unless you already know your teacher, the best place to start is our "**browse teachers**" page (<https://my.somos.education/browse-teachers>)

you can search teachers by language, location, time zone, years of experience, teaching style and even your own goals!

once you've chosen your teacher, you can join their community directly from their profile page by clicking the [[🚀 subscribe]] button

you'll be taken through a short onboarding form starting with us finding out whether or not you have a somos account or not

if you're a first time joiner, we'll need to collect some basic info. please note that for now, all somos students needs to be at least 18. 

we'll ask you to let us know your time zone (which we'll share with your teacher).

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💌 thanks q! which email would you like to register your account with?
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⏰ please select your timezone
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note: not sure? type your town/city here
⏭️ next!

we'll obviously need to know which language you want to learn 😊

💪🏾 how would you describe your current level?
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we'll also ask you to describe your own level the best you can. this doesn't have to be super precise, it's just to give your teacher a rough idea. 

you can pick up to 3 learning goals to help your teacher understand what is important to you.

at somos, we're all about you building the best connection possible with your teacher. we give you an opportunity to share a message with them here. 

boom and that's it! once you submit the form, you'll be taken to [https://learn.somos.education](https://learn.somos.education) where you'll be able to log in to your somos account!

from there you'll be able to access our teaching platform,❤️ heartbeat. 

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🎈 awesome, thanks!
 
⬇️ click below and you'll taken to your somos dashboard to log in. 

from there you'll be able to get set up and access our teaching and community platform, ❤️ heartbeat. 

💌 we'll email you some tips & helpsheets too but if you have any issues, don't forget you can always reach us at support@somos.education
🚀 let's do this!

how to join a language learning community 🥳