I'm about to be jobless in a week (I think), and I am entertaining the idea of starting and ESL teaching business online, so thank you, oh so much!!!!!
I have taught over 6000 lessons on italki and its been going pretty well for me. I usually have at least 10 students a day. Now i am planning to create my own business
Hi! I wasn't able to get on Italki because they are not hiring and I don't have a bachelors, but I'm wondering, do you have any idea what materials would be good to start teaching on my own (own business) . I'm currently a teacher on another platform. Thank you!
This is actually fun. I'm a fluent Danish speaker and I think it's just really interesting to teach people for free. Both online and in real life. There are a lot of volunteers in this field because you just need to turn up without much preparation or education.
Thanks a lot !! I'm from Mexico and I'm planning to give private english lessons but i've never taught anything in my life, so this advices are quite useful to begin
@@rubberduckyinc.1162 hello, actually I took a different way for my path, instead of english now I'm teaching Excel, I'm selling the courses online, honestly it's just a moderate progress, the lessons are great but not so many students are enrolled because I had not had the chance to invest in advertising for my little academy and the private lessons I give are via zoom, they are for free cause they are for solving small issues people may have by using Excel but I like to share that knowledge
@@joseafalvel Oh, wow! That's interesting! 🙂 If for instance I, or someone I know will be needing assistance with Excel, which I'm sure I will in the near future, how would we sign up for a Zoom class or tutorial with you?
Hi Jack, personally I am not so keen on Italki these days as they seem to keep moving goalposts and updating the site without letting teachers know in advance but it is handy to keep a profile live. For anyone starting out/unqualified I would suggest Cambly. The money is bad (by comparison) but you work when you want and get paid out weekly via paypal. I use it to fill my dead times, better poor money than no money! Incidentally Jack's course is a worthwhile investment.
Your videos are so useful especially for a new RUclipsr like me. They get you looking ahead instead of getting bogged down in the process of climbing that mountain.
Thanks for the insight! I just started my Spanish tutoring business a couple weeks ago and it has been great so far. The only things I have done are: create a website and made a couple announcements on Craigslist. I have 5 clients so far that have paid lessons in advance. I'm also documenting my experience on RUclips!
I would like to teach English online but still new in this field. Could you please send me the link of the best website to start? Thank you in advance.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I think good looks surely help when people want to become freelance online language teachers. That's one reason you've been successful.
Hi. Great video. I teach for SayABC. I think it's a great company for starting out. I am brand new to teaching online, so it's helped me see how an effective lesson plan progresses. You have 9 lessons in a unit with the same students over 4 1/2 weeks. I took an online 150-hr TEFL/TESOL course but still don't feel confident about planning lessons for teaching my own students independently. It would be helpful to see how the initial lessons go and how they're structured.
Remember to find out what your students need and then design the course around them. Once you have a needs analysis you can start to break it down into smaller parts and to lessons and then build the lessons. To start with you could adapt lessons from a course book if you are not sure and then as you get more confident you can start to produce your own materials. As I am sure Jack will tell you, once you have a niche you can start reusing materials again and again so it becomes more cost effective. Usually the first lesson is getting to know you, finding about them and them finding about you. Try to give them a take away so they will remember you and show/tell them how their course will develop.
Really appreciated this video. I am interested in creating an online teaching business. Do you still offer the free mini-course? I tried the link but it's not working. Thank you.
Hi lena ...how has your online teaching journey been? I am looking at starting an online German school...can you share, maybe eventually partner... thanks
Really comphensive info. Could you compare with if teaching on italk these kind website or we could set up our own teaching website? Pros or cons😜? Thank you.
Thanks for this! I am currently an online ESL teacher with gogokid and VIPKid, I love them both! I don't have to make my own curriculum with either company and they pay decent. Lately though, I've been wanting to create my own curriculum but solely about arthropods! I'm an entomologist by day, so I have a lot of bug knowledge :).
