Ruth Stackhouse - Language Instructor Coach

We are gearing up for another training course. If you have any questions about finding work teaching a language online or in some other capacity, please feel free to contact us! ☺️

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Take advantage of our upcoming 4.5 day course March 6-10, which will be taught 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; Greenwich Mean Time. Alternatively, you can also become a TESOL Certified Teacher by taking our course in modular form at your own pace (9 sessions), or combine attendance at one of our live courses with private training sessions. After taking the course, we also offer our assistance to help you go through the hiring process or get started with private students. We will continue to work with you to get you up and running as a language instructor. You will use our online booking system to schedule sessions with either Jordan or Ruth. Our goal is to help you get started either working online or at a brick and mortar school as soon as possible. Let’s do this!

After watching the Netflix movie, True Spirit,” we have been thinking a lot about how life can give us many “knockdowns,” but how developing qualities such as courage, endurance, determination and resilience is so important to maintain our balance.
🌊⛵️Yes, sailing through stormy seas is already a tried-and-true analogy for life, but still worth taking a moment to meditate on. One of our favourite lines from the movie, when she gets stuck without wind for a week is: “The truth is that living your dream is hard… I’m not always fine, strong or fearless. I’m often terrified and I doubt myself, I think a lot about giving up, but that’s okay.” Well, Jessica didn’t give up and she learned so much from her experience, that she now shares with others as a motivational speaker.
☀️Whatever your “dream” is and whether you are currently reaching your big goals or still working towards smaller goals, Don’t Give Up! Yes, living your dream is hard but would you have it any other way? What lessons are you learning that you can share with others? And those of us who have many years of experience, “living the dream,” let’s not make it sound like it’s easy, because it’s not. Rather, let’s always remember what gets us through those tough times and what we might have done differently and be generous in sharing our experiences with others.

Picture credit: Brett Costello

Check out our explanation, discussion, and demonstration of how to use the CLIL method to teach any language. See our blog post at lexica.world/blog

Are you under the age of 35, and interested in working as an English Language Assistant in France or many other countries from October, 2023 until April, 2024?

Now is the time to apply!

You must be completely fluent in English, have taken a CELTA or TEFL/TESOL Certification course, and have 2 years’ teaching experience. (OR have finished 2 years in an undergraduate degree, OR one year of study in a further education institution/college) and have B1 level French. (For France)

You will work between 12 hours a week (sometimes with the option to add up to six more hours) and earn about 1000$ euros a month. (Before tax)

If you do not have a French residency or EU passport, once you are invited, you will apply for a “Long Stay” visa.

There are about 500 posts available just in France alone, application is now open, and you can choose from 3 different regions, including “Outre-Mer” Overseas France - such as French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, etc. 🌊🏖️How cool would that be??

If you choose France, “Outre-Mer” your salary will be approximately 40% higher, as the cost of living is higher than mainland France.

For more info, please go to www.britishcouncil.org and look at their study/work abroad pages. Or go to www.france-education-international.fr

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada
Germany, Italy, Latin America, Spain,
Switzerland, Hong Kong, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico ——

All have similar programs!!

STILL time to sign up for our next class! It will be taught on India time, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday, but Friday we finish early. If, due to time zone issues or other obligations you cannot attend the whole day, we can teach you the modules that you missed on a private basis after the course. Also, for those who are doing volunteer work, or are residing India, we offer you a 100$ discount if two or more friends/family members take the course together. Just DM us for the coupon code. 😀

If you have taken our course before and would like to join us again, please contact us regarding our reduced refresher course prices.

It’s going to be a fantastic week!

Hey, is this the right pronunciation??

Remember all those phrase books we used to buy when we would go on holidays to faraway places? Did you end up using them or did they get forgotten in the bottom of your backpack?

Well, if you are a language tutor, why not help your students make their own “phrase books?”

📚 🖊 We highly recommend that you encourage your students to have an old-school notebook or a note-taking app on their mobile device where they can jot down all the useful phrases and expressions that you will teach them.

👉🏻Always strive to tailor these phrases to the specific needs of your students.

🗣If you are teaching yourself a language, you will definitely want to make your own “phrase book,” and have it handy at all times.

Feel free to write out words how they sound to you in your mother tongue, and in any characters or alphabet that you prefer. If you are learning a language with a different alphabet than your own, then it will help you to remember how to pronounce foreign looking words. Of course, your ultimate goal is to learn how to read and pronounce the characters of the new alphabet you are learning, but until then you will need a little assistance. ☺️

What do you do to help your students pronounce difficult words?

