I passed my Demo Lesson last night with the first attempt! After watching you, I really made sure I went over all of your Trap Question videos and various other videos on YT to help me prepare, I watched and studied every video like 10 times to make sure I didn't miss a thing! 😅 When I finally felt ready I went on stand-by and waited at my desk for almost 2 hours! (again something you prepared me for), but that was the most nerve-wracking two hours 😄. FINALLY THE BELL WENT OFF! And I was lucky enough to get a really nice admin 🙂. The Demo was 3 minutes long! (I did the first word on the Words and Phrases section and she asked me one trap question about simple past and future tense). She ended the Demo and congratulated me on a good demo lesson. I immediately got a message that I passed!! So thank you Teacher Karen! I'm very excited for this journey!
Hello, please was it the Dementia one or white day article you got ? Also, please can you remember the name of your admin? Was it a he or she ? Please help
@@rochanndb27Thanks for your response. I had May too for my demo and White day but even though I pronounced the 1st word correctly, she still let me continue and didn’t give me a trap question like she did for you. Please which nationality are you and at what time did you go on standby ?
@@rochanndb27 No she asked me to retake saying she pronounced exchange as “ex-chAHnge” and I didn’t correct her. Of which she clearly did not make that mispronunciation. I paid close attention cuz I knew she can trap me with that
Hello Teacher Karen! I am usually very easily nervous when talking to strangers, and this anxiety is amplified during interviews. Learning about this ESL platform through your videos have helped me gain a bit more confidence in trying out for this. I watched this right before my demo, and my first "student" was the rather famous Mr. Francis. I was able to answer his pop-up questions, though my lightbulb chose the wrong time to suddenly go dim, so for that he asked me to retake (but he complimented my teaching, so WHEW). Had I not listened to your videos, maybe that could've gone worse hihihi. Thank you again Teacher Karen :)
Happy to help! I'm glad that despite the anxiety, you were commended for your teaching style. Francis is one of the scariest admins out there due to his unpredictability and reputation.
I would like to share my bad experience applying at Native Camp. I believe Native Camp demo teachers are doing their job. Except for this one guy, I will call him Francis. This dude never tried to turn on his camera, but we went on our first demo class nevertheless. On my first attempt in just two minutes he pointed out my mistakes so, I failed. On the second attempt, he called himself John, he too did not turn on his camera. He tried so desperately on changing his voice but I already knew that this guy is the same Francis dude of 10 minutes ago after the first demo. After making the adjustments per suggestions from "Francis" I asked, "Is my speaking pace too fast, or would you prefer I go slower?'" John answered, "It's ok." So I started the demo smiling and ready. In less than a minute he shouted, "STOP! STOP! STOP! You don't sound "energetic" I'm sorry but you failed the second demo." I asked, "Did I ask if my speaking pace was too fast, or would you prefer I go slower? And then you said that "It was ok."? He answered, "Yes, I did." Then I told him that If I did not sound "energetic" then he should have said so when I asked the question in the first place so that I could have adjusted so I could sound "energetic" for him. He mutes the audio right away! It was silent! I told him, in short, that he was "so unprofessional"! I'm just sharing my two cents here. Btw your baby is cute! Congratulations teacher Karen.
@@maeandrin-penaloza5560 Try to imagine this, a demo is like an interview for a job. Because it is! And your interviewer doesn't want to turn on the camera. But your camera is on and the interviewer can see your face, what would you feel?
Alfredo, thanks for sharing this. I'm sure this would be quite helpful to aspiring applicants. I'm not sure though if "Francis" is just an alias you came up with, but there's actually a popular Francis in NC hahaha You know what, I've read so many comments about admin Francis. That's why I have 2 RU-vid videos dedicated to how to respond to Admin Francis' trap questions LOL About your experience, that is definitely memorable for all the wrong reasons. I hope no one gets to experience that because it's insulting and rude. :( And btw, thanks for noticing my little bundle of joy hihi
I think it was just part of the demo. He's maybe trying to check if how would you react and handle those kind of students or situation as a techer. This is just based on my own opinion teach.
Thank you Teacher Karen! I'm planning to apply as a tutor at Native Camp, thank you for all your tips and advice. I was really nervous at applying but your video helped a lot to ease my nervousness. Thank you so much!
Hi ! I recently applied to native camp but my introduction video keeps getting rejected for inappropriate clothing. In my last video i was wearing a suit and a shirt 😞. I literally cannot understand why there is so much focus on clothing rather than the content of the video and the language skills.
