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VERBLING & BUSUU CHANGES & NEWS

il y a 4 ans
Firstly, big congratulations to Verbling founders and to Busuu. This is surely a culmination for the two companies.

Speaking to my fellows on Verbling, I can share with you some very useful information about the changes that we can expect and that I have found through my own research. I found an article which has a few pieces of information relevant to us.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/22/language-platform-busuu-acquires-video-tutor-startup-now-plans-ipo/

Here are a few quotations which I have picked out that indicate the kind of change we can see:


The new Verbling-based “Busuu live” will be a combination of their AI-powered learning content, interaction with other learners plus 1-1 live tutoring with professional teachers.

What does that mean? Learners will interact with each other using the Verbling video platform. As a Verbling tutor we would be in the "plus" part of the equation. Questions to ask would be whether Verbling becomes "Busuu Live" or whether the two exist side by side? Clearly the Verbling platform will be used to connect language learners with language learners.

The second section of interest to me was this:

“We are also excited to leverage our 4 billion data points from our learners to provide useful information to our new 10,000+ live teachers about their students. So whenever a teacher starts a live lesson, they will have access to relevant information about the progress of their students within Busuu, so they can fully adapt their lessons to the individual needs of their learners.”

This "4 billion data points" is a very interesting new development. In terms of teaching students, depending on how that data is passed on, clearly that will prove crucial in speeding up the process with students.

Finally I want to say thank you for this final comment and to also say that I'm fully on board and working hard as always to make Verbling proud. I'm proud to be part this company.

Mikael Bernstein, co-founder and CEO, Verbling said: “We are very excited to be joining forces with Busuu’s talented and experienced team, combining our world-class tutors with Busuu’s AI-powered platform will enable language learners across the globe to reach proficiency even faster.”