Choose a platform to teach your language online

The online tutoring market is growing day by day in the last few years. It is the best way to earn money daily from anywhere and anytime. Yes, if you are able to speak another language and understand the techniques of language learning, then teaching languages online can become your ideal career. In this article, we look at how to teach a language online, including getting started, setting your rates, and finding a tutoring job. 

• Choose a platform to teach your language online

The first and foremost step you are required to teach online is the suitable platform you'll use to conduct your lessons. 

• Skype 
• Zoom
• Google hangout
• E-learning platform

In terms of starting online tutoring, Skype will probably be the most familiar to you, and thus the easiest to use. It allows you to make audio and video calls, send messages, share links and documents with your students.

Set your tutoring rates
The second thing that comes to your mind is how much you’ll charge for online language lessons? So, If you do not have any experience or tutored before, and you are starting your tutoring career from the initial stage. All you can do is have some google search for what online tutors in your subject area, and with similar levels of experience, are charging for online lessons.

If you have any experience or tutoring and want to be part of online lessons in your repertoire, it’s generally expected that online lessons will be cheaper than in-person tutoring. For example, if a tutor charges £25 per hour for face-to-face lessons, online lessons may cost around £15 per hour. Now you can easily to become a native speaking language tutors.

However, there is no industry standard for online tutoring costs across disciplines and levels. So you can take time to do some research that will help you decide your rates. Don't set rates too low, but remember that by teaching online you are not incurring potential costs such as travel.

• Setting up an online language tutor

Once you’ve chosen the platform, then you need to make sure that you have followed the basics requirements of online tutoring. 

• A good learning environment

You need to make sure you have a reliable Internet connection. And choose the peaceful space for tutoring where you’ll teach quietly and well-lit.

• Good audio and visual quality

Choose the computer and laptop that have good sound and picture quality. If you do not need to invest in extra equipment such as a microphone or webcam.

• Screen sharing and document/link sharing

Make a clear understanding of how to share screens, documents, and links, on the online platforms. This will make your lessons effective and interactive. 

• Design teaching material

Once you have registered as a tutor then you need to think about the materials and resources you can use during online language lessons. There are some areas that you need to cover in the language face-to-face lessons.

1. Use news articles, blogs, and stories to develop reading skills that grab the user’s attention. For that you can send your students' articles or short stories in advance, then you can discuss them during your online lessons, or you can simply find and share them during your session.
   
   
2. Discuss in the target language, and thus create an easy way to incorporate speaking into your online lessons. Depending on the workload of the student, you can ask them to prepare a short presentation based on the subject area you are focusing on, to practice their skills. They can also make a PowerPoint presentation and screen-share video with you to make it more interactive.
   
   
3. Developing writing skills as well through online lessons may be a little tough, but it is not impossible. You can provide your students a worksheet that you send to your student in advance, or share via your Google Drive, then writing screen-shares together can be a great way to include them in your lessons. You can also use previous papers to work on areas such as essay planning and grammar.

So those are the four codes to being an effective Professional Online Language Tutors. Teach as you mean it. Because what you do really matters. Don’t ever forget that. On Evopry, we provide a platform with lots of opportunities to teach online via Skype tutors- so feel free to act as a tutor and create your profile.