How to Highlight Your Online Tutoring Experience on Your Résumé
Online tutors utilize a variety of skills every day that can help them to secure work at the next stage of their career.
Customer Service Concepts That Apply to Online Tutoring
How to Make Students Feel More Comfortable in Online Classes
How to Write Great Lesson Notes
How to "Soften" Your Language in Online Lessons
Guide to Tutoring Low to Mid-Intermediate Students (= the Majority of Our Students)
In terms of conversational fluency, most of our students are somewhere in the intermediate levels, especially in the low to...
Why Students Learn With Us (Hint: It’s Not Just Because They Want To Learn English)
Have you ever wondered why your students want to learn English? Or what motivates them to pay for online tutoring?...
Using a Student’s Native Language in Class: Yae or Nay?
“Don’t translate!” “Stop thinking in your native language!” These are common tips that language teachers give their students. Unfortunately, they’re...
Extra Time at the End of the Lesson? ⏳ Activities For Serious Students
There’s seven minutes left and your student has already finished the lesson. 😱 You know this student takes classes very...
Extra Time at the End of the Lesson? ⏳ Play Games!
You reach the end of the lesson, but there is way too much time left 😱 What do you do?...
Are You Accidentally Being a Creepy Online Tutor? (Real Student Complaints Included)
Unfortunately, it happens to the best of us: We ask a question because we want to get to know our...
Should I Get a TESOL or TEFL Certificate to Teach Online?
Many online English tutors wonder if they should get certified. To answer this question, we asked our tutors with certification...
Important Things to Know Before Teaching Taiwanese Students 🇹🇼
After Japan and South Korea, Taiwan is our next largest source of students. What should we know about Taiwan and...
How to Not Offend Students from Different Cultures
One of the most enjoyable aspects of teaching online is interacting with students from different countries. However, cultural differences sometimes...
“Please Teach Me To Be Funny” — A Guide To Teaching Humor 🤪
Did you know that cracking jokes is considered an actual skill? Believe it or not, CEFR criteria lists “joking usage...
How Students Book Your Lessons
As tutors, we normally don't get to see how the booking system works from the student's side, which leads to...
Types of Incidents You Didn't Know You Should Report
Occasionally, you may encounter situations during lessons that make you go, “Wait, is that allowed?” Today, we’ll cover four types of...
How to Write Great Lesson Notes
Delivering enjoyable and educational classes for our students is only one part of the service we provide at Engoo. So...
What Does Our New AI Tool Mean for Tutors?
As you have probably seen, we have been developing a new AI-powered tool for users of our platform. We hope...
Maximize Your Income With Last-Minute Bookings
Have you ever closed slots that haven't been booked yet? Do you think opening slots at the last minute is...
8 Facts About Engoo for Our 8th Anniversary
Did you know that our international brand, Engoo, launched this month eight years ago? About a year after starting our...
5 Pro Tips for Handling Technical Issues During Online Lessons
Unfortunately, technical difficulties are part of our job as online tutors. While most of our lessons go smoothly, every now...
Tips to Confirm Students Really Understand
Chances are high that you've had a student who told you they had no questions, when really they were completely...
4 Useful Things You Can Do With Lesson Recordings
Earlier this year, we released our lesson recording feature. As a tutor, you may not have had as many opportunities...
Common Pronunciation Mistakes Japanese Students Make
A student's native language can have a big impact on the things they find easy or difficult when learning a...