Become an English teacher on Lingoo and help meet an ever increasing demand for qualified EFL and ESL English teachers offering fine host family accommodation for children, adults and family groups. We are looking for English home teachers who can provide comfortable home accommodation and a course of one to English language tuition. This is a home based English teaching role.
Register free of charge as a English teacher and you can experience the pleasure of teaching English and offering hospitality to foreign students from within the comfort and convenience of your own home.
Teaching English to students in your home is a flexible, rewarding and enjoyable form of employment that can supplement your income and fits perfectly into family life.
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Many language students are looking for opportunities to stay in the home of a teacher. We are looking for English home teachers in all parts of the UK, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand who can offer a comfortable and hospitable home environment. You'll be helping to meet an ever-increasing demand!
English tutors, work from the convenience of your own home. You can choose your own hours and when you want to receive a student. Being self employed with a regular source of students makes you free and independent.
Our clear and straightforward reservation procedure increases the security of your host teacher activity and of the financial transaction with your guest. And because there is no middleman to work through, you choose your own guests and manage your own dates and prices.
Student profiles range from children and young adults preparing for exams such as the IELTS, Cambridge First Certificate (FCE), Advanced (CAE) and Proficiency (CPE), international students needing to learn English or people of any age wishing to improve their English language skills for professional or personal reasons. The success of the course depends on your ability to devote time to the student and also to engage them into everyday family and social situations so that they can put their study into practice.
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Communication, attention and integration are the key ingredients of a successful language immersion. English tutors are expected to welcome their student guest like a member of the family, talk to them frequently and help them communicate in the target language.
Lingoo Tutors must have relevant ESL or EFL experience and a recognized TEFL Certificate such as CELTA, Delta or TESOL. In all cases you will need to be enthusiastic, sociable, patient and willing to share your home with a student for a few days.
You can find out more about the Lingoo community and how it works by visiting our FAQs.
Homestay teachers use their language teaching qualifications to teach in their own home. It’s a freelance opportunity. That makes it highly flexible. Some work from home all the time while others are full-time schoolteachers who offer homestays during school holidays. All homestay teachers control who they teach, when, and for how long. They also control how much they charge, the curriculum, and the activities and facilities they provide.
It’s an unrivalled opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the local language and culture. The student and teacher spend time together – in formal or informal lesson settings and during normal daily activities – so the student practices the language, builds confidence, and absorbs the local culture. The teacher provides meals and accommodation as well as social and sightseeing activities to enrich the learning process.
Guests need to know they will be staying in a safe and secure environment on a Lingoo language homestay. Since 2007, we have been using a stringent validation process for members; no one can actively use our site without first being validated by a human being. We physically check each member’s profile and members must supply a current identification document and proof of address. For added security, we allow members to create a credentials file (available to members on request). Our hosts are then evaluated by visitors with feedback left on their Lingoo profile.
We also protect your personal information on our secure servers in an encrypted form and our secure messaging system maintains your privacy during communication with other members. Any financial transactions through Lingoo are also safeguarded through enhanced security. Read more about security on Lingoo.