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Online tuition has been with us now for a few years yet, in my encounter, fairly couple of individuals have heard of this form of tutoring or, if they have, dismiss it lightly simply because of some of the poor press that it has received. The function of this post is to right a few misinterpretations about online 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 known as it to the UK. I have also been an online tutor myself, supplying intensive day courses in on-line search engine optimisation and website monetization by way of our on-line tuition service. Our tutoring business is now sold and I am retired, consequently I would like to feel that my advice right 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 precisely what you will get - a human doing the tutoring. You will get the same sort of individual over the internet whom you would have got if you had booked a face-to-face lesson.
"It is a bit ... weird" If that relates to talking to a person who is not physically present with you then somebody clarify the popularity of the telephone to me. You talk in real time to a real individual during the lesson - the only distinction is that they are not necessarily geographically close to you.
"My child would not concentrate" Our experience showed the opposite. Students find it much more focused in the exact same way that the old radio programmes used to captivate their listeners. There are not distractions like contemplating the tutor's attire, their mannerisms etc.
"I would not be able to relate to it" There is no difference in on-line 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 every topic and each age group by way of on-line 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 online tuition is 'handwriting' and even that is feasible.
"I'm not great technically and it would be difficult to set up" All you need to do is install 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-go to tuition. If you are contemplating getting private tutoring, then do not lightly rule out on-line tuition.
