My name is Martin and I have been an English teacher for over 18 years. This is a RU-vid Channel about all things related to English Language Teaching (online or face-to-face) as well as about Korean culture!
I hope you enjoy my videos and if you would like to learn more about English teaching as well as Korean culture, feel free to ask questions, and support this channel by becoming a member.
I look forward to seeing you in some livestreams or published content soon.
I got approved 2 weeks ago and I've been scared to start my journey on Preply because I kept wondering how I would share my screen, Thank you so much for this video❤❤
That's a great questions. The best speed for WiFi or internet is 50mbps. Try to get the best internet as possible with a potential internet provider as you will have little to no issue with internet slowing your teaching down.
@@ELTExperiences i learnt I need to pay attention. To note every errors said by the student so as to make for the corrections later, and learnt she was more free with you, immediately you gave her permissions to ask you some questions. I will use your style when am finally admitted mentor Sir
Please tell me how can I get students because I got so many messages from students but they didn't book even a trial so I am very disappointed even though I reduce my rate from 5 usd to 3 usd But still I don't have any students 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Having a rate around $3-$5 is incredibly low and I would recommend that you increase your rate to at least $10 minimum. It is a fallacy to believe that a low rate would increase the number of students you could teach. If you want a good teacher, then you must pay a rate that is respectable - most students consider a low paid teacher is unprofessional. Increase your rate, improve your introduction video, add a suitable profile photo and you will then find students will be subscribing.
I've just joined Preply Martin after obtaining my 120 hour Tefl qualification, these unedited trial lessons are excellent, watching this video has given me an idea, would you recomend perhaps sending the student a few questions before the trial lesson, such as where are you from? or what would you like to obtain from learning English? The reason I ask is, in this case, if the Student sent me an email saying they were from somewhere I hadn't been to or visited, I could look up some details regarding their part of the world (tourist attractions, cultural habits etc) to chat with them about in the inital discussion stages. I think your videos are excellent, and your already helping me plan my first trial lessons. Thankyou. Mark
(First of all we registration then install preply app they give us course and take test we have to pass the test for certificate)is this process? After certificate we get job on preply?
@@ELTExperiences i mean is that the right process to get teaching online job on preply?first of all register then install preply app get certificate then preply give me students?
There is no application to install, you just register, create your profile, create an introduction video, and then promote yourself. You can do the Preply certificate programme about teaching language learners which will help and they also have a range of courses that you could complete. I hope this helps.
Word stress is not that important.. most times never need to know it. Yeah.. present/present. but most words .. you can ignore it.. just complicates things for lower levels. Makes the teacher feel better.. but really in an out quicker than a fart.
The best price for starting for someone with relatively little experience would be around $15 per hour. If you have more experience then I would urge you to consider charging no less than $20 per hour. If you end up charging much less, you are likely to attract a certain client who has little budget for their language learning goals.
Hello I really love your videos. You are the best Tutor on preply. Please I would like to know where and how you get your teaching materials I am curious 😅
Do you think it would be worth applying to work with Preply if I am free to teach lessons only weekday mornings? I'll start a part time job in September but will definitely need a top up. Thank you for your videos, they are enjoyable and very informative. 😊
@@hummingbirdcage5098 Preply is certainly a worthwhile side hustle which can help. It helps me keep my head above financial water so to speak. You just need to remember that you need to report your self-employed earnings and pay National Insurance.
Thanks for the video. Is really insightful. My question is, how would they evaluate my teaching skills? I am teaching in an international school for almost 5 years now..
This is a great question and thank you for your comment. For me, I try to note down as much as what the student says - both examples of good utterances as well as areas for improvement. I try to be as balanced as possible and then provide positive feedback as well as scaffold language for learners. In a way, I find making a note of what is uttered reminds me about different aspects of what the student has said and then this provides a key example of my dedication. So, yes I do this in every trial lesson.
This is a great video for all online language tutors to watch. Many tutors (especially newbies) have no clue of what they should do during a trial lesson.
