How to find the online English tutor for YOU

87,396 views ・ 2017-12-22

English Jade


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Hey, guys.
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Here are my best tips for finding a really good language teacher who will work with you
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on Skype in one-to-one appointments, private lessons, so that you can learn a new language.
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What is the reason that you want to have lessons?
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Because the kind of teacher you look for will be different, depending on the reason.
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So, first of all, if you want a conversational teacher because you're going on holiday soon
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to England and you want to get ready, or you want to wake up your tongue and remember all
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the English you know, then pick a teacher that you've got good rapport with, so that
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when you talk to each other on Skype you don't feel really awkward and sort of run out of
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things to say, and go silent and all those kinds of things.
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You want to be doing your lessons with a teacher you are happy and comfortable to talk to,
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especially in a conversational class.
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Another thing that can help those kind of appointments for conversational practice is
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for you to prepare before the kind of things that you would like to use the time speaking
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about.
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So if you've got a few ideas before the lesson with the teacher, it should mean that you
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won't run out of things to say or it won't get a bit boring.
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Now, if your reason for the Skype appointments is because you are taking an exam, for example,
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IELTS, then you want to pick a teacher who actually knows about that exam, because not
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all teachers have experience with it.
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So be sure to check the reviews.
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And if you're using a website, read carefully your teacher's introduction about themselves
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so that you know: "Can this teacher actually speak...?
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Actually teach the exam class I'm looking for?"
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And don't waste your money on a teacher who's like: "Oh yeah, I don't know about it, but
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yeah, I'm sure I can do it.
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I'm sure I can get you ready for your exam."
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Just be confident that your teacher that you meet on Skype really knows how to do the best
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for you and help you prepare for your exam.
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So another thing that you should think about is: How often do you want to meet this teacher?
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Because consider that it's just going to be the two of you talking over Skype, and sometimes
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you'll be using PDFs and other things to look at on the screen, but it's just going to be
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the two of you.
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So, if you do many, many, many, many hours together, it can be quite intense because
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you're seeing this teacher so often and spending so much time just together.
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For a lot of people meeting no more than three times a week, three hours is more than enough
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to be constantly meeting the same teacher.
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If you really need to have lots and lots and lots of hours because perhaps now your level's
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not very high, have a think about whether you should try group online classes.
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It's a completely different style of teaching, but they can be really good for learning vocabulary,
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covering basics.
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If you're quite lazy just to learn something on your own, then doing the group class can
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be a good way to just get those hours in basically.
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And then when your level is a lot better, then maybe then you can look into some one-to-one
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appointments or if you want to work on your accent, you can do so then.
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So, thank you so much for watching guys.
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I hope this is going to help you next time you're looking for...
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Next time or the first time you're looking for a Skype teacher online.
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Before you go, make sure that you check out our quiz on this lesson.
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And thanks a lot.
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See ya later.
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Bye-bye.
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