Teach English Online: find students and start teaching now (Udemy.com)
The complete guide for anyone who wants to start a freelance career teaching English online
Created by: Charlie English Language Tutor
Last updated November 2025
What you will learn
- Build your own online English teaching business
- Find English language students all over the world using a variety of different strategies
- Design TEFL lessons that meet the needs and interests of your students
- Master how to teach the core language skills of writing, speaking, listening and reading
- Discover the best tools, resources and activities for teaching English online
- Identify your own particular English teaching niche
How it compares
Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 74% of them
- Reviews2,473#68 of 504 by number of reviews
- Length6.4 hourslonger than 72% of them
- Last updatedNovember 2025more recently than 78% of them
Course Description
Start teaching English online and earn a lucrative source of income as a freelance teacher!
Do you want to teach English online, but don’t know how to start?
Do you want to know how to find students and what to teach them?
This complete course is the best way to find out and start teaching online straight away.
By the end of this course you will have the knowledge and confidence to go out and find highly motivated, high-paying students who want to improve their English language skills. You will also know how to create great lessons that help students learn and make them want to come back for more.
Who's it for?
The course is suitable for both experienced teachers and for people who have never taught before. This course includes hours of video presentations and screencasts as well as downloadable cheat sheets and worksheets to use with your students. It also includes a showcase of the best websites and online materials for use in your lessons.
What makes me qualified to teach you?
I've been teaching for 20 years and have taught English online since 2008. I've also taught English at the British Council. I am a fully qualified teacher with a CELTA (Pass A) and a Masters degree in education. I teach students from all over the world and I currently specialise in helping students prepare for the IELTS test.
My Promise to You
I'm a full-time online English teacher. I'll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message.
This course will cover everything you need to know to start teaching English online, including:
How to find students using social media, online marketplaces and more
How to decide what to teach
How to find out what your students really need and want
How to carve out a premium rate niche English course that will attract high rates of pay
What rates to charge and how to get paid
The essential tools you'll need to teach online
Links to high quality materials and resources online
How to do offer courses in exam preparation, such as IELTS, TOEFL and TOEIC
How to teach the core language skills of writing, speaking, listening and reading
and much more!
Free eBook. As a bonus, you'll be able to download a companion eBook, The Online English Teacher.
This course - the result of years of personal experience teaching English, both online and as a teacher at the British Council, together with the latest research into English language learning - will give you all of the skills, knowledge and confidence you need as an online English teacher.
So go ahead and click on the enrol button. You'll soon be teaching English online and working as your own boss. I'll see you in Lesson 1!
Best Wishes!
Charlie
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
2,473 Reviews
Charlie English Language Tutor
Hi, I'm Charlie.
My passion is helping students learn English and prepare for IELTS as quickly as possible, using accelerated learning methods.
I've gained over 20 years' teaching experience all over the world, including IELTS exam preparation and Business English. I have also been an IELTS Examiner.
I have a Masters Degree in Education and I am a certified English language teacher.
Qualifications: MA (Education), CELTA
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Reviews
By Lila Minton on 10/5/2020
I was very enthusiastic about starting this course as I'm not able to go back to work as a preschool teacher during this pandemic for health related reasons. I'm trying to break into a new career field that will allow me to work from home without having to get another degree or getting into debt for training classes. So far, this course has been so very helpful! I've already learned so much about TEFL even though I'm only halfway through the class. I feel that this course, along with my BridgeTEFL online coursework are giving me a very solid foundation for launching a new career as an online English teacher. The bonus activities/resources alone give me more than enough potential class material to help boost my self-confidence! Am VERY pleased so far.
By Paula Sayuri Azevedo Kakazu on 8/7/2020
To my mind, this course is great for inexperienced teachers - such as myself - to get started on setting up their online lessons. It offers creative ideas for activities and presents some helpful technological features. I also enjoyed the teacher's pace and energy, lessons are far from boring. His tips on how to teach each skill and language system are very instructive and precious. However, one difficulty I have lies in the choice of the content for developing my lessons. I missed tips on how to create or find a syllabus, and recommendations of coursebooks, or some other guidance material.
By Ms. Anubha Rawat on 5/10/2020
Thank You Mr Charles Cornelius for developing such an informative and interesting content. It was a great learning experience. My first course on 'Udemy' and I am happy I enrolled. Thanks for such an engaging and well-delivered video.
By Kerry J. Kirkland, M.Ed. on 4/5/2020
A great match for me as an intro to teaching ESL online. Helpful not only with how to teach various aspects of English but also with which supportive online tools to use and equipment suggestions. Excellent attached resources and links as well. Only criticism is the stock images were clearly a stretch sometimes. Some live footage would have made it more visually interesting. Well produced otherwise. Very pleased that I took the course! I learned a lot. Thank you.
By YOLANDA LYONS on 9/9/2019
I was very impressed and the course went above my expectations.I am currently almost half way through a TEFL course I started before I ran across this one. I feel even more empowered and prepared to start teaching and can sense that Charles really loves what he does. So much practical information. Thank you. Great job!
By Patricia Corcoran on 4/6/2019
This is a great course with lots of very helpful information. I am currently an online English Language teacher with a cert in TEFT and an Education Degree in Elementary Education and a Permanent New York State Teaching Certificate. This is a comprehensive course that gave me the confidence and knowledge to start Freelance English Online. I can do it and so can you.
By Daniel Spear on 2/25/2019
Like learning anything, one of the most important factors is the teacher and how he/she teaches. Charles has a clear and concise manner to his teaching style that keeps you engaged throughout each lesson. The content is very well laid out and flows progressively from the first steps in getting started right through to the more advanced topics. I didn't feel like anything was left out and can confidently take what I've learned from this course and put it into action. If you're reading this but unsure whether to take the course or not, I hope my review makes the decision clear!
By Diana Franco on 2/13/2019
Absolutely and definitely recommended. It gives you many good tips on how to teach the different skills and how to use interactive whiteboards, among other topics. Dynamic presentation, clear explanations by a great teacher, lots of resource material (thank you!).
By Claudia Y Williams on 12/26/2017
This course was timely as I am in the proces of developing a professional development course ESL for clinicians. I will most certainly suggest that the participants do this. Most of the resources seem to be European based so that I will have to add some US and Canadian resources. That should be simple enough. This is an excellent orientation for the group. Thank you.
By William Gralton on 6/22/2017
I have had plenty of experience in teaching. This includes English Language teaching. Right now I am not very mobile. The information in this course will enable me to teach from home. I thank you for the thoroughness of the course and the chance it has given me.
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