@benbowdene Prices are based on experience. There are bonuses too, so all teachers will make $2000 a month if they teach 3-5 hours per day, every day a month. Only a teacher with minimal qualifications would get as low as $14 per hour, and most get much more.
Interesting, shouldn't the teacher speak Chinese too to communicate?
If kids in China can communicate in English already, they probably don't need this app then.
@huangdun Good question Dun. The VIPKID curriculum allows teachers to communicate with kids of all levels! The secret is TPR--Total Physical Response--which is a school of teaching that uses a lot of pantomiming, acting, and body movements. It really works! Check out this before and after video of William, an 8 year-old who took VIPKID for 1 year:
I can also say, as a parent of a kid who speaks much better Chinese than English, that TPR is the bomb for learning language!!
"VIPKID is a SaaS that connects American and Canadian English teachers with over 150k Chinese students. About 10k teachers now teach on the platform and get paid per class. We need at least 30k more to handle the demand from Chinese parents who want their kids to learn English from native speakers.
Teachers choose their hours of availability. The platform is especially useful for digital nomads and stay-at-home parents.
With summer here, Chinese students will soon take summer classes, so demand (and recruitment need) will spike even higher."
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