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| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6169 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes  Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 1 of 9 25 February 2010 at 7:16pm | IP Logged |
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I'm under the impression that tutoring makes a lot of money per hour. What is the
language that is most in demand for tutors in the US? I'm guessing Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5427 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 9 26 February 2010 at 5:30am | IP Logged |
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Probably Spanish, but an odd language (like your native Korean) would most likely pull more money in per hour. You just have to figure out if the extra money per hour and less work outweighs more work for less money per hour.
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6475 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 3 of 9 26 February 2010 at 9:32am | IP Logged |
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Tutors don't make much money. Typically $10-$20 per teaching hour, however you also have
to factor in at least one hour of preparation for each session, and the commute to where you meet the student. Since most students only want one hour at a time, commuting is a really big factor. I'm only teaching online at the moment for this reason. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6169 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 4 of 9 28 February 2010 at 9:38pm | IP Logged |
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Wow, you have to prepare an hour beforehand. That would make it about minimum wage.
To find clients online, what do you have to do? (To teach them through Skype) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6475 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 5 of 9 28 February 2010 at 10:19pm | IP Logged |
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There are several sites dedicated to connect teachers and online students. For example
buddyschool, linkua and italki (which is also for language exchange). However, the two biggest are www.myngle.com and www.edufire.com. For these you don't use Skype but a special online classroom environment, which allows you to share documents and pictures with your student. I typically provide "textbooks" in Powerpoint format. Edited by Sprachprofi on 28 February 2010 at 11:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kugel Senior Member United States Joined 6543 days ago 497 posts - 555 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 9 28 February 2010 at 11:09pm | IP Logged |
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This may sound like a stupid question, but is there a union or co-op consisting of language tutors? I ask because the only language resource center in Milwaukee, at least in the private sector, is the Berlitz company. I won't go there for ethical reasons just like I don't support businesses like Wal-Mart or McDonalds.
I've noticed that many language companies in major cities like Berlin or Paris don't really mention anything about the company itself in detail, only that it costs typically $50-60 an hour for a private lesson. I'm fairly certain that the teacher isn't receiving even half of this. Are language tutors in the private sector, the ones working for foreign language companies, typically underpaid? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| lecorbeau Diglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 6025 days ago 113 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Turkish | Message 7 of 9 05 March 2010 at 10:28am | IP Logged |
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I am a French tutor, and make $40/hr. I am in high demand.
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