compare between online and offline classroom
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A Comparison Between Online and Classroom Based ESL Learning
Learning English Online
ESL teaching, just as with any other industry, has gone through a number of changes over the decades. Not so long ago, students learned English in a classroom and on their own with books and cassettes. More confident and accomplished learners would go the extra mile and invite their English teacher for a meal out or at their homes. Technology is changing the scene, and now everyone anywhere can practically learn English. These are exciting times for both students and teachers. Let’s find out why.
What is online ESL teaching?
Online ESL teaching is actually a very broad way of saying any teaching that is done through an online platform. This can be private lessons done through a conferencing software like Skype or other teaching platforms or lessons taught through one of the many phone apps that allow tutors to set up a profile to attract students or through tutors own personal website or through one of the numerous online ESL companies. For the purposes of this article, I will be focusing on working for a major company as most teachers who end up working online will be working for one of these major employers.
Online ESL teaching has been quite well-developed over the past few decades and has come a long way since the early days when it was primarily individuals with online courses that could be taken by students for a fee or websites with random lessons strewn about a message board. There are now multi-million and billion dollar companies which have created software based on cutting-edge research into language acquisition. At the same time, there are individual teachers who have created multi-million dollar websites complete with video lessons, written lessons, private tutoring sessions, and more. There are a large number of ways for a teacher to enter into the online ESL teaching arena and the barrier for entry for many of these is quite low, allowing teachers of all skill levels to find work.
What is traditional ESL teaching?
Traditional ESL teaching refers to classroom-based instruction such as takes place in a public or private language school. This can also refer to face to face tutoring sessions between a teacher and one or more students like with private tutoring which many teachers do on the side to supplement their income. The simple way to define this is any ESL teaching where the teacher and student are in the same room together whether that is a school, coffee shop, library, etc. Despite the surge in online ESL teaching opportunities, there has not been a significant decrease in traditional teaching positions. Especially in areas where the infrastructure may be lacking or in development, the need for ESL teachers in the traditional capacity is great in order to further economic development and drive a more competitive labor force. Think Myanmar or Vietnam which are both experiencing significant economic growth and must promote English language learning to help the populations of each country better access global industry. As with online ESL teaching, we are primarily going to focus on teaching for a school such as a public school system, private language school, or university and will not be discussing private tutoring or other traditional ESL teaching types in my comparison of the online and offline avenues of ESL teaching.
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