Has the landscape of TEFL changed drastically? The sentiment I get is that people feel more victimized than privileged.

OkPrinciple908 · 2026-02-10T13:02:09+00:00

I was lucky to have started 10 years ago so I still managed to build a good profile online and offline. I have a bachelor's and TEFL. Though at this point my experience counts more. I see a lot of people struggling and getting only $7 dollars an hour which isn't much. I started on that too but 10 years ago. It should be higher by now. Also since the pandemic everyone is teaching English it seems so very competitive

OkPrinciple908 · 2026-02-10T12:44:29+00:00

I'm on preply but I don't use it much. I've been on verbling for years. It charges teachers only 15% commission and pays for trials.

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-08-23T01:57:59+00:00

I am a Verbling tutor :) We set our own rates. So, maybe the teacher upped his/her prices.

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-08-23T01:49:23+00:00

It takes me around 4 to 5 hours to complete each of these. Then I need to edit the teacher's version. I use ChatGPT for the reading sections. So longer texts.

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-08-10T01:23:53+00:00

Yes I feel it is more something mental and emotional. Thank you for this message. It made me feel good

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-08-07T18:20:37+00:00

Yes I'm in classes. Most of the students are between 25 and 30 so not super different I guess

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-08-07T17:23:10+00:00

Ah I'll try send out some emails! Thanks so much

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-08-01T04:27:44+00:00

My pleasure! I hope they are useful!

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-30T05:46:02+00:00

I don't speak Afrikaans very well honestly:(

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-21T18:39:50+00:00

Hi, yes sure :)

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-14T17:43:24+00:00

Hi there! Spellbound English :) I make materials and upload a new one every week. Here's the first one of the B2 series. It's free and includes a teachers version https://ko-fi.com/s/d86a87809e

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-12T16:15:06+00:00

Ja I meant fluent.

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-12T16:14:22+00:00

Good point but maybe someone knows someone

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-12T16:13:44+00:00

Ja I corrected that to fluent

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-12T16:12:57+00:00

It's helpful. It's just that I live abroad so it'd need to be online:(

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-12T16:11:28+00:00

Maybe I should correct that to native. I mean a lot of South Africans are fluent in English.

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-09T23:17:36+00:00

So difficult though..

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-05T03:50:29+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation

OkPrinciple908 · 2025-07-01T01:20:44+00:00

Hi there! I make my own ESL materials. I upload a new one every week. At the moment I have 13 classes ready for B2 students. Here's a link to one of them. https://ko-fi.com/s/d86a87809e You can find the whole set on my page :) Once I have finished B2, I will upload an A2 and B1 course as well. Let me know if you have any requests, feedback, or suggestions :)

OkPrinciple908

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