I just saw this post out there
The Top 5 Reasons To Learn Italian
… and ok, a couple of points are pretty silly – but they do underscore how there’s a lot of Italian in the language a lot of English speakers speak.
So I thought, what with my current need for work and all that… what about offering my services as a language teacher, via Skype?
After all
a – I had a few years of experience as a teacher of Italian to English speakers
b – I already provide one-on-one English language lessons through Skype to my Italian students
Using Skype so far helped with the fact that I live in the sticks, and the closest student is ten miles away – Skype saves time and money, and it’s extremely flexible in terms of lesson scheduling.
Granted, my slow connection only allows me voice but no video, and yet, so far it worked just fine.
Working with English speakers might force me to make some weird hours, but I suffer from insomnia anyway. And on the plus side, it’s no end of fun.
Now I’ve just to set myself up as an online teacher of Italian.
Conversation and quick-fixes a specialty.
Any idea of how I should proceed to spread the news?
Where to advertise and so on?
Suggestions based on experience?
Please let me know in the comments.
Oh, and just in case – use the CONTACT module (top left corner of this page) to get in touch, if you’d like to get the details.
16 June 2016 at 15:00
I think searching for Facebook groups of people who share their love for Italy and Italian culture may be a good starting point, but you probably already know that 🙂
Then, as weird as it may sound, I found loads of people claiming to be interested in learning Italian on Goodreads, particularly on groups dedicated to the classics. Maybe you could take a look!
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16 June 2016 at 15:04
Thank you!
The Godreads angle is something that would never had occurred to me!
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