Hello - Curious about how many people are actually traveling while teaching English online? I am planning to move to South America and travel around while supporting myself through teaching English online, will be working on my TEFL certification and currently doing a course that specifically for teaching English in Brazil. I know some of the courses from sites like preply or cambly take a certain percent from your pay, or if its better to get my own clients ?

I am a new tutor and I have to fill in a 5 star rating for each student in three categories— vocab, fluency and accuracy. I either missed it in the training or it wasn’t mentioned, but I have no clue about the rating culture in the company or in online ESL teaching in general. I have had no issues with students so far but I’m unsure whether I should be giving them all 5s or if a 3/4 out of 5 rating is acceptable. For example, when teaching a kid it’s kind of difficult to give a rating as you can’t really judge fluency on someone who knows colors and numbers haha. Please help I have to fill in my ratings and I’m lost.

I applied to Ringle and was invited to apply for Ringle Teen. I am currently a full-time(ish) regular teacher in the US with a background of in-person ESL teaching.

When you work for Ringle, do you typically have the same student at the same time each week? Or do you set availability and any student can grab that spot? Is it possible to ramp up hours during (US) school breaks or do you need to have a consistent schedule? Can you add availability last-minute?

I'm just trying to figure out what to expect and if it's going to be a good fit for me. I have never tutored online through a company before (though I have tutored online before). Thanks in advance.

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Is anyone else having payment issues with Flalingo? My payment is taking much longer than usual to come through.

I am a first year college student looking to make some money. I will be pretty busy with studying and student stuff so I am looking for a job that is more easily flexible and accessible. My friend was doing ringle but I was looking for any other tutoring jobs that I could do! I have done some english teaching to some of the kids in my family as well as neighborhood who wanted interpersonal english practice so I do have that experience.

I’m interviewing with them tomorrow. I was sent a few videos about American English pronunciation but I’ve heard the interview can be quite hard. Does anyone remember the interview well and give me some examples of what they may ask?

I'll preface this by saying I have no degree, will soon have a Level 3 TEFL, and am a professional writer (If that helps).

How difficult is it to make okay money online with TEFL? As I say, I'm a writer, so not after a 40-hour job, but just something to fill in some of the gaps in work.

What money would be sensible to expect, after building up a student base, good reviews, etc?

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Anyone working with EF struggling to get classes during the week? I open up my availabilities for 12 hours M-F and including peak hours and still get nothing. I only ever get booked on weekends

Hi! I'm Filipino and I'm currently thinking of working with another ESL company, will that be okay if ever? What would you recommend as another ESL company? (I currently work with ACADSOC) Haha! Any suggestions would be nice 🙂

Does any of you get paid through payoneer? How does it work for you?

I used to work for Lingostar but had to bail since the base pay went down. Any other recommendations for an ESL company that has a starting pay of at least 3$ or 5$?

An HR fromv Bitu reached out to me and asked me to apply. However, since the pay is almost the same with spiiker english, which one is better overall? And who has more students?

I already tried Engoo for a couple weeks but I had to stop when life got busy. Unfortunately, my account can't be reactivated yet because of an oversupply of tutors. What are some good alternatives? And are there any thoughts on whether I should go back to Engoo if given the chance?

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I'm considering applying to Twenix. It seems to have improved over the past year and offers competitive pay for my area, which makes it appealing to me. I currently don't have a bachelor's degree and am still working towards my TEFL certificate, so this opportunity looks good for gaining experience.

However, I have a slight issue: the only laptop I have is quite loud due to its fan, and I can't afford to replace it right now. I need to know if the Twenix software has background noise cancellation. I've seen some videos on YouTube where people were recording for Twenix while loud noises were present in the background, so I assume there is some level of noise cancellation when using their software, or Twenix aren't fussy about background noise.

Additionally, I've noticed that in some videos the teacher seems to have automatically blurred the background. Is this feature available for everyone, or is it done by the teacher themselves somehow?

Edit: Found out Twenix isn't taking on any more teachers until early next year anyway, just in case anyone else was thinking of applying.

I'm currently taking payments from my private students in Korea using PayPal, however I can't send a payment request in Won, I have to request USD (or other supported currencies) which gets converted into Won for them to pay.

The issue is that most of my students want a fixed rate in Won, rather than something that is constantly changing to to exchange rates.

