-General-
How do I place an order?
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You can order directly from our online store at www.qtalk.com. We accept debit/credit cards, bank transfers, or PayPal. (For schools qualifying for tax exemptions, please send the exemption certificate to sales@qtalk.com. A tax refund will be issued through your original payment method within 5-7 business days.)
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You can also request a quote or electronic invoice from us with the item numbers and quantity. The item numbers can be found under the products section. Please send all quote requests to sales@qtalk.com.
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If you already have a quote from us, please send the purchase order containing the quote# to sales@qtalk.com, or fax it to 847-676-1195.
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We can also take orders over the phone at 877-253-0066.
What age group/level is QTALK suitable for?
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We have curriculum for different age groups from K-12 and beyond. We use a horizontal and vertical curriculum design, where students can select levels based on their age and proficiency level. Each level starts with the basics, assuming students have little to no language background. Each level’s core textbook usually consists of three to four parts. For K-5, our program is sufficient to be used as core, whereas for middle and high school, it is considered more of a supplement. Our program helps students develop communicative skills at a very early learning stage and accelerates the development of their listening, reading, and writing skills.
What national standards are QTALK's curriculum based on?
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Our Spanish curriculum is aligned with the ACTFL standards, and our Chinese curriculum is based on HSK standards. If your district has its own curriculum and is interested in our program, we'd be happy to discuss customization. Please feel free to send your inquiries to sales@qtalk.com.
How can I meet/see QTALK in person?
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Our Team attends various regional and national language conferences every year. You can also follow our social media accounts or subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletters. We can also send our language specialist to your school for a demonstration or training. In addition, our founder, Maurice Hazan, who recently presented our method on TEDx Talk, is a professional trainer in linguistics and teaching. If you are interested in having him present at a professional development session, please contact us to arrange it.
-Products-
Does a digital license need to be renewed every year?
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If you are purchasing the license year by year, then yes. However, if you would like to purchase a multi-year license (e.g., 3-year or 5-year licenses), we’d be glad to send you a quote. Please send all quote requests to sales@qtalk.com.
Do I need to purchase an account for each teacher even though they are teaching the same language at different time? Can they share one account?
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No, teachers cannot share one account even if they teach at different times. The online account records and saves the progress of game practices, lesson plans and more. It is strongly advised that each teacher have an individual account.
Can I purchase student-only accounts?
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Unfortunately, student accounts cannot be purchased separately. They must be linked to a teacher account.
What’s the difference between printed books and digital books?
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Our printed books are 100% aligned with their digital versions. All printed textbooks are 2-in-1 book / workbook. Students can perform different activities (write, color, cut, etc.) in the printed books. The digital books have audio files available so that you can reduce teacher instruction in class and serve instead as a facilitator of student interactions. If students have their individual license, they can review the books and practice with the audio anytime and anywhere.
I love the flashcards but the vocabulary in the set is limited. Are there any supplemental words available?
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As a very dynamic and flexible team, we do customization all the time! We can customize flashcards for you based on your teaching objectives. Please feel free to email us the list of words you would like to add to sales@qtalk.com, and we will customize them for you. Please kindly allow 2-3 weeks for us to process a customized order.
What assessment materials does QTALK have?
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QTALK values assessment just as much as teaching. There are exercise pages and quizzes available in each textbook. If you are using our digital teaching platform, there are online games that can be used as in-classroom assessment or assignments. What’s more, we also offer a large variety of physical board games where students can have fun while learning and practicing.
What’s the difference between a teacher license and a student license?
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Teachers have access to all the modules from their teacher accounts, while students usually have access to one module at a time. Teacher licenses also include a sophisticated Teacher Dashboard, which allows you to assign homework, view student score reports, and monitor student activities.
Can I have access to more than one language from the same account?
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Yes! If you are teaching more than one language, we've got you covered! Our images are consistent across levels and languages. Please feel free to request a quote for multi-language access at sales@qtalk.com.
-Classroom Instructions-
How do I teach reading/writing/grammar with this method?
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Although our method emphasizes oral skills, our books and online games include exercises in reading, writing and syntax. With solid oral skills, you will find that your students gradually acquire other language skills at a faster pace. In this method, we teach grammar in context. For every sentence structure, we present a number of sentences first. After students read through these sentences, they will probably be able to figure out the pattern on their own. Then as teachers, we explain the grammar. In other words, we alter the traditional learning process of "theory first." We let the students learn through practice and experience.
Our school already has a core textbook. How can I use QTALK as supplement?
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All of our textbooks are topic-based and contain a scope and sequence at the beginning. You can easily navigate and select the topic that fits your lesson plan. We also offer a unique tool called QTALK Blocks. It is an interactive image-vocabulary library containing thousands of images. It goes beyond a simple image library by functioning fully automatically in sentence conjugations, audio playing, and text populating. In addition, our online games and board games are great supplemental materials for exercise, practice, and assessment.
How long does it take for students to become basically fluent in the target language?
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It is proven that students who use our method to learn a language from zero can open their mouth and start speaking immediately after one lesson. For example, in one of the schools using QTALK with three lessons per week, students achieved basic fluency (day-to-day conversation) after one semester. In another school with four to five lessons per week, students achieved immersion-program-like fluency after one year. It depends on how frequently the lessons are presented, but you can see it takes much less time for students to achieve fluency using QTALK than any other traditional method.
-Technical-
Does the digital license work on an iPad, Chromebook, etc.?
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Yes, because our program is web-based, you can access all the resources in your account on any tablet, as long as you have Internet connection. Certain features, such as the Teacher Dashboard, are more conveniently used on a computer.
How do I add student accounts?
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There are two ways to add student accounts: You can either forward us your student roster and we set up the classes and student accounts for you, or we can give you access to manually enter in your students one by one.
How do students log in?
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Once students receive their own username and password, they can log in by clicking "Log In" on the menu bar at our website, www.qtalk.com.
Why can’t I see my students in my Teacher Dashboard?
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Once you create your first assignment using your Teacher Dashboard and your students complete the assignment, you will start to see the student list and scores. Scores may take a few minutes to an hour to sync to your Teacher Dashboard after students complete an assignment.
How do I assign homework?
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Please click here for a short tutorial.
Can I monitor my students' activity in the books?
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Unfortunately, this feature is not supported on our platform at this point, but every year we will update our system, so we are looking forward to adding this feature very soon.
Can I change the password by myself or do I have to go through you every time?
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Unfortunately, this feature is not supported on our platform at this point, but every year we will update our system, so we are looking forward to adding this feature very soon.
How can I delete a student account from the Teacher Dashboard?
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You can send us the list of students you would like to delete to sales@qtalk.com and we will delete them for you. If your account has GUA access, you can log into your Teacher Dashboard, click on “enroll students,” then “list of users.” Drag the window to the right, and you’ll see a delete symbol (a red x). Click on that symbol, then refresh the page, and you’ll see the student has been deleted.