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1. Choose a conversation that interests you in the "Join meeting" tab.

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3. Select a free trial or a monthly pricing plan. Payments on the platform are processed through the Polish payment gateway Easytools. You can pay via Blik, card, or try Yo for free.

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5. At the scheduled time, click on the link available in the event description on the platform, in your Google Calendar, and in your email. Engage in the conversation using the questions and vocabulary we’ve prepared to avoid awkward silences and unnecessary small talk. Remember never to accept requests to join your meeting —people who signed up for a specific conversation can join directly without sending join requests. 

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2. Create an account on the platform. After registering, edit your profile by adding your name, age, and other details useful for your future conversation partners.

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4. Now you can sign up for your chosen conversation!

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6. If your talking partner didn't come to the meeting or no one else has signed up, write a post here so someone else can join. 

Meeting rules

  • How many meetings can I have every day?
    You can only sign up for 1 conversation per day. In addition, you can always take part in "Late night talking" meetings for which registration is not required - you can attend them whenever they are held.
  • What is the latest time I can book a talk?
    registration for each talk closes at night two days before the meeting so that you can plan your participation in the meeting in advance. For example, if your meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 1:00 p.m., registration will close on Monday night.
  • Where can I find the link to the Zoom meeting?
    Links are sent by e-mail and visible in your Google Calendar on the day before the meeting.
  • Camera and microphone
    must always be turned on. The conversation is intended to imitate a casual live conversation. To make it as comfortable as possible, it is important that your camera and mic are always turned on. It also allows you to verify your talking partner, thus ensuring the safety of both talkers.
  • Verification
    if you ever notice something disturbing during a conversation, e.g. you feel that someone's age or language level does not match that of yours, please send us a report. You can also just write to us in the chat. We consider each report as a priority. We then arrange a verification call with the reported person or take part in the scheduled meeting for which the person signed up. We reserve the right to block further use of the platform by people who are reported and do not want to be verified. This is a violation of the main purpose of the platform, which is to ensure the safety of the community learning to speak English.
  • Starting a meeting
    the conversation starts with a greeting, you can be the first to say "Hello, how are you?" and talk briefly about how you feel. You can also go straight to the questions and ask your talking partner the first question from the list which you find on the meeting description page.
  • Conversation
    to make the conversation most valuable it is worth listening carefully to your talker and asking them detailed questions about what they have just said. You can also refer to their situation if something they said is similar to your situation. Also, remember to never answer with one word. Answers should be elaborated. You can ask completely different questions outside the list of questions as well but they must be related to the topic of the conversation.
  • First step
    Create an account and tell us more about your favourite conversation topics - Japanese cuisine, school or deep-tech startups? We always verify your profile to connect you with a perfect language partner with whom you can practice speaking and assign you to the classes that are most suitable.
  • Second step
    Take a look at yo's calendar and take part in as many Zoom conversations as you want. There are many different types of classes available, from friendly evening meetings about hobbies and weather for beginners, to advanced exam preparation lessons held during the working week. All of them are 1-on-1 lessons with people learning the same language and having similar interests. You can always use our additional educational material to make classes more effective.
  • Third step
    Speak with real people your age every day and gain confidence faster.
  • The end of online violence
    Children are safe with us. Our Internet Security Guards always start your Zoom meeting and check the identity of all the people in the room. We prevent online harassment. Learn what we do to keep this place the safest on the internet.
  • The end of stressful learning
    On yo, you can be shy and don't know what to say. Before every talk, we send you a list of the questions and conversation starters - you should use them during the meeting. ​ Avoid awkward silence and meaningless small talk. Learn what you need.
  • The second registered person did not come for the meeting
    In such a situation, please wait 5 minutes for your talking partner and after that time you can either leave the meeting or immediately write a post to the age group asking if anyone would like to participate in the conversation at this time. In your post, write the topic of your conversation and your language level so that interested people can comment. You can send the Google Meet link in a private chat to the person who will respond in the comment.
  • The person registered for the meeting looks much older or younger or has an inappropriate language level
    In such a situation, immediately call us via the chat on the website, where you will describe the situation in a few words. You can write to us in the chat either in Polish or English. We will review your report as soon as possible and arrange a verification call with the reported user or check their next Google call. If you don't feel comfortable, you can leave the conversation immediately and describe the situation to us later so that we can verify your talking partner's account again.
  • The person registered for the meeting does not want or cannot turn on the camera or microphone
    If the camera is broken, you can conduct a conversation without it, but only as an exception, after mutual consent of both conversation partners. If you don't feel comfortable with the other person's camera turned off, you can leave the conversation and describe the situation to us in the chat so that we can verify the other person's actions. If the other person's microphone is broken, they should try turning it on and off again or switching to headphones. If that doesn't work, you can leave the conversation and then write a post in the group inviting someone else to join the conversation.
  • I can't turn on my webcam
    Try turning it off and on, entering the conversation again or changing your browser to Chrome. If that doesn't work, ask the other person if they're OK to talk without a camera. If so, you can talk without it, if not, leave the conversation.
  • I can't turn on my microphone
    Try turning it off and on, entering the conversation again, changing your browser or putting on or taking off your headphones. If that doesn't work, leave the conversation.
  • Our conversation lasted less than 40 minutes and we ran out of questions
    It doesn't matter, the conversation sometimes takes less time because not every talking partner talks in the same way. You can ask additional questions of your own and if you don't want to talk any longer, you can leave the conversation earlier.
  • Someone left the conversation halfway through
    You can wait 2 minutes and then invite others to join your conversation via a post in the group. You can also leave the conversation and report the situation to us in the chat, providing the details of the person talking or the time, topic and age group of the meeting.
  • All meeting dates are already booked
    Write to us in the chat what topic of conversation you are interested in, and we will add new dates to the website. You can also try to find a meeting for another day.
  • I don't know if I can write to you in the chat in Polish or English
    You can write to us in any of these languages. We will respond to you in the language in which you wrote to us.
  • I don't know how to invite another person to join the conversation because my language partner didn't come or no one signed up for the conversation
    Write a post for your age group, specifying the meeting time, language level and topic. You can also paste a link to the conversation details page. When someone responds in a comment, simply send them the Google Meet link in a private message by clicking on their name and the private message button on their profile.
  • I don't remember a word in English and can't finish the sentence
    That's okay. You can ask the other person in Polish if they remember this word or ask them to wait a moment and look it up in an online dictionary. The point is for you to learn as much as possible, not to speak without mistakes and remember everything.

For university students

with our small dictionary for each conversation, you will learn new words and use them immediately in the conversation

you'll talk about strange topics that sometimes do not interest you at all, but the more sweat in training, the less blood in battle

you'll compare some pictures, express your opinion, and prepare for the exam

good news for students of the University of Warsaw! the form of the exam has been changed at the UW - now you will take it in pairs. it's nothing difficult with us

For high school students

don't worry

meetings structure based on real Polish matura exams
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