Founded in 2010, International TEFL Academy (ITA) is a world leader in TEFL certification for teaching English abroad and teaching English online. ITA offers accredited TEFL certification classes online and in 21 locations worldwide and has received multiple awards and widespread recognition as one of the best TEFL schools in the world. ITA provides all students and graduates with lifetime job search guidance and has certified more than 25,000 English teachers. Our graduates are currently teaching in 80 countries worldwide.
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** PLEASE READ: In August of 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Education cracked down on for-profit private tutoring institutions within China that cater to children, including online ESL schools. We've marked in red the online schools that cater to Chinese students. Please review carefully though as some of these platforms teach both children and adults, and adult students are not affected by this.
At this time, the fate of some of these online platforms remains unclear, but we have done our best to remove online Chinese schools that have already ceased operation and recruiting.**
All Right
- Degree favorable
- Earn $8 - $12 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 4-12
- Students based in Europe
- One-on-one classes
ALO7 Tutoring
- Degree required
- Earn $17 - $22 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 4-17
- Students based in China
- Group Classes: 1-4 students
AmazingTalker
- Degree not required
- Set your own rate
- Teach children and adults
- Students based in Taiwan
- One-on-one classes
Beyond English
- Degree required
- Earn $17 USD per hour
- Teach children & adults
- Students based in Latin America
- One-on-one & group classes
BlingABC
- Degree required
- Earn $21 - $27 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 5-12
- Students based in China
- One-on-three classes
Cambly
- Degree not required
- Earn $10.20 USD per hour
- Teach all ages
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
DaDa
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EnglishFirst
- Degree not required
- Earn $12-$16 USD per hour
- Teach children and adults
- Students based in China
- Group & 1-on-1 classes
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Englishunt
Engoo
- Degree not required
- Earn $10 USD per hour
- Teach children and adults
- Japanese & Taiwanese students
- One-on-one classes
First Future
- Degree preferred
- Earn $18 - $23 USD per hour
- Teach children and adults
- Students based in China
- Group classes: 1-6 students
fluentbe
- Degree not required
- Earn approx. $11 USD per hour
- Teach adults
- Students based in Poland
- Group Classes: 1-4 students
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Fluentify
- Degree not required
- Earn up to $24 USD per hour
- Teach adults
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
Hawo / 51Talk
- Degree required
- Earn up to $22 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 4-12
- Students based in China
- One-on-four classes
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Inglesissimo
- Degree not required
- Earn up to $11 USD per hour
- Teach adults
- Students based in Europe
- One-on-one classes
italki
- Degree or TEFL Certification
- Set your own rate
- Teach all ages
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
iTutorGroup
- Degree required
- Earn up to $26 USD per hour
- Teach children and adults
- Students based in Asia
- One-on-one classes
Landi English
- Degree required
- Earn up to $18 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 5-10
- Students based in China
- One-on-two classes
LatinHire
- Degree not required
- Earn roughly $10 USD per hour
- Teach children and adults
- Students based in Latin America
- One-on-one classes
LearnLight
- Degree not required
- Earn $12 - $15 USD per hour
- Teach adults/business pros
- Students based in Europe
- One-on-one classes
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Learntalk
- Degree required
- Earn $4-$15 USD per hour
- Teach children
- Students based in China
- Group Classes: 1-4 students
Lingoda
- Degree not required
- Earn $8-$12 USD per hour
- Teach adults
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
Magic Ears
- Degree required
- Earn $17 - $26 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 4-12
- Students based in China
- One-on-four classes
OpenEnglish
- Degree not required
- Earn up to $15 USD per hour
- Teach children and adults
- Students based in Latin America
- One-on-one classes
Outschool
- Degree not required
- Earn up to $40 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 5-18
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
PalFish
- Degree not required
- Set your own rate
- Teach children and adults
- Students based in Asia
- One-on-one classes
Preply
- Degree not required
- Set your own rate
- Teach all ages
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
Qkids
- Degree required
- Earn $16-20 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 5-12
- Students based in China
- Group classes: 1-4 students
SkimaTalk
- Degree not required
- Set your own rate
- Teach all ages
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
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Tandem App
- Degree not required
- Set your own rate
- Teach children and adults
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
Tutlo
- Degree not required
- Earn $5-$11 USD per hour
- Teach children and adults
- Students are Polish
- One-on-one classes
Tutoring
- Degree required
- Earn approx. $11 USD per hour
- Teach children & adults
- Students based in Korea
- One-on-one classes
Verbalplanet
- Degree not required
- Set your own rate
- Teach children and adults
- One-on-one classes
Verbling
- Degree not required
- Set your own rate
- Teach children and adults
- Students are global
- One-on-one classes
VIPKID
- Degree required
- Earn$15-$22 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 4-12
- Students based in China
- One-on-one classes
Whales English
- Degree required
- Earn up to $30 USD per hour
- Teach children ages 4-18
- Students based in China
- Group classes: 2-10 students