I just want to send a payment request asking for Won, so that their hourly rate never changes, are there any payment platforms that will allow this?

I'm not based in Korea, so setting up Kakao pay isn't going to work for me.

I have 2 questions about Qkids for anyone who knows.

1.Does Qkids hire in Cali?

2. On the application I was applying it said a teaching certificate was preferred (didn't say required) but I see a lot of ppl saying it is. I have teaching experience with Preply and currently work with children and have tutored.

Any information would be useful as it seems like a decent platform to work for.

I recently began working for a Chinese-filipno company that only wants to use PayPal. The fee was over 7$ to receive my salary. It's not worth it. My hourly rate goes from 17$ to 14$. What's the point? I'm better off staying with cambly and reveive through Wise.

Why wouldn't a school in the Philippines use Wise? The "financial officer" is in the Philippines.

This freak has literally been doing this for a year now. Our initial and ONLY conversation was nice and left a good impression. She is over 60 and I can see from her history that she does lessons every day. Why is this dumbass doing this to me? Anyone else seeing this behavior and have any insight? Engoo

Today, I got a new male student with his camera turned off.

Normally, I’ve started turning my camera off too, following some advice from Reddit, but I left it on this time.

Big mistake.

I heard a camera shutter sound, and I’m pretty sure he took a picture.

What should I do in situations like this?

What is the best headset to use from your own personal experience for teaching online. I am also looking for something that is comfortable after many hours of use.

I found myself a job somewhere else many months ago and lately I've been thinking about opening some slots here and there for extra cash during my company's low season. The only thing holding me back is how you couldn't block the creeps from booking you.

I was wondering if any of you have asked TS about this recently? I guess the answer will be no, but worth the shot

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Hey is anyone working for Air Class 1 on 1? Just wondering about your experience with working for them? Especially about classes, demos, pay structure?

I have been teaching for 3 years on various online platforms. Primarily working for Korean Companies and teaching Business English or Advanced English Students. Recently, I was let go without notice by my company due to them rapidly losing students and laying off 20% or more of their workforce. I worked there for well over a year and had several long-term students but the new management team was making some interesting decisions to say the least. Anyways, I'm tired of being stuck with these companies that terminate your contract with no notice.

I hold a TEFL and a TESOL and have a fair amount of experience. I am also pursuing a B.S. Do you think I have the requisite skills to attract students. Has anyone had any luck with Preply or similar applications? My salary had been 14/hr with no pay for preparation or evaluation work. Can I expect to get a bit more? What would be a reasonable amount to ask for?

Hi! So, I am starting up again after a break and going more solo this time around. I would like to get some ideas - how do I keep my students motivated, what can I do to make the class feedback more efficient, any ideas are welcome about how to keep your students and what to do to make them come back or stay! I will only be doing this part time since I am a new parent, and time does not allow me to do full time.
Thanks for all your input in advance!

I am currently onboarding with Novakid, but I am consistently facing issues due to the speed test on their system. It always reports a poor connection, which I don’t understand because my internet plan is 300 Mbps, I’m the sole user, and I can stream HD videos, research, and download without any delays.

I sent them an email with proof and a comparison between their system’s results and my speed test using Ookla, which showed significantly different outcomes. However, the response I received was just a generic, auto-generated email with no personalization. It felt like my concern was disregarded.

Now, I’m having second thoughts about continuing my application, as this issue might persist in the future, and I could end up being penalized for it. Honestly, I don’t know what to do at this point. Anyone experiencing the same scenario?

So, I worked at Acadsoc for over a month, and I swear to God, they don’t give a damn about their teachers. Being sick is not even a valid reason for missing a 25-minute class, and you only get 40 PHP for it—ridiculous. Imagine being sick as hell, and instead of understanding, they hit you with a penalty that’s three times your salary. It’s like they’re punishing you for being human. You don’t even get paid if a student is absent, and you have to sit in the classroom for 20 minutes, waiting, while the company pockets all the money. It’s honestly just exploitation of ESL online teachers. You bust your ass to prepare for each class, and then you’re expected to deliver top-notch lessons for only 40 PHP. The cutoffs and penalties? Don’t even get me started—they’re completely out of control. If you make even a small mistake, they slap you with a fine, and the stress is overwhelming. I almost lost my mind working there. It’s not worth it, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

EDIT: 40 PHP IS 0.68 US DOLLARS 🥲