Hi Teacher Karen! I love your tips on getting into an ESL company, actually, I am a Public teacher but I want to explore more in teaching like in esl :D
Hello Teacher Karen, I wanted to reapply again but because admin francis failed me a year ago, there's this lingering trauma that I had experience. I had a very bad experience with him, he wanted me to rush the demo and he won't even give me a chance to answer his question like he immediately calls for my mistake and ended the call. He is very rude and I hope I won't encounter him again if ever I'll continue with my re-application and your baby is sooo cute. Thank you so much for the helpful videos! :)
The trauma is real! I wouldn't forget a rude person ever... but think of it this way, it's an opportunity for you to be better and to grow. Who knows? You get to have him as your admin again. This time, you'll show up ready. Don't forget to check out my 2 videos about admin Francis, I made 2 especially for him LOL
@@TeachaKaren Thank you talaga sa mga words of encouragement mo Teacha karen, kaya nga whenever I have the time lagi ko talaga pinapanuod mga videos mo. Laking tulong talaga yung mga ginawa mong videos para makatulong sa mga aspiring ELS teachers, more power and God bless you and your beautiful family :)
Teacha Karen, hello! Adorable baby btw❤ I had the demo lesson with MAY at least she called herself that and she congratulated me on the perfect demo lesson and I passed this but the next day I got this message on my email: After consulting with other teachers we decided not to accept your application. It is not about your nationality but it has to do with the teaching. I am confused!
at least we can understand you, 99% of the teachers are from fair away countries and their accents are so broken i feel bad for the students. Look at the top number 1 tutor in the platform right now, he is Russian and no one from a actual English speaking country can not understand a word he says. I feel bad for the kids learning from native camp.
After my 3rd demo I was told everything was great, and I just have to wait for the next step and wait for their email. But i went back to the page and see 'fail'. So i emailed them and they said they can't tell me the reason why I failed 🤷
Hi! Teacha Karen, I just had my demo with Sir Francis and I failed. It was my second attempt and he didn't give me another chance. :( He said that altho my teaching style is good and was able to answer his question but I wasn't able to use the chat box efficiently. :( Still, I don't want to give up yet. Is it possible to re apply using different email within this week? or should I wait for 6 months to re apply?
@@lennmogane7846 I didn't book my demo lesson. I just clicked the "start demo" button and waited for the admin to enter the classroom. In my case I waited for almost 30 mins and it was around 7: 40pm when I started waiting to have my demo.
In my opinion, it's best to wait 6 months because they have a way of knowing that you already applied even when you use another email. In the end, you'd still have to use your real name and that will make it easy for them to view your application history :( so sorry you failed.
Hi teacha karen, I watched almost all of your videos and it helped me a lot during my demo at native camp. You were right, admin Francis asks a lot. But somehow, because of your videos, I have managed to pass with Francis. But right now, I don’t have score yet. Do you think they’ll give me a passing score?
Do they conduct demo class at mid night or night? In my location timetable, they show availability 24/7 but I think that might not be the case, thank you!❤
hello teacher karen, Im already done with my demo yesterday and one of the admin told me to wait for the score and she didnt tell me if I failed it after the demo and on the website it says wait for 24-42 hours for the score and when i checked just now it went back to learning kit and I couldn't find the button to access the demo class but it didn't say I failed.
Hi Teacher Karen. I wanna ask some questions if by chance you have encountered something like this. I just checked my demo status and it says there "fail" but I also received an email an hour ago saying, "Thank you for choosing NativeCamp as one of the prospective companies you want to work with! You are only a few steps away from becoming a teacher. < Final process and subsequent flows> Please accomplish these 3 steps before the deadline, November 3, 2022." I am just so confused with this one because it's already written in my demo status "fail". Does this mean I have a chance? Please help me, teacher Karen.
Hello teacha Karen, I just had my demo lesson today and it says I have to wait for 48 hours. Also, I'm so nervous because our demo lesson only took for 6 minutes. Is it normal to have 6 min. demo? Haha thank u.
Hi Teacher Karen, Thanks for all your videos. I failed my first try today and I´m not sure if it was because my connection went slow suddenly. The thing is I got no feedback, just a sign saying "try again". Is that common? any comment will be helpfull, thanks in advance
It isn't common, usually admins would give feedback after your demo class. However, if you are pertaining to the other parts of the application like the English proficiency exam, then "try again" is pretty common
@@TeachaKaren Thanks for your fast reply. Yeah, I thought it was rather uncommon. I hope it was due to the connection and not anything else. I had gotten to the second section and that's when the demo suddenly stopped. Anyway, I will study more. Have a nice weekend, Teacher Mariano
@@TeachaKaren hehhe like i think i heard teacha karen once ata sa video nyo na like id like to share a link with you. Para pong sa how to handle rude students na video. Links you share po sa students para study nila after lesson. I thought lang po meron kayo separate vid non hehe. Ty teacher
Hi teacher karen!pag pina redo po ba ung demo sa nc e back to zero ka I mean you will start again beginning which is proficiency test?Nag demo ako kanina ngayon ung admin naka off ung camera tapos ng audio and camera check ako before the lesson tapos sabi niya di daw clear ung audio ko laggy daw okay nalan ung system ko kanina befire the demo.Admin John daw cya.
Teacher, napasa ko na po lahat ng hiring process sabi po ng admin/stu. who conducted my demo lesson to wait for three days for the log ins,...na fill up ko na din yung personal info. na last part. It's been more than two weeks wala pa po silang email. Pano po kaya eto? Thank you for your advice.
Either would be great through I prefer TESOL as the certification is more convenient. Simply go to the International Open Academy's website to access your course
