (this is certainly not in contrast to the broadcast cavity).

teachers and information release

this is one of my most dissatisfied places, maybe I am too picky.

when choosing a course, you can see that the teacher's information basically consists of these parts: voice introduction+personal introduction+label+total score of student evaluation. You can't know which country the teacher you chose is from unless he wrote it in the introduction. There will definitely be some in it: evaluation scores.

My supervisor told me that there are thousands of teachers. I don't know if this means all of Hujiang? Or is it registered by hitalk? Or the number of teachers who are resident in hitalk. I haven't seen such a spectacular scene within one hour after the new class, so subtract two zeros.

The teacher's head is a picture they chose, which is dispensable. The teacher of EFG (another online education institution's pseudonym, which has been used in both courses) is wearing a uniform suit and taking a uniform sideways pose. This is not necessary, but you can see the degree of attention and attitude.

Teachers are good at "daily life" and "business oral english"; Teachers' expectations: "intermediate" and "over 2 years old". There is no uniform specification for such labels. Some teachers even have only one name and no pronunciation.

You can pay attention to a certain teacher, and the order of ta will be at the top when you choose a course. I feel that hitalk is not very confident in his teachers (I feel that I am not making a rumor), because you can't retrieve the teachers you want. For example, someone recommended a teacher to you, or you took a teacher's class and felt good, but you forgot to pay attention. Note that although there will be the teacher's name and avatar in the reserved course or the already attended course, you can't pay attention if you don't click in! That is to say, the only way you can pay attention to the teacher is that you meet this teacher (again) during the course selection ~

You can give the teacher an evaluation, but the contents of all the students' evaluations will not be published. All the comments of EFG teachers can be viewed.

There is already a lot of content on ppt in class. Teachers should focus on correcting mistakes, grasping the rhythm of class and improvising. Not a very good teacher is easy to be like reading ppt. If that's all, the threshold for being a hitalk teacher is also very general.

the way of course selection is a big bug! Look down.

user experience

course selection

teachers cannot be retrieved. The only function of paying attention to teachers is that they will be placed at the top of the class.

You can only choose courses according to the students' time, and you can't check the available time of a teacher to choose courses.

whether it's a webpage or an APP, the speed of loading teachers is extremely slow! How slow! How slow! ! Perhaps it is because it wants to load all the teachers in today's time at one time. In fact, teachers are repetitive, and it is very slow to constantly call data. How about an option for a time period?

So, if you want a teacher with a known name, you have to keep looking. This is a waste of time, and it loads slowly. If you don't know which teacher to choose, you'll have to listen and read slowly, especially if there are no labels, only sounds and words.

Look up the course

The order of the teaching materials is fixed, but if you cancel a class and make an appointment for a later date, the courses arranged in the order of the teaching materials are not arranged according to your date, so it will be easy to miss the class.

On the homepage, it's the order of teaching materials, and in the "curriculum", it's the order of teaching materials, so you have to be more careful about this problem. EFG's page is much more refreshing and clear. hitalk's curriculum can only indicate which day there are classes or not, and I feel that this interface is wasted.

class

APP class: 15 minutes before the class starts, there will be a "go to class" button in the APP of Hujiang Online School, and then jump to the APP：CCtalk to attend class. Need 2 apps.

Computer class: there will be a room number before the class starts. Search for the room number in Hujiang Online School and enter

SMS. WeChat official account (sometimes) will inform you when and in which room to attend the class, and the notification time is ≤2h, and the time is not fixed.

review

automatically generate the video of the class, PPT with voice, so you can't view the class notes (chat records). Remember to save them in time after the class, or you will never find them again in a few days.

You can watch the preview class again, and take screenshots of your notes while previewing the class. The notes can be exported.

Generally speaking, the teaching materials are very good, and sometimes there are even a lot of contents. If the students don't preview well or the teacher doesn't grasp the rhythm well, it will be difficult to finish (the teacher usually leaves at the time). The user experience is very poor. There are feedback calls, but they are sent to Hujiang. This upload and release may be cumbersome and even make me doubt the teachers. I really hope that it can prove my doubts wrong with actions, not some verbal guarantees. Cost-effective, personally, it has a lot to do with the teacher you choose. At present, I think the teacher's level is not at the same level (including the teacher's own language ability, especially the teaching ability).

Personally, I think spoken English still needs to be spoken and used. Of course, I don't have to choose this way with foreign teachers. The accumulation of vocabulary, grammar and sentences is essential, otherwise there is nothing to say. To develop the habit and way of thinking in English, you should also have oral muscle exercise and memory. Personally, I think intonation is very important, which depends on imitation. I'm done with this product, I hope it helps.