🤩 We can’t tell you how much fun we had last week with this AMAZING group of language tutors!! They sharpened their teaching skills in their teaching practices by teaching/learning Norwegian, French, Polish, Hindi, Spanish and other languages. We are so happy for you and proud of you for your hard work. We send you a big, huge CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉

👉 If you are thinking of learning how to be a language tutor, please DM us for more information or visit our website by clicking the link in our bio.

🆕✅ Also announcing our brand new service of Learn-at-your-own-pace classes. For those who cannot attend all 5 days of this course in one go- we will now be teaching it in segments. Contact us for more details.

😲Just realized we never posted a picture of class that we taught on Romania time back in July!! Where has the time gone??

📎 ⚡️It was a busy week and everyone worked hard to master new teaching skills - you all did absolutely fantastic - 👏 We really enjoyed spending time with you all!😊

One member of the class joined us from the beautiful country of Georgia 🏔 (not the state!) and it was wonderful to hear all about her experiences there as well.

Are you thinking of learning how to support yourself by teaching language classes online? Join us this November 21-25 for our next class which will be taught on INDIA TIME. 🕚

👉🏻See our website for the coupon code which gives you 70% of the course enrolment if you live in India.

Our new offices are up and running!
We have moved to our new location and all our classes are starting up again— including IELTS, Grammar Boot Camp (10 classes/15 hour program) and our next TESOL 5-day Certification course, which will be taught on India time. We are going to have a blast! It’s a time zone also accessible for those who live in Europe or Asia. (see our website home page for the 70% off coupon code for those who live in India!)

So great to be up and running again! 🏃‍♀️

Hey, 👋 We recently moved abroad ourselves, and we know how hard it can be to make that dream a reality!

🚀 I kept thinking how it felt like we needed “rocket fuel” to achieve “lift off!” Just going through all our stuff, 📦 selling everything and getting packed up to go was a gargantuan task. 🧳

But, now that we are here in our new place, - we are SO glad that we made a decision, set a date and worked hard to achieve the goal.

So, we would love to hear all about what goals and dreams you are working towards and how we can help.

✍️ We want to make our posts as valuable as possible, so please drop us a comment below to let us know what kind of information and motivation you are looking for.

All the best with your plans! ✈️

Can you spot the mistake?
Sometimes, when traveling - you see funny English bloopers. I just had to get a picture of this one. 🧠 🐟😂
But, it actually got me thinking - sardines are full of Omega- 3 right which is good for the brain!!
Also- I see a job opportunity here- maybe as English tutors we can create work opportunities for ourselves helping websites, restaurants and others to edit their English text?
Anyone out there working as an English editor? We’d love to hear all about it, drop us a comment.

We are so happy to open up registration for our next 5-day online course!

🍁 It will be taught on Eastern time, which makes it very convenient for all of you on the East coast 😊.

Also, because the course is so fast-moving and dynamic, even if you are in another time zone, you will be able to keep up! 🌝 Some people have even pulled “all-nighters” to get their teaching certificate, and they performed very well!

We always have special offers and discounts for anyone who is planning to use their training to move abroad - so please feel free to contact us with your plans - we love hearing them!

🏎 One of Formula 1’s closest-ever races, and the smallest winning margin ever.

So many factors led to Peter Gethin’s victory that day, and there are some great articles about it online.

But it got us thinking about how, seemingly small things can make such a big difference.

This lesson applies to many areas of life, and definitely applies to the difference between being a good teacher and an excellent one.

For example, in our courses, we always talk about how important it is to smile when teaching a language class. Small detail? Yes, - but it can make the difference between your students signing up for more classes, or going elsewhere.

We also talk a lot about using a wide variety of teaching methods, not falling into a rut of only using two or three teaching methods. Again, this might seem obvious but it is a detail that is often overlooked.

Just like Peter Gethin’s victory that day was only by 1% of 1 second, but was due to many different factors - let’s never forget that giving attention to seemingly small details can produce GREAT results!

❓What small details have you found that make a big difference in the quality of your classes and the happiness of your students? 🤔

If you are interested in expanding your repertoire of language teaching methods, or if you would like to get a TESOL/TEFL Certification - join us at one of our upcoming 5 day courses.

🏎 See our website for all upcoming course dates. Our upcoming courses will be taught on British Summer Time, Eastern Daylight Time and Greenwich Mean Time.

Picture credits - imago images; motorsport magazine

If you have ever taken our 5 Day TESOL Certification Course and would like to join us next week for a “Refresher,” (July 25-29; 8 am - 4:30 pm; British Summer Time), please DM us in the next 24 hours and you will receive a special coupon code to join the class for only $75.00 Canadian!

