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Online tuition has been with us now for a few years however, in my encounter, fairly couple of individuals have heard of this form of tutoring or, if they have, dismiss it lightly because of some of the bad press that it has received. The function of this post is to right a couple of misinterpretations about on-line tuition and lessons conducted remotely.
My personal experience is as the former director of a national tuition agency - one of the first to introduce internet or online tuition as we called it to the UK. I have also been an on-line tutor myself, supplying intensive day courses in online search engine optimisation and website monetization by way of our on-line tuition service. Our tutoring business is now sold and I am retired, therefore I would like to really feel that my advice here can be considered impartial.
Here are the six main objections to on-line tuition and my regular responses.
"I want a human, not a machine" That is exactly what you will get - a human performing the tutoring. You will get the exact same sort of individual over the internet whom you would have got if you had booked a face-to-face lesson.
"It's a bit ... weird" If that relates to speaking to a individual who is not physically present with you then someone clarify the popularity of the phone to me. You talk in real time to a real individual throughout the lesson - the only difference is that they are not necessarily geographically close to you.
"My child wouldn't concentrate" Our experience showed the opposite. Students find it a lot much more focused in the same way that the old radio programmes used to captivate their listeners. There aren't distractions like contemplating the tutor's attire, their mannerisms etc.
"I would not be able to relate to it" There is no distinction in online tuition and face-to-face tuition in this respect. If you cannot relate to what the tutor is saying or performing throughout the lesson then that is a failing in the tutor, the student or both.
"I can see it would be suitable for my child" We've tutored just about each subject and every age group by way of online tuition. From twin 4 year olds learning French to adults learning the violin and foreigners doing elocution lessons to remove their accents. The only subject that does not lend itself to on-line tuition is 'handwriting' and even that is possible.
"I am not good technically and it would be tough to set up" All you require to do is set up MSN or Yahoo Messenger or SKYPE or an additional carrier service (all totally free), push in your USB 'plug and play' microphone or webcam with mike, log in and off you go.
This is component of a series comparing internet and home-visit tuition. If you are considering having private tutoring, then don't lightly rule out online tuition.