Hi Dana, I'm looking into teaching English online once I graduate as an easy way to make money, but I really like bugs too. I'm just not sure how to make a career out of it. If you don't mind my asking, what do you do as an entomologist and how did you get your job?
Hi great video, very informative, easy listening very clear and helpful. Thankyou. I use to teach and lecture. I am thinking of going back into that as I enjoyed it and my students were very successful. Your video has inspired me to take some action. Thankyou 👍
Hey my guy! How are you? Do you suggest using placement tests when teaching English online? I know a teach who doesn’t like using placement tests when acquiring new students. Thank you!
Great video Jack. I have a question, if you don't mind. Does Zoom allow for students to talk to each other in pairs? For example, if I want to teach four students at once, and then I want them to split into pairs and talk to each other, with their audio isolated by pairs, can it do that? Cheers, Dave
Hi Jack Thanks a lot indeed for this so beneficial video I am Mohammed from Jordan I'm resigning now in Istanbul as to continue my PhD's in ELT I am a blind person and planning to establish my new channel on RUclips as to be one of the first disable people that teach online I have been working as an English language teacher and Arabic language teacher for non-native speakers since 2009 but sure I don't have any experience of teaching online so, could you please guide me from where to have resources and how could you help or advice me in my new career Very best wishes
Sorry for the random question, but I am looking for an online platform to hold classes for multiple students that isn't zoom or webex. Are there any such teaching platforms?
hi Jack! thanks for the great content! What about teaching via whatsapp? i've seen quite a few teachers on facebook advertise this type of classes.... will you please make a video on this new methodology? TIA
Great tips! I'm also an esl teacher, so I've tried many ways to find students. My recent discovery has become IZISPIK platform. They are startup so it doesn't take much time to receive a lesson request. Pretty happy about the outcome. Plus, it’s commission free for teachers 😀
Hi! Thanks for the video. How do you deal with the students who cancel and notice you only half an hour before the lesson or don't appear because they overslept or forgot etc.
Thanks a lot for the video and wish you a Happy New Year! I want to ask you 1 question: does youtube pay you for the videos? And what are the most important things that I should pay attention to when I make my videos for the learners? I mean the quality of the video, or if it is long or short, or the numbers of subscribers you have.... Maybe you make a video on this topic. Thank you!
I get something from RUclips ads. But I use it to expand my reach and to use the email marketing strategy that I talk about here: www.teachingeslonline.com/email-marketing-introduction/ I'd say get started making some videos and let everything evolve. I tried to over-strategize at first and it took me too long to gain some momentum and experience.
I get something from RUclips ads. But I use it to expand my reach and to use the email marketing strategy that I talk about here: www.teachingeslonline.com/email-marketing-introduction/ I'd say get started making some videos and let everything evolve. I tried to over-strategize at first and it took me too long to gain some momentum and experience.
Hi! Thanks for this video it was really helpful. I am a primary school teacher and have a PGCE, but am looking to get out of the classroom and into something different. Although I am a trained teacher, I feel teaching English to adults is very different and I have a lot to learn! I would like to know, what inital assessment do you give the student so that you can pitch the lessons accordingly? Do you just make up you own assessments or is there a particular book or website I can go to? There is so much to potentially teach ( grammar, vocab, pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking, listening etc) how do you know where to start? When I'm teaching children I usually assess them first to find out what they already know, but I can't find anything on the web or in the library regarding this part of ESL teaching. I am hoping to gain a CELTA and do some voluntary work before I take the plunge into this career, but if I can get enough information I might feel more confident to start earlier.
englishwithbob thanks for your reply, it sounds good, but I don't want to have to pay for a subscription. I thought there would be a book I could buy or criteria check list/ ruberic to follow as a guide. I will need to use something to measure the students progress. I know I will get to grips with their language proficiency just by teaching them, but being new to this I would like a guide. For example, if they can do this and this and this they are working at an intermediate level and they need to work on this, this and this. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'll figure it out.
