Last updated on 27 April 2018
Preply is a platform for connecting teachers who want to give private lessons and learners who are looking for individual tutors.
A good example of the contribution of digital technology to the transmission of knowledge and in particular in language teaching. Preply, one of the main players in this field, offers individual courses to learners around the world via Skype videoconferencing.
If you are a teacher of English, Spanish or Italian teacher you can offer your services remotely. No need to travel, waste time on transport or have to commit for a long time.
A flexible solution for both tutors and learners.
The same flexibility is offered to students. They can choose their tutor freely and purchase hours of lessons in the unit without commitment, relying on the tutors’ identity card and availability schedule. It is not easy to manage students who can surf and move from one teacher to another according to their desires. If the risk is real, in the majority of cases the relationship established between learner and tutor develops over time.
Technology to simplify the management of private lessons.
Preply has set itself the goal of providing the largest teachers’ room in the world.
There are nearly 30,000 currently in 185 countries. Enough to meet all language needs in particular, but not only. Learners can purchase hours of lessons individually or in batches. Rates are very similar to what is practiced in real life.
It is the teachers themselves who set their own rates. This will be one of the criteria of choice on the part of learners, but it will not be the only one. A system of comments and assessments left by your students will also contribute to their initial choice.
If you want to teach on Preply, you must have a recent computer equipped with a quality webcam and possibly a microphone. We register online. Registration is free of charge. Each entry is manually validated by the Preply team.
It is then up to you to set your hourly rates and fill in your schedule with the hours at which you are available to give a course. It has been said that courses are given via Skype. Preply will allow you to manage all this online activity via a very clear dedicated interface. You can even build an individual site for yourself.
At the end of the month, you will be able to request to receive your winnings via PayPal. Preply will have previously withdrawn his commission of 17 %. It is not nothing, but you will no longer have to look for students or run to give a lesson at the end of the city.
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