Alipay partners with italki for English courses in China

italki, a language learning social network, declared they will be working with Alibaba’s payment provider subsidiary Alipay to bring premium English learning content and American certified teachers to China through Eleutian Technology. Eleutian offers one-on-one internet tutoring with native English-speaking teachers and Eleutian's SpeakENG product, which incorporates Pearson's English language content. For the month of August, Alipay will give a special bonus to its users when purchasing a minimum amount from italki.

Prospective students can visit italki.com and register for Eleutian's learning English product called SpeakENG, an integrated package of online multimedia English courses and video-conference tutoring. The online courses are based on the natural pattern of language learning; the instruction method is proprietary to Eleutian and is proven in schools throughout the world. Prices start at $1.50 for an 8-minute trial lesson, and $16.00 for a 1-year subscription, which includes one video-conference with an Eleutian teacher. Students have the flexibility to purchase additional sessions with Eleutian’s teachers as they need them.

"We are elated to get the opportunity to work with a global e-commerce site like Alibaba." says William Bao Bean, member of the board of directors of italki. "Alipay is the main online payment platform for Chinese consumers, and by working with italki, Chinese consumers now have more ways to transact globally in language learning services."