@@twiglet7894 Many of the big publishers have tests available, both pdf and online. A quick search found this one at the top of the list www.macmillanstraightforward.com/resources/tests/ but here are others.
englishwithbob thank you again. Now I know they are called "placement tests" I am able to find lots. I was googling assessment tests and not finding what I wanted. I'm learning!
Hi , I have noticed your comment is 3 years ago . I would like to ask if you have followed this path and how is it going for you ? I am thinking of also pursuing this ( primary teacher also ). Thanks Oliv
Hi Jack. I have watched only this video for you. I 'm just thinking to teach English online. I have been teaching English since 1988. I am going to be an English teacher online due to the health situation the world is facing right now. I 'm going to provide some English lessons for the Iraqi students on line. I am thinking to use some Arabic while explaining some grammar in English. What do you think? Is that OK.I'm going to start teaching next week. Please give me more tips on teaching online. Thank you.I'm not a native speaker, But I teach like a native speaker. You will watch me teaching one day.hhhhhhhh.Just kidding. Thank you.
Hi Jack, I would like to start an ESL business in about 2 years or so. I will have the credentials for it by then. My question is how do I get clients? I live in a predominately white community. Thanks!
Hi Jack, thank you very much, very helpful. Is there a way that I can chat to you please. I just bought a online teaching site but need a lot of advice.
I'm 17 and I have no expirience. But I want to teach Hebrew and im pretty good in English. Is it possible for me to teach Hebrew and get money online, or should I do it for free for few months and then asking for money?
Hey 👋 I believe I’m in the same boat as you 😅 but with a different background of languages (I’m a portuguese speaker living in London, however, could I ask you how have you been doing? ☺️ were you able to start teaching even not having experience? Let me know dear
I think this is a selling video not a "teaching how to teach" one...and I wouldn't learn from a teacher like you tbh. Whatever you click you get to the authors site giving you more links to click.
Did you learn anything? I tried to break things down, taking my 10 years online experience to summarize what I think is most important. There are many gaps to be filled in. Was there something missing?
I'm about to be jobless in a week (I think), and I am entertaining the idea of starting and ESL teaching business online, so thank you, oh so much!!!!!
Starting to realize, this video is pre pandemic, zoom is new and kinda unknown, great video.
Thanks a million. That’s brilliant. I appreciate it. 🎉 cheers and best regards, Winai
Very knowledgeable with useful info. I teach Spanish and English in company and recently started online. Thank you
I have taught over 6000 lessons on italki and its been going pretty well for me. I usually have at least 10 students a day. Now i am planning to create my own business
Hi! I wasn't able to get on Italki because they are not hiring and I don't have a bachelors, but I'm wondering, do you have any idea what materials would be good to start teaching on my own (own business) . I'm currently a teacher on another platform. Thank you!
This is actually fun. I'm a fluent Danish speaker and I think it's just really interesting to teach people for free. Both online and in real life. There are a lot of volunteers in this field because you just need to turn up without much preparation or education.
Like I said, check out the description for resources. If you would like to work with me, click here: teachingeslonline.com/mentor
Thanks a lot !! I'm from Mexico and I'm planning to give private english lessons but i've never taught anything in my life, so this advices are quite useful to begin
Hi there Jose! I am about to start doing that here in the Philippines. May I ask, how is your progress these past couple of years?
@@rubberduckyinc.1162 hello, actually I took a different way for my path, instead of english now I'm teaching Excel, I'm selling the courses online, honestly it's just a moderate progress, the lessons are great but not so many students are enrolled because I had not had the chance to invest in advertising for my little academy and the private lessons I give are via zoom, they are for free cause they are for solving small issues people may have by using Excel but I like to share that knowledge
@@joseafalvel Oh, wow! That's interesting! 🙂 If for instance I, or someone I know will be needing assistance with Excel, which I'm sure I will in the near future, how would we sign up for a Zoom class or tutorial with you?
@@rubberduckyinc.1162 Hello. Have you started teaching?
@@gracemaiam3374 Not yet, unfortunately. it's hard to find people who are committed to learning.😅 Who would've thought..
