Bridge Voices (Alumni Insights)
Hear from Bridge students and grads all over the globe who are fulfilling their TEFL/TESOL goals by teaching English abroad, online, and in their home countries. Find out what a day in the life is like for these English teachers, how their Bridge course has helped them achieve their teaching goals, and what their future teaching plans are. Bridge voices can be found all over the world, hear their stories today!
10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Becoming a Freelance English Teacher
As an experienced online and classroom-based teacher who made the shift to working for herself as a freelancer, Krzl learned plenty of lessons along the way. Check out her advice for anyone thinking of making a similar move to become a freelance English tutor.
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Bridge Grad, Cristina, Experienced Business English Teacher in Buenos Aires
Cristina specializes in teaching adult professionals in her home country, Argentina. We recently spoke with about the power of learning English, the impact she’s had on her students, and how her pre-coronavirus decision to get certified to teach English online has paid off.
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Joshua, From the U.S., Teaching English in Belarus for Over Four Years
Joshua moved from the U.S. to Belarus to give back to people in a country where he has ancestral ties. He has now been living and teaching in this Eastern European location for over four years and hopes to stay much longer.
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Digital Nomad, Olivia, Teaching English Online With VIPKid
Previously a music teacher, Olivia has been teaching English classes to kids with well known online tutoring company, VIPKid, for two years now. She shares details of the job, including what she considers the biggest perk – the freedom to live as a digital nomad!
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Filipina College Instructor, Juicy Mae, Now Thriving as an Online Teacher
Juicy Mae’s side job teaching English online has now become her main one due to the coronavirus crisis. She tells us about the Filipino company she teaches with, including what her job is like, what she loves about teaching online, and her advice for newbies.
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Scuba Instructor, Allie, Shifting to Teaching English Online
A dive instructor living abroad, Allie got certified to teach English online to weather the downturn in her industry. Since completing her course, she was hired by online language teaching company, Palfish, and is now teaching English remotely from an island in Nicaragua.
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3 Insider Tips for Success as an Online Teacherpreneur
Do you want to run a successful online ESL teaching business? Branding strategist and experienced English teacher, Bryn Bonino, shares a few of the best tips she’s learned as an online English teacherpreneur and suggestions to put them into action.
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Evgenii, From Russia, on Teaching in Kuwait and Starting His Own TEFL Business
As a career English teacher and TEFL business owner, Evgenii is dedicated to his professional development and gaining more “recognition and appreciation” as a non-native speaker, which is what motivated him to take the Bridge IDELTOnline.
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Bridge Grad, Badiru, on Teaching English in Uganda
Past Bridge photo contest winner, Badiru, who is an experienced classroom teacher in Uganda, recently earned his Teaching English Online certification with us. Although he loves teaching kids in the classroom, he took the professional development courses to broaden his skills and job opportunities to venture into the online space.
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Brazil Native, Carla, on Becoming a Freelance Online English Teacher
Carla took Bridge’s IDELTOnline course, which helped her become a more effective online English teacher. She teaches online from her home country of Brazil and has benefited greatly from teaching online during the coronavirus pandemic.
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