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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Abridge Academy curriculum members gained access to 20 new or significantly revamped lessons in August! This month we particularly focused on the core curriculum level 1 revamp, which now has all six units complete. Additionally, more lessons were added to the English news expansion course. Core curriculum The focus of the core curriculum this month
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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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Let’s give a big welcome to teacher Christine who will be sharing with us her experiences and top tips for teaching with Preply – an online tutoring marketplace for language teachers! Christine is an online ESL teacher with over 20 years in-person and online teaching experience. This includes four years teaching ESL online with VIPkid,
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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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It’s been another exciting month at Abridge Academy! Not only are there 16 new or revamped lessons for our curriculum members, but we also ran an amazing FREE Global Social Media Marketing Challenge with the incredible Jillian Shanahan – over 300 teachers signed up to accelerate your independent online teaching businesses. If you missed it,
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This month, Abridge Academy curriculum members enjoyed 11 new lessons as well as more resources, games and minor updates across the whole curriculum. Core course L1:3:4 Culture: Fruits around the worldL1:3:5 Story: Fruit saladL1:3:6 Review: fruitPhonics 1: Welcome to the jungle (s, a, t, m)Phonics 2: Let’s go to the zoo (p, i, e, h)
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It’s been a busy month, with lots of exciting updates for our Abridge Academy curriculum members! Not only have we been steadily releasing new lessons, but also adding in more supplementary materials and working on useful blog posts and training materials to help you grow your independent online ESL business! Core curriculum updates This month,
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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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