Starting my own business teaching spanish

morocha

Hi all,

I would like to start teaching spanish privately ( tried to get in schools but so far no luck, I was trying to get them to train me to be a qualified teacher...)
I used to do this at home, i used to provide support to adults and children.
I really like teaching, and where I live, there are no spanish teachers or people. I think it could work, I have some vista card coming soon., can anyone give me more ideas ? what would make you insterested in learning spanish ?
a bit more about where a I live... population is mixed, welsh and english and many people here is retired.
I thought about charging around £7/h if it is a group and £10/h one to one.

Any ideas welcome.

costapkt

Hola .Are there any night school classes doing it locally ? See what they charge. What level would your course be ? Basic ie enough to get by on holiday or more advanced. College course's usually cover several different levels and student picks one that suits them. Also certain people get the course for free if they are on benefits, retired and unemployed are just two. People would have to be very keen to come to you and also pay you.
Could you try and get a job at night school say for next term. Once there you might be able to offer extra tuition if any one wanted it.

I take it you are fluent in speaking and writing Spanish.
Adios.

morocha

hola costapkt, gracias por tu ayuda.. I am a native spanish speaker, so i can teach spanish at any level.
i know some people used to go to College ( 1 hs away) and left because it was too far and boring.
i've spoken to a teacher in London and she suggested that I should invite people to my home, and have some cookies and tea, like a tea party so they feel relax and enjoy it, i might try that.
Gracias y adios.

littlemrtinkle

Don't need to learn none of this foreign language malarky.

Just speak slooooooooooooowllllllyy and Loudly if they don't understand you first time.

Just kidding, i love spain and go there every year. I've learn't a little just wish i could speak more.

sophie131

Hiya!
Just thought i'd say I learn spanish for Alevel and would be more than happy to pay your price - i'd be tempted to charge slightly more - when I learnt guitar, he charged £25 an hour :eek:.
I'd love to have someone like you near me - have been looking for ages!!!

Retrolala

Hi Morocha, just to let you know, I am also doing private language tutoring. The charge should be no less than 20 pound an hour, and if you are experienced, you should charge more. At the moment it's between 20 - 30 pound per hour in southeast of England.

wigglebeena

£10 is a bit low, depends where you are though. I paid a guy £11 an hour for Chinese lessons but he had no teaching experience.

Start off high, see if you get any takers and only lower it a bit if nobody bites! Or try local colleges/schools, see if you can get an evening class going.

morocha

ahh thank you so much all of you, i love british people speaking spanish with their english accent, it's so cute!!! although my partner tries really hard, he want to sound spanish spanish lol.

i was told that a girl pays £20.50 where she lives ( 3 hs away) but where i live, in the island, that's too much... people kind of want it really cheap... i mean i know, my mother in law used to pay £20 for guitar lessons, but she thinks charging that for spanish is a little bit too much.
My partner thinks the same...he thinks that nobody will be willing to pay more than £10 for an hour... or i should only target the rich people in the area, well, i will have to move down to London... lol.

Retrolala

Hello again Morocha, I think Spanish is a popular language in UK. If you think 20 pound is too much, that's because you don't know the market very well. I'm not here convincing you to be more "greedy", but sometimes don't underestimate yourself and the service you provide. Actually my nana pays 22 pounds for her Spanish lessons.

imajica

¡10 libras por hora son muy baratas! Me gustaria comprar una hora por entre 15 y 20 libras aqui

¡Suerte!

MickW_3

It's a funny thing about people's perceptions of what they consider "value". What you need to impress upon potential clients is that while a college course may cost less per hour you are just *one* of many pupils and that the tutor can only spend a limited time with each student if they are to make any progress in the lesson plan.

You can justify your prices by the fact that you can offer 1:1 tuition which is geared to the ability of the student and so can adjust the rate at which things are learned by the students progress i.e. a quick learner will progress *far* more in a one hour lesson than someone of a different ability level.

You could also offer to travel (within reason) to an client's house or offer lunchtime lessons as well as group discounts e.g £20 for one student and £15 for 3 students etc.

Hope this helps,

MickW