Are you an independent online ESL teacher looking to find Chinese students on social media? An absolutely essential app for communicating with Chinese ESL students is WeChat. It is used by over 80% of Chinese adults every day, replacing email and text messaging – so is a must-have app for day-to-day messaging. However, a major […]
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One of the biggest challenges for online ESL teachers when promoting your classes or communicating with parents is the language barrier. Although some apps, e.g. WeChat, have built-in translation tools, these are not always very accurate and may lead to misunderstandings. Additionally, important social media apps like XiaoHongShu (Little Red Book), which many online ESL
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Recently, many teachers have had issues accessing members-only resources using the ClassIn browser. No matter how many times they try to log in, each time the website appears to log them out again. This is caused by the browser cache. What is the ClassIn browser cache? Most web browsers cache webpages when you view them.
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Liam is originally from the UK but now lives in southern China. He is an experienced teacher who previously taught with PalFish before going independent in 2020. Liam is now earning a stable full time income just from teaching his own private students, using the Abridge Academy curriculum. In today’s teacher success story, let’s invite
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As online ESL teachers, we love to encourage our students to read as much as possible outside of class! However, it can be challenging to find books for them – particularly if they are unable to afford expensive subscriptions. Don’t worry though, here are five great websites with free eBooks for kids! Set these as
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Are you struggling to find students willing to pay good rates for classes and refer friends? Maybe you’re just getting your independent online ESL teaching business started and find it difficult to convert leads into actual paying customers? In this video, I’m going to discuss why group classes are NOT just for those teachers with
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Thank you to Xavier and the wider Teach with Koala team for hosting us for this webinar on how to use the Abridge Academy lessons with the Koala Go teaching platform! If you missed the live webinar, please feel free to catch up here: In this webinar, we worked through an example Abridge Academy lesson
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Are you looking to boost your independent teaching business, with more students and a higher hourly income? I’m so excited to welcome Teacher Rabbi from the Philippines to share with us the secrets to her success! Growing from just two initial students… I left my online teaching platform last February after the strong typhoon hit
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News flash – Zoom is now limiting free meetings to just 40 minutes, including one-on-one classes. Of course, you can simply upgrade to a paid plan to remove this restriction, but before you splash the cash let’s check out five FREE Zoom alternatives for online teaching! As an added bonus, all of these are available
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