Hi Jack, personally I am not so keen on Italki these days as they seem to keep moving goalposts and updating the site without letting teachers know in advance but it is handy to keep a profile live. For anyone starting out/unqualified I would suggest Cambly. The money is bad (by comparison) but you work when you want and get paid out weekly via paypal. I use it to fill my dead times, better poor money than no money!
Incidentally Jack's course is a worthwhile investment.
Thanks, Bob. Great feedback!
Your videos are so useful especially for a new RUclipsr like me. They get you looking ahead instead of getting bogged down in the process of climbing that mountain.
Thanks for the insight! I just started my Spanish tutoring business a couple weeks ago and it has been great so far. The only things I have done are: create a website and made a couple announcements on Craigslist. I have 5 clients so far that have paid lessons in advance. I'm also documenting my experience on RUclips!
Yelsse Bahena hey what are you using for a curriculum?
@@cabbie83 i create it! Each client is a little different so I just modify it a little per client. Are you thinking of doing private lessons?
Thank you for this lovely video. I’m starting my own TEOnline and I’m more confident now knowing you could offer support when needed.
This video is helpful not only to language teachers!
For those who use PayPal, do you "invoice" the person, or do they just pay?
Thank you, your videos have been very useful!
great video, thanks very much! I'm about to start teaching English online as a complete beginner and this has been really useful information
I would like to teach English online but still new in this field. Could you please send me the link of the best website to start? Thank you in advance.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I think good looks surely help when people want to become freelance online language teachers. That's one reason you've been successful.
Great tips!
Thanks so much for this very helpful and informative video.
🙂🙏🌸
Hi. Great video. I teach for SayABC. I think it's a great company for starting out. I am brand new to teaching online, so it's helped me see how an effective lesson plan progresses. You have 9 lessons in a unit with the same students over 4 1/2 weeks. I took an online 150-hr TEFL/TESOL course but still don't feel confident about planning lessons for teaching my own students independently. It would be helpful to see how the initial lessons go and how they're structured.
Remember to find out what your students need and then design the course around them. Once you have a needs analysis you can start to break it down into smaller parts and to lessons and then build the lessons. To start with you could adapt lessons from a course book if you are not sure and then as you get more confident you can start to produce your own materials. As I am sure Jack will tell you, once you have a niche you can start reusing materials again and again so it becomes more cost effective.
Usually the first lesson is getting to know you, finding about them and them finding about you.
Try to give them a take away so they will remember you and show/tell them how their course will develop.
ruclips.net/video/Hbtwws95o2g/видео.html
@@EnglishwithBob1 Bob, thank you so much. Very helpful. I'm looking up how to make a needs analysis now. I'll watch the video you recommended too.
Hello Lori, did you have to take that TEFL/TESOL course to become employed with Sayabc?
Cool, can you show how a class looks like? just a few minutes. I saw three of your videos, maybe you have such a video already....?
Really appreciated this video. I am interested in creating an online teaching business. Do you still offer the free mini-course? I tried the link but it's not working. Thank you.
i have been teaching english online for a while but i have found few people to teach so far.
Thank you for clear and structured advise, Jack. I also found that Microsoft Teams really good and safe when teaching minors.
Thank you for the tips! I am starting to teach German and this really helped.
Hi lena ...how has your online teaching journey been? I am looking at starting an online German school...can you share, maybe eventually partner... thanks
Hi Jack, thanks for the informative, I'm Jordan I work for HelloTalk. Would you be interested to teach English via live-streaming?
Thanks So Much Bro! Super Helpful Video 👍🏽
Really comphensive info. Could you compare with if teaching on italk these kind website or we could set up our own teaching website? Pros or cons😜? Thank you.
Thanks for this! I am currently an online ESL teacher with gogokid and VIPKid, I love them both! I don't have to make my own curriculum with either company and they pay decent. Lately though, I've been wanting to create my own curriculum but solely about arthropods! I'm an entomologist by day, so I have a lot of bug knowledge :).
