Live Classes
Peer rooms are people sparring as equals. Live Classes are the other half of VinglishTalk: one expert goes live and runs a real lesson, and students pay for guaranteed one-on-one time on the mic. Same belief — speaking is a skill you build out loud — pointed from the other direction.
Who it's for
If you're good at something — English pronunciation, IELTS strategy, a craft, a subject you can teach — you can open a class. You don't need a curriculum or a studio. You go live, real people show up with real concerns, and you help them one at a time, right now.
You might make a little along the way, but the real payoff is different: you solve a concrete problem for a real person, live, and watch it land. That's the thing a recorded course can never give you — and the thing that quietly convinces you that you are, in fact, good enough to teach.
How a class runs
Each teacher has exactly one class, living at a permanent address: /live-classes/your-username. One teacher, one room, one URL you can hand out like a
storefront — regulars always know where to find you, and going live just lights it up. The loop:
- The teacher goes live; their card lights up in the Live Classes lobby.
- Students drop in and either watch for free or raise their hand — spending credits to buy a timed slot in the queue.
- The teacher works the queue one student at a time. The current student gets the mic and the teacher's full attention; everyone else watches, chats, reacts, and follows along on the shared deck.
- When the slot is up (or the work is done), the teacher hits Next and the queue advances.
Only two people are ever on the mic at once: the teacher, and whichever student's turn it is.
What a student pays for is undivided attention — a teacher listening to nobody but them. Group classes are cheap precisely because that attention is split thirty ways; here it isn't split at all. And everyone else still learns by watching a real correction land live, which is often as useful as getting one yourself.
The roles
| Role | Can speak? | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher | Always | Runs the lesson, drives the deck, works the queue. |
| Current student | During their turn | One-on-one time on the mic with the teacher. |
| Queued student | Not yet | Paid for a slot; sees their position, waits to be promoted. |
| Audience | No | Signed in; watches free, chats, reacts. |
| Anonymous viewer | No | Watches without signing in. Can't chat. |
The queue economy
A teacher sets one number: their rate, in credits per 60 interactive minutes — an hour of their undivided attention. Every slot length scales from that single rate, so raising or lowering it re-prices the whole menu at once. At the default rate of 150 credits/hour, the four slots come out like this:
| Slot | Length | Cost at 150/hr |
|---|---|---|
| Quick question | 2 min | 5 credits |
| Short help | 5 min | 12 credits |
| Deep dive | 10 min | 25 credits |
| Full session | 15 min | 40 credits |
Credits are real money (see Credits & payments), and the cost is always re-checked on the server when you join the queue — so the price is honest no matter what the page says. Paying isn't just a paywall; it's a commitment device. Putting credits on the line turns "maybe I'll speak up" into "I've booked my turn," which is exactly the nudge a nervous speaker needs.
Refunds are fair by design
The server decides refunds, and the rules are simple:
- You leave the queue voluntarily before your turn — the slot is forfeit.
- The network drops you — you're refunded.
- You've been promoted to the mic — non-refundable; your time has started.
- The class ends while you're still waiting — you're refunded.
Everyone follows along
While one student is on the mic, nobody else is just staring at a wall. The teacher drives a shared deck — lesson points, notes, pronunciation readings, images, a live whiteboard — and everyone's screen follows the teacher's scroll in lockstep. There's a class chat with reactions, and a feedback soundboard for quick cues. All of that is covered in Teaching tools.