Ready-to-teach lesson plans in 8 languages, speaking & writing practice, homework tool, and a free student portal — built specifically for online 1-on-1 language tutors.
The hidden tax every 1-on-1 tutor pays — invisible hours between the lessons you actually get paid for.
A platform built from zero for the way professional 1-on-1 tutors actually work.
Every lesson ships with a structured plan: warm-up, vocabulary, grammar focus, conversation prompts, and homework. Across 8 languages and all 6 CEFR levels. Open the lesson runner and teach — zero prep.
Students practise saying words and full phrases aloud. The browser listens, scores accuracy, and tracks which sounds need work. Perfect for the days you're not teaching.
Structured prompts at the right level, with sentence starters, word bank, and one-click grammar checking. Students write, you review, both sides improve.
Assign speaking, writing, or any game as homework. Set a due date. Your student gets a deep-link in their portal. Completion tracks automatically.
Every student you invite gets a free account with streaks, XP, and daily practice. They never see a paywall. You never pay per student.
No integrations. No onboarding call. Add a student, pick a level, teach.
Name, email, level, goal. Takes 30 seconds. They get a free portal account by email.
Open the library, filter by level and goal, click. The lesson runner takes over — plan, materials, prompts, timers.
One click to send speaking, writing, or games as homework. Completion shows up in your dashboard automatically.
Designed by a language tutor, for language tutors. Every feature started as a problem we had while teaching.
The lesson library alone saves me 3+ hours of prep every week. The homework tool keeps my students practising between sessions — my retention jumped from 6 weeks to 5+ months.
The stuff people ask before signing up.
Yes — actually free. Free forever for up to 5 students, and your students never pay regardless of your plan. No credit card needed to start. Upgrade to Standard ($19/mo) only when you need more than 5 students or want all 6 games unlocked.
No. Students always join free. You cover the platform through your tutor plan; they get their full portal — lessons, games, speaking, writing, homework, streaks, XP — at no cost, on every plan including Free.
The Free and Standard plans cover one teaching language. The Pro plan ($49/mo) lets you teach all 6 — English, Russian, French, Spanish, German, Italian — with dedicated lesson libraries and student portals for each.
Yes. Derstina has a "Share Screen" mode designed specifically for Zoom/Meet — it strips the admin chrome so your student only sees the lesson content. Works with any video-call tool.
You drop to the Free plan and keep your first 5 students + flashcards, speaking, writing, and homework. No data loss. Re-upgrade later and everything picks up where you left off.
Under a minute. Sign up, add your first student, pick a lesson. You can be running a real lesson inside 2 minutes from now.
5 students. 8 languages. Speaking, writing, homework, games. No card. 60-second setup.
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