Hi Dana, I'm looking into teaching English online once I graduate as an easy way to make money, but I really like bugs too. I'm just not sure how to make a career out of it. If you don't mind my asking, what do you do as an entomologist and how did you get your job?
"I didn't say hey Siri" ha ha, that has happened to me so many times when I am on Skype. I think Siri has a thing for language learners. :-)
nicely done, thank you so much and God Bless you for sharing your experience, Dr. Marco!
Praise the lord sir pray for me and reply me
Hi great video, very informative, easy listening very clear and helpful. Thankyou. I use to teach and lecture. I am thinking of going back into that as I enjoyed it and my students were very successful. Your video has inspired me to take some action. Thankyou 👍
Thank you very much for your advice! Very useful!!
Thank you Jack the information is very useful.
Hi teacher happy new year from finland
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. May God continue to bless you.
Hey my guy! How are you? Do you suggest using placement tests when teaching English online? I know a teach who doesn’t like using placement tests when acquiring new students. Thank you!
predicted the future with Zoom here
Thanks a lot .
could you please post the resources or the video about resources ?
Hi Jack! How could I make an appointment with you to have a free chat about my small online English teaching business? Thank you! I appretiate it!
Great video Jack. I have a question, if you don't mind. Does Zoom allow for students to talk to each other in pairs? For example, if I want to teach four students at once, and then I want them to split into pairs and talk to each other, with their audio isolated by pairs, can it do that? Cheers, Dave
It does. It might be the premium version though.
Hi Jack
Thanks a lot indeed for this so beneficial video
I am Mohammed from Jordan I'm resigning now in Istanbul as to continue my PhD's in ELT
I am a blind person and planning to establish my new channel on RUclips as to be one of the first disable people that teach online
I have been working as an English language teacher and Arabic language teacher for non-native speakers since 2009 but sure I don't have any experience of teaching online
so, could you please guide me from where to have resources and how could you help or advice me in my new career
Very best wishes
Sorry for the random question, but I am looking for an online platform to hold classes for multiple students that isn't zoom or webex. Are there any such teaching platforms?
hi Jack! thanks for the great content! What about teaching via whatsapp? i've seen quite a few teachers on facebook advertise this type of classes.... will you please make a video on this new methodology? TIA
Great tips! I'm also an esl teacher, so I've tried many ways to find students. My recent discovery has become IZISPIK platform. They are startup so it doesn't take much time to receive a lesson request. Pretty happy about the outcome. Plus, it’s commission free for teachers 😀
Thank you! What is the safest way to get payments for lessons on zoom?
Hi! Thanks for the video. How do you deal with the students who cancel and notice you only half an hour before the lesson or don't appear because they overslept or forgot etc.
Have a cancelation policy and get payment ahead of time.
Starting to organize my courses , my books, notes etc in order to teach italian online. Any recomedations on any methods ?
Thanks a lot for the video and wish you a Happy New Year! I want to ask you 1 question: does youtube pay you for the videos? And what are the most important things that I should pay attention to when I make my videos for the learners? I mean the quality of the video, or if it is long or short, or the numbers of subscribers you have.... Maybe you make a video on this topic. Thank you!
I get something from RUclips ads. But I use it to expand my reach and to use the email marketing strategy that I talk about here: www.teachingeslonline.com/email-marketing-introduction/
I'd say get started making some videos and let everything evolve. I tried to over-strategize at first and it took me too long to gain some momentum and experience.
I get something from RUclips ads. But I use it to expand my reach and to use the email marketing strategy that I talk about here: www.teachingeslonline.com/email-marketing-introduction/
I'd say get started making some videos and let everything evolve. I tried to over-strategize at first and it took me too long to gain some momentum and experience.
