Coach Information
Do you want to make friends around the world and create a more exciting and stimulating life?
Do you need some extra cash and are you prepared to spend a few hours a day coaching people online to speak natural English? Is your first language English and are you 16 years of age or older?
Use SameSpeak to become a personal conversation coach and earn money online from the comfort of home and in your own time using Skype free computer to computer calling. We will connect you with students and provide everything you need to deliver effective conversational lessons. You just need to focus on coaching natural spoken English.
Coaching sessions last 30 minutes. You will earn US$10 for every half hour session that you complete.
Samespeak is designed to complement formal language learning in a school or educational setting by giving learners the opportunity to practise with real live native speakers like you. The more real life practice they have, the better they become at speaking and listening to native speakers.
Registration
You can register as a coach if your first language is English. You do not need to be an English Language teacher, but you must be at least 16 years of age.
Verification
PLEASE NOTE: Verification is run according to student demand. At the moment we have a surplus of coaches. You will be informed when verification is to resume if you are a registered coach through newsletter. PLEASE do not contact us asking for verification unless you have been contacted.
You may choose to take free lessons as an unverified coach in which case we HIGHLY recommend that you make yourself familiar with the support material we have provided before going live in the system. It is possible to gain verification automatically if you deliver 3 free lessons and receive good student feedback (a yellow smiley face).
Live Verification (not currently available)
We have live online training which is currently being offered at no cost to assist you with verification and to deliver high quality lessons to our students. This is for a limited time while we are developing our training module on this site. Watch our training videos and read through the information contained on the Support page of yourSamespeak account.
When you are ready, make yourself available on your coach calendar as if you were taking lessons during an entire week. This gives us options about when to contact you and gives us an idea of your usualavailability. Please use the contact us link and put "Verification" in the subject line. We will then book you for a live lesson. Please check that your skype settings are accurate by calling skype call test service. Call the skype site, record a short message and wait for it to be played back to you. If there are problems with your sound, the skype service will let you know what the problem is and tell you how to rectify it.
You must be a first language speaker of English and 16 years of age or over. You must complete the training before you are given verification.Once you have met these requirements, a verification star will show above your coaching name.
You can still use the system if you are unverified but we do not recommend this as it could result in you gaining negative feedback and low ratings from students resulting in you receiving no paid bookings. Our online training is designed to help you effectively use the system and deliver high quality lessons.
Coaching Material
All conversations and coaching materials are made available to you once you have registered:
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instructions appear in each lesson
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an instruction page is provided on the site
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an audio of a sample lesson is available
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contact admin@samespeak.com if you have any issues
Set Up
You will need a computer with high speed broadband access (dial up is too slow and cannot be used), headset with microphone and free registration with Skype free computer to computer calling. It is important that you use the free skype test call service on the skype site to ensure that your sound is audible before making yourself available.
Payment
You will also need to open an online Paypal account so that we can pay you. If you are under 18 years of age, your parent or guardian will need to open an account for you. You will receive a coaching fee of US$10 for every 30 minute session that you successfully complete. Your earnings will automatically show in your online account. Payments will be made every Friday provided you have at least $US100 in your online account. A special request to release payment under $US100 can be made by pressing the Request Payment button. Please allow 3 - 5 working days for payment to arrive in your Paypal account.
Top quality coaching means that you will be rebooked by students and gain an excellent reputation which will rank you as a top coach.
The Methodology
The Communicative Language Teaching Approach:
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activities that involve real communication promote learning
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activities in which language is used for carrying out meaningful tasks promote learning
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language that is meaningful to the learner promotes learning
Communicative language teaching uses almost any activity that engages learners in authentic communication particularly:
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functional communication activities: aimed at developing certain language skills and functions, but which involve communication, and
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social interaction activities, such as conversation and discussion sessions, dialogues and role plays
We can be contacted on admin@samespeak.com.
Register now.