Thursday, November 1, 2012
Tutoring English In Hong Kong... Need advice AND students?
Tutoring English In Hong Kong... Need advice AND students?
Okay. Here are some things you may need to know first before answering: - I'm an English-speaking teen. (Female.) - I speak English very well. - I used to be a resident in Hong Kong. - I'm fourteen. - I do have some experience. So, here are my questions: *How much should I charge? *Any advice or tips would be great. (I'm nervous.) *Is anybody interested? (If so, leave a comment below.) I think I will be living in Causeway Bay or North Point. English is my first language. I will be in HK in the summer of 2011. I don't really know this whole level thing, but I can teach most of this stuff. I'm young and might not have social experience, however, and may not be able to elaborate on some of these topics due to my limited knowledge on the subject. I was planning to tutor anybody my age or younger. Once again, I'm fourteen. I was planning for students to come to my aunt's place for one-on-one or, at most, two kids at a time for lessons. I'm willing to be flexible and work at a library or somewhere else public. I don't know if I could make 'house calls'. What I will teach is simply what they're willing to learn. I could assess them first, then teach them accordingly. I speak English without an accent. I would charge pretty affordable price. Yes, I do speak some Cantonese. I speak Cantonese with an accent, I've been told, but it's not terribly strong. I mean, people can still understand me. Email me at Vivi2954@yahoo.com.
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1 :
What level of English students are you planning to teach in Hong Kong? Teaching English in HK is not the same in China, Most Hongkongneese has some basic knowledge of English, they are all from the Brtish Colony before the 1997 take over. Yes, while you are staying at Causeway Bay or NorthPoint, are you planning to teach at those areas or you are flexible. My suggestion is that you prepared and plan a teaching curriculum, who are your students, what is it you wanted to teach, Business conversation, grammar or just regular English teaching. With your prepared curriculum, find the right students, the tuition fee in Hong Kong varies, you need to find the classroom too, are you renting a classroom? Or you already have someone to support. If you speak some Cantonese, will help those who doesn't English, The questions here you ask seem that you are not well prepared, It is hard to give you the exact fee you should charge. Is all based on your experienced, the type of students and how you want to go about it. Normal tuition in Hong Kong is $ 250-300 an hour (HKD) or you may charge a lumsum fee. Depends on your planned curriculum. The duration of your course, etc.... Let me know and write them here when you have a planned curriculum. Thanks
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Since you're so young, you cannot work in a school or any office environment. It's alright to be private tutor to young kids, not a large group though, in a home environment. You could post an ad in the community newspaper in the district where you are staying, or up in the notice board of the major supermarkets. The fees will depend on the neighbourhood and the age of the kid, if the area you're staying is super rich, you could charge as much as HK$1,000 a week. Home tutoring is usually paid a lump sum fee on a weekly or monthly basis. For a 14 year old private tutor, the parents will probably expect a cheaper fee.
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