Hi! Thanks for this video it was really helpful. I am a primary school teacher and have a PGCE, but am looking to get out of the classroom and into something different. Although I am a trained teacher, I feel teaching English to adults is very different and I have a lot to learn! I would like to know, what inital assessment do you give the student so that you can pitch the lessons accordingly? Do you just make up you own assessments or is there a particular book or website I can go to? There is so much to potentially teach ( grammar, vocab, pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking, listening etc) how do you know where to start? When I'm teaching children I usually assess them first to find out what they already know, but I can't find anything on the web or in the library regarding this part of ESL teaching. I am hoping to gain a CELTA and do some voluntary work before I take the plunge into this career, but if I can get enough information I might feel more confident to start earlier.
There are a few places you can get placement tests, personally I use off2class - an online placement test.
englishwithbob thanks for your reply, it sounds good, but I don't want to have to pay for a subscription. I thought there would be a book I could buy or criteria check list/ ruberic to follow as a guide. I will need to use something to measure the students progress. I know I will get to grips with their language proficiency just by teaching them, but being new to this I would like a guide. For example, if they can do this and this and this they are working at an intermediate level and they need to work on this, this and this. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'll figure it out.
@@twiglet7894 Many of the big publishers have tests available, both pdf and online. A quick search found this one at the top of the list www.macmillanstraightforward.com/resources/tests/ but here are others.
englishwithbob thank you again. Now I know they are called "placement tests" I am able to find lots. I was googling assessment tests and not finding what I wanted. I'm learning!
Hi , I have noticed your comment is 3 years ago . I would like to ask if you have followed this path and how is it going for you ? I am thinking of also pursuing this ( primary teacher also ). Thanks Oliv
when Zoom was not yet worldwide known
I've steered away from PayPal... I prefer my students to pay me with credit/debit card through Stripe.
Hi! Thanks for this video. I think it is really helpful for beginners. Too late for me :)
Very good content!
Hi Jack. I have watched only this video for you. I 'm just thinking to teach English online. I have been teaching English since 1988. I am going to be an English teacher online due to the health situation the world is facing right now. I 'm going to provide some English lessons for the Iraqi students on line. I am thinking to use some Arabic while explaining some grammar in English. What do you think? Is that OK.I'm going to start teaching next week. Please give me more tips on teaching online. Thank you.I'm not a native speaker, But I teach like a native speaker. You will watch me teaching one day.hhhhhhhh.Just kidding. Thank you.
Hi Jack, I would like to start an ESL business in about 2 years or so. I will have the credentials for it by then. My question is how do I get clients? I live in a predominately white community. Thanks!
Hi Jack, thank you very much, very helpful. Is there a way that I can chat to you please. I just bought a online teaching site but need a lot of advice.
Start here and then reply to my emails: www.teachingeslonline.com/vidtraining
Please how can I teach online how can I follow you on Facebook
Craigs’s List, PayPal; genius.
Thanks Jake, I teach online for a company and I'm based in South Africa. Are you able to market yourself on the Chinese web?
Make a weibo, maybe?
Hi, you looks like a good teacher, how much cost your lessons?
Thanks
I'm 17 and I have no expirience. But I want to teach Hebrew and im pretty good in English. Is it possible for me to teach Hebrew and get money online, or should I do it for free for few months and then asking for money?
I would like to learn from you :)
Hey 👋 I believe I’m in the same boat as you 😅 but with a different background of languages (I’m a portuguese speaker living in London, however, could I ask you how have you been doing? ☺️ were you able to start teaching even not having experience?
Let me know dear
תמה אשכול please see my message 🥰
Thanks a lot.
The free italkie offer makes my card number pop up. Im wary.
Gereget benar men
There are still open positions for language teachers, just follow the steps in the description of the video:
ruclips.net/video/5mDBL6i-nKk/видео.html
10 minutes and didn't say nothing about the methods to teach people. I gave up
What were you looking for?
You look like Tom Hardy :)
Oops..🤔
I think this is a selling video not a "teaching how to teach" one...and I wouldn't learn from a teacher like you tbh. Whatever you click you get to the authors site giving you more links to click.
Did you learn anything? I tried to break things down, taking my 10 years online experience to summarize what I think is most important. There are many gaps to be filled in. Was there something missing?