Why attend again? Even if we are well trained, after time passes, we can start to fall into a rut and just use two or three of our favourite teaching methods - when we could be using more than 30!

Keep your teaching “toolbox” fresh and lively by attending the course again and seeing which methods you could use more fully! It’s time to spice up your classes!

Also - we are always updating the teaching techniques and new modules have been added. 😀

For those whom have not attended before, but would still like sign up for the class - there is still time to register and take advantage of our summer offers: $100.00 discount each if you sign up with a friend, or $75.00 discount if you are attending by yourself.

It’s not too late to join our July class!

Have you come up with any “dynamite” ideas recently? If not, that’s okay! Sometimes it takes a lot of experimentation until we get it right. But don’t give up. Hang in there - You’ve got this.
p.s. Does anyone else think it’s ironic that the inventor of dynamite is also the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize? 🤔

Have you come up with any “dynamite” ideas recently? If not, that is okay! Sometimes it takes a lot of experimentation until we get it right. But don’t give up. Hang in there - You got this.

🎉 Back by popular demand! We are starting up our “Grammar Boot Camp” classes again tomorrow - Saturday, July 2, 2022.

If you have never attended before, go ahead and take advantage of this offer!

We have a lot of fun exploring all the different ways that English tutors can make grammar fun and easy for their students. Learn how to help your students understand English grammar from a practical standpoint. What do they really need to understand to become more fluent? Which grammar labels are worth knowing and using? Come and find out.

Class One of the Ten Class/15 Hour series starts again tomorrow, Saturday, July 2 at 12 noon Pacific Time on Zoom.

What do you love/hate about English grammar??

This company is looking for English Tutors who can also speak Ukrainian. Apply on the Indeed platform.

Looks like the online platform “Amazing Talker” is hiring!

Are you searching for online work as a Language Tutor? We highly recommend that you update your Indeed.com profile and upload your CV/Resume. Then start searching for “Remote work;” “Remote ESL Tutor”, etc. Usually you have to send out quite a few applications before finding something you like. 😊

➡️Also, make sure that your LinkedIn profile is up-to-date, that you have created an attractive banner and that you have turned on the “Open to Work” setting.

❓What tips can you share about finding online work/remote jobs/private clients? Let’s get some chat going! 🤩

Looks like the online platform “Amazing Talker” is hiring!

Are you searching for online work as a Language Tutor? We highly recommend that you update your Indeed.com profile and upload your CV/Resume. Then start searching for “Remote work;” “Remote ESL Tutor”, etc. Usually you have to send out quite a few applications before finding something you like.

➡️Also, make sure that your LinkedIn profile is up-to-date, that you have created an attractive banner and that you have turned on the “Open to Work” setting.

What tips can you share about finding online work/remote jobs? Let’s get some chat going! 🤩

We have some spots left in our June class, and you are more than welcome! There is still time to sign up. And you can still take advantage of special off for this class. DM us and we can send you the coupon code for $75.00 off, or $100.00 off each if you sign up with a friend.

What are the benefits or learning how to be a language tutor?

Our favourite perks are - you can live and support yourself anywhere you happen to move to, even if you are only there temporarily. ✅

A flexible schedule and more free time to do what really matters to you. ✅

Fast track yourself to finding work sooner, or even start your own tutoring business. With the 30 teaching methods you will learn in this course - you will be a pro in no tome! ✅

See our story or story highlight entitled “Blog” for the link to our latest blog post on this subject.

What is your opinion?

January 3, 2019

We had the most amazing time in Cluj-Napoca, Romania!

Are you a newly-qualified ESL/TFL/TESOL teacher looking to get started?
Cambly is a great place to start. The pay may be lower than some other companies (about 10 - 15 US$ an hour) but it is a great way to get some online teaching experience and they are hiring.

DM us for more ideas on how to find online work at get started right away.

If you do not have your TESOL Certification yet, we will be holding our next online course June 20-24, 2022 from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Pacific Time, and we have spots left in the class.

We currently have an awesome summer promotional offer of $75.00 discount, or our “Study with a Buddy” offer if you sign up with a friend for a $100.00 discount each.

What are the benefits of learning how to be a language tutor with us?

Other courses are very expensive and can take weeks or months, ours is only 5 days. However - it is a very action-packed 5 days of extremely practical training in the best methods and techniques of teaching. These teaching methods can be used in a classroom or to teach online.

See our website for a complete overview of the course and how it can help you to get started as an online teacher from any location. It’s all about gaining confidence to get started.