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Someone fixed your sentence. Give it another outing.

If you learn with Busuu and receive useful feedback, give the corrected language another job. Write a new sentence using the same idea, then try it in a conversation.

Busuu's community is part of its learning offer. The practice below is a way to use feedback thoughtfully, wherever you next study.

Work out what changed

Look at your original sentence and the correction. Can you explain the difference? It might concern word choice, grammar or a more natural expression for the situation.

If you do not understand, note the question. You can ask a teacher to explain the pattern using your own examples. Avoid sharing another community member's personal details or private messages without permission.

Choose one correction to work on. Your next lesson does not need to become a courtroom hearing for every sentence you have ever written.

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Create a new situation

Use the corrected pattern to describe something else. Then ask the teacher to respond and continue the exchange.

For example, a sentence about one plan could become a discussion about a different weekend. A corrected description could become an explanation of another place you know.

Afterward, try an example without reading your notes. Ask for clarification if you are still unsure when the expression fits. Keep the useful explanation beside your own sentence.

Let help lead to more opportunities

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Nattive's paid Spanish, French and German lessons help fund free group English teaching through Classroom. Our ambition is 100,000 hours for learners who cannot afford private language education.

Community feedback and funded professional teaching are different forms of support. You can appreciate both and decide where a private session fits your own needs.

If you choose Nattive, bring the correction you want to understand, check the teacher's fit and available times, and give the lesson a clear task. Your booking also contributes toward the shared mission.

One sentence can be the beginning of a much longer conversation.

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A commitment we can be measured against

100,000 hours of live English teaching by the end of 2032.

That’s our public mission target. We’ll show the hours we’ve funded, the hours actually delivered and the Classrooms that make up that progress. We want our community to know what their lessons are helping make possible.

See our impact

Every hour counts

hours funded
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hours delivered
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Launching soon

Today: 0 hours delivered. Next milestone: our first Classroom, 8 hours.

Our first Classroom: 8 hours of teaching. Then 100 hours. Then 1,000. Then 10,000. Together, each stage takes us closer to 100,000.

We’re building the first Classroom. Follow our progress as paid lessons help make more teaching possible.

An hour means one hour of teacher-led English class time, whether five or eight learners attend.

The next milestone: our first Classroom

Our first Classroom: 8 hours of teaching. Then 100 hours. Then 1,000. Then 10,000. Together, each stage takes us closer to 100,000.

The next Classroom

Your paid lessons help fund the next four-week English course. See how close we are to covering eight hours of live teaching.

Follow this Classroom

0 of 8 hours funded towards the first Classroom

Teaching starts once courses are funded and scheduled.

How your booking helps

When you book a paid private lesson on Nattive, a Classroom contribution is allocated towards funded English teaching. Contributions are pooled to fund group courses; the teaching takes place when a course is funded, scheduled and delivered.

What happens when I take a lesson?
Part of what you pay goes to the Classroom fund, automatically, with every lesson you book. There's nothing extra to do.
How much goes towards it?
10% of the teacher's lesson price. It's included in the one price you see, and it's never taken from the teacher's pay.
What does it buy?
Teaching time. 8 hours of live English teaching funds one Classroom course, with the teacher paid for every hour.

A £27.50 lesson includes £2.50 for the Classroom, enough to fund 6 minutes of teaching.

Based on a £25 teacher lesson price. The 10% Classroom contribution is included in the price you see and is never taken from the teacher's pay.

Where does the contribution go?

  1. You book

    You choose your teacher and pay for a 1:1 language lesson.

  2. Classroom grows

    A clearly disclosed part of the total supports the Classroom fund.

  3. Teaching is funded

    When a course reaches its funding goal, that money is allocated to eight teacher-led hours.

  4. Teaching happens

    A paid teacher runs the class and we report the time delivered.

Funded and delivered

Classroom courses funded and Classroom courses delivered are two different moments, so we always report them separately.

Funded

Enough money has come in to pay for a Classroom course's 8 teaching hours.

Delivered

The classes have run and the teacher has taken the register.

A one-hour group lesson counts as one teaching hour, regardless of group size.