BUT...
Check your English skills. Is your pronunciation intact? Do you have a lot of grammar slips? Is your English non-standard?
These are just three of the questions you need to consider if you want to be an online English teacher. After all, you cannot teach what you don't have.
Here's a situation.
Student: He putted the knife under the table.
Teacher: Very good!
If you think this is "over-the-top" or "unrealistic," know that this happened. I don't want to elaborate further, but it happened.
On a side note, the situation above is just one of the solid arguments that NESTs (native English-speaking teachers) have against non-NESTs teaching their language.
Non-NESTs' English may appear or sound un-natural, or sometimes may be wrong as what was demonstrated in the example above.
However, one of the strengths of non-NESTs is that they know how it feels to learn a new language. They know how students feel, and they can use this to easily tailor their lessons to address their needs.
So if your English is not your first language and want to teach online, you might want to take a proficiency test to check if you're ready or not. If not, take some time to improve your English skills.
Part 2 here!
