Korean Job Discussion Forums

mollayo · Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Location: At the my house

Has anyone got experience teaching English online? I meant the sort where you sign up, the company gives you students, and then they pay you via Paypal? I'm considering this as an additional source of income, but I want to be sure it's legit. If you did do this, what website did you go through?

mollayo · Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Location: At the my house

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ddeubel · Joined: 20 Jul 2005

I'm not familiar with specific Korean companies but they do exist. However, the pay is minimal and most companies farm this kind of teaching out to teachers in the Phillipines.

Online you can use services like Edufire or Wiziq to teach online and get students. However I don't recommend it. Why give them a cut of anything.

All you need is Skype and then do some self promotion. Think local at first. Put up flyers. Use online messaging boards and services that connect teachers-students.

Then make some curriculum and a webpage. Or better, just make curriculum on EnglishCentral. Students watch/speak the videos there in your own class. Then, you skype with them and go over that content/dialog/vocabulary/topic. Simple as pie.

My advice, go it alone and if you stick to it you'll get more than enough clients and be making more cash than you ever could in a school. All while in your PJs.

DD
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headache · Joined: 02 Jun 2009

If you find anything, post some info here, please. A friend of mine was looking for something like this a while ago but didn't know where to look for information.

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:57 am Post subject:

You would have to be fairly well organized.

You would also have to check on the visa implications of this if you plan on doing this while in Korea.

There are a few decent companies in the US who hire online teachers for the Korean market however. These companies do not pay you via paypal, thats for midnight cowboys who operate amateur schemes. They pay you via direct deposit into your bank account as a paycheque. Thats what being legit is about.

Finally, I realize it was just an expression by Ddeubel but online teaching is not something you should do in your PJs. Wink

In order for it to be effective, you need to present something organized to your students. This would not be your basement as a backdrop for example or you sipping coffee in a t-shirt. Wink

Good luck.

ddeubel · Joined: 20 Jul 2005

Los Angeloser · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Location: Korea

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:40 am Post subject:

Bruce W Sims · Joined: 08 Mar 2011 Location: Illinois; USA

Hi, Patrick:

As part of a larger program I attempted to establish at our local Community College I had suggested an on-line ESL program for Korean individuals in our area. Its not that there weren't a number of folks who might have benefitted from this as there is a huge military base (IE Great Lakes Naval Base) close by which draws a number of foreign nationals. Instead, what I encountered was a resistance by the college administration to support such a program which would have entailed reaching out to non-English speaking populations. Since there is a much larger Hispanic population the return on expended dollars with program enrollment was greater there. Money talks, ne?

I'm thinking that without the support of some institution in the foreign culture, establishing an on-line service would be pretty tough. Not impossible; but pretty tough. FWIW.

Best Wishes,

Bruce

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

I only know 1 person who did this successfully,

She worked for a company in France, got paid into her Canadian bank account and lived in Mexico.
The students were all from EU mostly France.

She worked 2 days a week for them, they had all materials set up but she had to have proper computer equip with web-cam and skype.

I can't remember the name of the company, sorry.

but if all else fails:

Google is your friend.