Filipinos are most commonly known to be good speakers of the English language. That’s why a lot of us tend to look for jobs that utilize these skills of ours like call centers, front desks, etc. Probably one of the most uncommon and unnoticed jobs that use English-speaking skills is a teacher. No, not the regular teacher in schools and academies but professors or instructors of foreigners who are trying to learn the language.
ESL or English as a Second Language is a course applied to by many foreigners who seek skill and mastery of the language. They may have different purposes of learning the language but all students have just one same goal – to be fluent and to be comprehensible and comfortable in using the language for conversations, business-related topics, and communication.
Being an ESL tutor is actually not that hard; given the fact that most Filipinos who are used to hearing the English language all throughout their daily lives, they tend to grasp the knowledge easily. But what are the things that you need in order for you to become an effective and efficient ESL teacher?
Now most people would think that in order for them to be qualified, they have to be graduates of English Majors or any kind of program that deals with English. As a matter of fact, people who are from a different field are somewhat more helpful because they can send the signal that the students they are teaching can learn English as well even though they aren’t English majors. Establish your credentials; be sure to project that you are familiar with the language even though you haven’t focused on that field.
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