{"id":26,"date":"2015-02-23T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T11:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:38:19","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1: Are all of the teachers native speakers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All of the teachers are qualified native speakers, with substantial teaching experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2: How long is each lesson?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each group lesson lasts 90 minutes. Private lessons last 60 minutes each.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3: How long is each course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All of our standard courses last 54 academic hours. They comprise 27 lessons, each lesson lasting 90 minutes. Therefore, if you study two times a week (Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays), the course will last 13.5 weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4: What time do the lessons usually take place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the courses take place during the evening, either from 17:15 \u2013 18:45, or from 19:00 \u2013 20:30. However, private lessons and company courses can be arranged at other times most convenient for the client.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5: How many students are there in each group?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The maximum group size is 12 students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6: How do I enroll?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First of all you need to take a placement test. The placement test is free and takes about 45 minutes. After taking the test, we can place you in a group which corresponds to your level. To arrange a time to take the placement test, simply phone us on +371 29196571.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7: Where is Lingua Franca located?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are located at\u00a0 T\u0113rbatas iela 53 &#8211; 6, R\u012bga, LV-1011 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333333;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/contacts\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to see a map of the area)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>8: Can I also take private lessons?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We offer English, French, Latvian and Russian private lessons at a time convenient for you. It is also possible to share these private lessons (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333333;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/private-lessons\/\">see Shared Private Lessons<\/a><\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1: Are all of the teachers native speakers? All of the teachers are qualified native speakers, with substantial teaching experience. 2: How long is each lesson? Each group lesson lasts 90 minutes. Private lessons last 60 minutes each. 3: How long is each course? All of our standard courses last 54 academic hours. They comprise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22810,"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/22810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguafranca.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}