FOR STUDENTS
Find an English teacher who suits you
Finding the right teacher for you is important.
Maybe you need English for work, an interview or an exam. Maybe you're planning to travel, or perhaps you simply want to speak English more confidently.
Everyone is different, so there isn't one teacher or one way of learning that will suit everybody.
1. Tell us about yourself
Create your Student Profile [LINK TO STUDENT PROFILE] and tell us about your English, what you want to achieve, the lessons you are looking for and the kind of teacher you think you would enjoy learning with.
Be honest. You don't need to tell us what you think we want to hear. The more we know about you, the easier it is to help you find teachers who could be really good for you.
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2. Have a look at the teachers
Go to Find a Teacher and take your time.
Look at their profiles, what they teach, their experience, languages, lesson prices and available times. Use the filters if you want to narrow things down, and save teachers you like as favourites.
You don't have to choose immediately.
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3. Choose your first lesson
When you find somebody you like, click BOOK A LESSON on their teacher card.
You can choose individual lesson times that suit you, or, if you prefer the same time every week, choose a repeating weekly lesson.
Some teachers also offer eligible first-time students a 50%-off Trial Lesson, giving you a chance to meet each other before buying more lessons.
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4. Buy the lessons you want
Choose the number of lessons that suits you. You can buy individually or choose a larger lesson package with a bigger discount.
Your lesson credits stay with that teacher and are used when you book your lessons.
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5. Then just get started
Book your lessons, meet your teacher, start using your English and start making your English better.
When you've found the right teacher, keep going with them. If your needs change, or you simply want to try somebody different, use up the lessons you've already paid for, then come back and have another look and pick a new teacher.
It's your English. You choose who you learn with, when you learn and what you want to achieve.
FOR TEACHERS
Teach independently and find students who suit the way you teach
Finding the right teacher is important for a student, OF COURSE IT IS, but finding the right students is important for a teacher too.
Every teacher has different experiences, interests and strengths. Some students need help with general everyday conversation, while other students will need to learn more Business English, others want to pass exams and prepare for that. Pronunciation is what someone else wants or something more specialised.
TeacherTeacher.Asia is trying hard to help students find the best possible teacher and so we need to understand what you can offer them.
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1. Join and tell students about yourself
Register as a teacher and create your profile with care. Tell students about your experiences, what you teach now, your special skills and the kind of students you enjoy working with.
Make your profile personal. Students aren't only choosing qualifications and experience, they are also choosing the person they will be talking to and learning with.
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2. Choose how you want to teach
You decide your lesson length or duration (30min, 45min, or 60min), and the lesson price and the times you are available to teach. Use whole US dollars only, like $15, not $15.25. Students will see this in their local currency.
Keep your information and available times up to date. This is so students can see what you offer and then decide if you are the right teacher for them.
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3. Let students find you
Once your teacher profile page and your booking availability, are active, students can find you on the site.
They can read your profile, save you as a favourite, see your available lesson times and book lessons with you.
Students who complete their Student Profile may also be matched with teachers who suit what they are looking for.
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4. Make your profile stand out
Joining TeacherTeacher.Asia is free.
If you want more visibility, you can choose to augment your listing to Featured.
Being Featured, gives your profile extra exposure on TeacherTeacher.Asia and it lists your profile at the top and beginning of the listings.
You can also apply for Red Tag Verification. This is completely separate from Featured.
With Red Tag Verification, we check your identity, the important information in your profile and your ability to teach and communicate with an English learner. We make sure you are one of the best and what you say you are.
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Featured is something you can buy. The Red Tag has to be earned.
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5. Find the students who are right for you
Students can contact and book you themselves. We may also help you find suitable students who have agreed that teachers can contact them. When you find a student who enjoys learning with you, get to know what they really want from their English and help them see that they are making progress.
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A first lesson could be the beginning of a long teaching relationship.
You choose how you teach, when you teach and what you charge. We help the right students find you.
FINDING THE RIGHT MATCH
The right teacher with the right student makes a difference
Learning English works better when the teacher and student get along with each other.
A beginner may want a patient teacher who can explain things simply. It may also help if the teacher speaks some of the student's own language.
Someone who needs English for work may want a teacher with Business English experience. And another student may simply want plenty of conversation, pronunciation practice and someone who makes them feel comfortable speaking.
Teachers are different too. They have different experiences, personalities, interests and ways of teaching.
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1. Tell us what you really want
GETTING A GOOD TEACHER MATCH HAS MAY BENEFITS: This is why your Student Profile is important.
Don't worry about giving the “right” answers. Tell us what your English is really like, what you find difficult, what you want to achieve and what kind of teacher you think would suit you. Be honest and say what is what. It pays to do that.
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2. Have a good look around
Don't choose a teacher just because they are the first one you see, or you like the 'look' of him or her.
Read each profile. Look at what they teach, their experience, what they are interested in, check the languages they speak, their teaching fee or price and when (what actual times) they are available.
Save the ones you like as favourite and compare them. Just click the heart which is one every listing panel.
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3. Give somebody a try
Sometimes you simply won't know if a teacher is right for you until you meet them.
Book just one lesson, have a conversation and see how you get along. You could try the 'Trial Lesson' too if the teacher offers one.
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4. When it works, keep going
When you find a teacher you enjoy learning with, give the relationship time to develop.
Your teacher will get to know your English better, understand where you struggle and learn what helps you make progress.