Thank you Martin for a very helpful authentic Preply trial lesson. It was good to see how things worked out and how you were able to guide Yasu. I am a new tutor to Preply and am hoping to help adult and business students too. I have gained much from watching your videos (I'm subscribed). Today's, being genuine, has helped me understand and appreciate things even more.
Thanks a lot my best tutor i was waiting for your upcoming video since i watched your last video and i was missing you a lot as well. It has been a while. ❤❤❤❤ Now i am cloud on nine today.🎉🎉🎉
Your typing is amazing. I type only one finger when i write any text🤣🤣🤣 I want to write a fantasy novel and grammar topics from basic to PhD level. Is it a good idea.isn't it ?? I am non native from pakistan and i am a college student as well. I love your every video. I want to become a CELTA teacher like you. Give me a piece of advice please. I'll wait for your text.
@nasirchnasir6970 thank you so much and with practice you will become an amazing teacher … and an amazing typewriter too! Do the CELTA asap and you won’t regret it. 😃
@@ELTExperiences My best tutor i can't take the course nowadays because i have no single penny. But CELTA is my dream goal i will definitely take this course after collecting money. I will do my best to fulfill my goal. I am studying in the semester two in the BS English field.after completing my graduation i will do M.phil in the ELT field.After that i will take the CELTA course because i want to be an expert in the English language teaching first. 😊😊🎇🎆
I love your calm nature. Commenting for support. (There's an AI tool that can type out what it hears - I think Zoom can do it too) - I'm sure you knew that but just incase, there's my 2 cents worth. hehe
Unfortunately it is the way it is in the UK with an oversupply of ESOL teachers and a scarcity of learners that are willing to come to the UK. It is a race to the bottom.
Hello nice Ice Cream, now I want one too haha. How much did it cost to have the degree notarised in the Uk ? I am looking to Thailand as my family already live there. Great information thanks.
Thanks for the comment and the question. When it came to having my degree notarised, I had a range of other documents to also have notarised as well. This all cost around £250 or so in total but I believe that one degree certificate costs approximately £70-£80 or so. In fact there is a company in the UK called Hague Apostille which offers competitive prices for one or a number of documents that need notarised and an apostille. More info here: www.hagueapostille.co.uk/. Hope this helps and good luck with your moving to Thailand. 😊
Thank you very much. This is excellent content, and I agree with all, that’s you have mentioned, especially a comfortable chair! Unfortunately, my daughter doesn’t Only teach five or six lessons a day. She teaches more like 8 to 10 lessons per day. That is a hectic schedule, as there’s lesson preparation, homework, feedback, and I need not go on. The reason, she has such a heavy schedule, is because as a South African, she is not regarded by most of the companies, as a native English speaker, and because of this, she is paid much less than other online teachers. This places the South African English speakers in the difficult position, of having to take on a heavier workload, in order to make a decent wage. This is patently unfair, and just because a country has so many official languages, does not indicate, that we are not native English speakers. We are indeed native English speakers, and we have accents not dissimilar from neutral British accents. We are not Afrikaans, nor Zulu speakers. Indeed, there are non native English speakers from South Africa who teach online, but that should be taken into account, when companies hire them. Our mother tongue is English. For this reason, I do wish the companies would recognise this, and pay us accordingly.
I actually wanted to know what exactly you used to do in the month of July and August when mostly the students went for summer vacations, Because almost all my students went and I'm thinking I must have a backup for this because I'm depending on preply completely ( Just to mention I'm a physics tutor, please don't get worried about my English grammar, I'm following you since you uploaded your trial lesson with a student and I'm using all those tricks in my trials thank you for that 😊)
I had the worst experience in preply! I'm so upset... the teacher turned off the camera, and he left me reading alone, I spent a long time calling him, no answer...
I am so sorry to hear that. I would recommend that you get in touch with Preply and report the tutor. He is not fit to be on the platform and I am sure you would meet a good teacher, and Preply will be more than happy to replace your lesson free of charge.
wow thank you for this video it's interesting job at all and seeing my students learn from us is very fullfillng anyway I love to teach from beginners because they are moe challenging to my part and O love challenge hehehe