The idea is simple. Find a teacher who understands you. Start with a teacher who will enjoy teaching you.
MAKING REAL PROGRESS
A lesson is important, but what you do between lessons matters too
One lesson a week is a good start, but learning English doesn't only happen while you are sitting with your teacher. If you are serious about learning English, for whatever reason, at least two lessons a week is suggeted, and more than that, if you have a language target you want to reach.
The more often you listen to English, speak it and actually use it, the more familiar it becomes.
You will make mistakes. That's normal. Make them, learn from them and try again.
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1. Use your English regularly (as much and as often as you can)
Try to make English part of your normal week, not something you only think about when lesson time arrives.
Listen to something in English. Read something. Speak to somebody. Send a message. A small amount of English regularly can and DOES help.
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2. Don't be afraid of making mistakes
You don't have to wait until your English is perfect before you use it.
Speaking, making mistakes, being corrected and trying again are all part of learning.
Your teacher is there to help you, not to judge you.
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3. Tell your teacher when something is difficult
If you don't understand something, say so - BOTH the teacher and you will benefit, when you understand better.
If something is too easy, too difficult or simply isn't helping you, tell your teacher. Good lessons should change AND MUST CHANGE as your English changes.
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4. Notice the small improvements
Progress doesn't always arrive in one big jump.
Perhaps you understood somebody - speaking in English - more easily today. Maybe you answered something without translating everything in your head first. Perhaps you used a new word naturally or felt less nervous speaking.
Those small changes matter.
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5. Keep going
Determination matters. Regular practice matters.
Having a teacher who understands what you need, matters too.
Use your English often, keep trying and give yourself time. That's how your English gets better.
YOUR LIFE FLUENT (YLF)
For students who really want (or need) to make a fluent English part of their everyday life
YOUR LIFE FLUENT or YLF is being developed for students who want to go further than regular weekly lessons.
The idea is simple: use English every day. YLF is not for those who want an easy life - it is for those who have the determination to succeed and speak fluent English. The fluency you will get is based fully on your English needs and expectations you tell us, you want. The English fluency an air hostess needs is vastly different from someone getting employed in the computer software industry, or for a person, getting into a new relationship and just wanting to be able to talk to their new special friend.
​Instead of learning English for an hour and then putting it away until next week, YLF keeps you listening, thinking and speaking throughout the week.
FOR A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF YLF GO HERE.
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1. Make time for English every day
The aim is at least 30 minutes of focused English practice every day, alongside your normal lessons.
You don't have to sit with a textbook for 30 minutes. The important thing is that you are actively using English.
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2. Keep talking between lessons
One part of YLF uses short audio messages between you and your teacher, via a smart phone and LINE MESSAGING AUDIO - The student gets a message, listens to it, and the answers the message by speaking back into his cell phone (mobile phone).
Your teacher might send you a question or ask about something for you to talk about. You listen, think about your answer and send a spoken reply.
This constant exposure to English sounds, and you having to respond is an essential and integral part of YLF.
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3. Don't wait until you feel ready
Speaking English can feel uncomfortable at first, it always does for everyone but that feeling soon goes away and is forgotten. Feeling awkward or uncomfortable is one reason people sometimes avoid doing it.
YLF asks you to do the opposite — start speaking and keep speaking.
The more you use English, the less strange it begins to feel.
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4. You have to want to do it
YLF isn't a shortcut and it isn't a promise that you will suddenly become fluent.
It needs time, regular practice and a real desire to improve.
We have previously used a version of this approach with learners in Japan, with some beginning to speak English in approximately two and a half months. Everyone is different, but that experience helped shape our belief that frequent speaking and regular teacher support can make a real difference.
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5. YLF is still being developed
We are building YLF as a separate learning route on TeacherTeacher.Asia.
The final program, how to join and when it will be available will be announced when everything is ready.
If you're ready to use English every day and really work at improving it, YLF may be for you.
If you want to be told when it launches, tell us in the contact page, and we will remember and get in touch.
READY TO BEGIN?
Choose what you want from your English and get started
You don't have to follow the same path as everybody else.
You may want a few conversation lessons before a holiday. You may need English for a new job, an interview or an exam. You might want a regular teacher who works with you every week, or you may be ready for something more intensive such as YLF.
TeacherTeacher.Asia gives you ALL THE CHOICES.
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Step 1. Find your teacher
Have a look through the teachers and find someone who offers what you need.
Take your time. Read their profiles, compare them and choose somebody you think you will enjoy learning with.
SEE MORE ON THE SITE
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Step 2. Tell us about yourself
Complete your Student Profile so we can understand your English, your goals and the kind of teacher you are looking for. The more we know about you, the better we can help you find teachers who may suit you.
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Step 3. Book your first lesson
When you've found somebody you like, book a lesson and meet them.
Then start talking, start learning and see where it takes you.
GO TO WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A BOOKING ON THE SITE
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Step 4. Teachers — come and join us too
If you're an English teacher, create your teacher profile and tell students what you can offer them.
There are students looking for different kinds of teachers, different experience and different ways of learning. One of them may be looking for exactly what you teach.
SEE WHERE TO JOIN US ON THE SITE
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Step 5. Make English part of your future
Whether you want one lesson, a regular teacher or a much more intensive way of learning, start with what works for you. You can always change direction as your needs and your English change.
Your English. Your choice. Your future.
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