Teach any language from anywhere
Start Your Journey as an Online Language Teacher
A complete system for setting up your profile, getting booked, and planning lessons students actually look forward to, so teaching online becomes a real part of your life, not just an idea you keep putting off.
Created by a top-rated Preply tutor who's taught from over ten countries.
A Welcome from the Founder
Why become an online language teacher?
The kind of work you've been picturing
More flexibility
Set your own hours, and change them again next month if your life does.
More family time
Be home for school pickup on a Tuesday afternoon, not just weekends and holidays.
Work from anywhere
Teach from your kitchen table, a rental in another country, or your favourite park.
Work that means something
There's a particular kind of satisfaction in watching someone go from stuck to fluent.
“Life first, work second. It's about building a life you don't need a vacation from.”
Success stories
They started with the same questions you have now
Engji
Albania & Switzerland · Teaches English
“Anu gave me the right information, the right material, the right tools. And she empowered me so much that I started to teach straight away. It has been my most fulfilling job so far.”
Nano
Argentina · Teaches Spanish
“Anu didn't just help me create my Preply profile. She also guided me through the first steps of teaching students at different levels. Her help was essential for getting started.”
Tatev
Armenia · Teaches English
“I'd been dreaming of becoming a digital nomad, but I needed to find a way to work online. Since I'd previously taught English in schools, I decided that I should give online teaching a try. Anu helped me set up my Preply profile, guided me through the platform, and gave me so many useful tips. Now I have my own online students, and I'm living and working in Vietnam!”
Allie
Canada · Teaches English
“I'd already been teaching online for a while, but honestly, it never felt like it was paying off the way I'd hoped. Anu helped me get started on Preply, walked me through how everything works, and shared so many tips on attracting students. Now I set my own rates and charge what I feel my teaching is truly worth. It's been such a relief!”
Noelia
Spain · Teaches Spanish
“Hi, my name is Noelia, and I'm from Spain. I'm currently living in the U.S., and I love traveling, learning new languages, and meeting people from all around the world. I was looking for a remote job that I could take with me wherever I traveled, something flexible that I would genuinely enjoy. That's when my friend Anu recommended Preply to me! She helped me through the whole process, from signing up and understanding how the platform works to choosing the right materials. I've now been working with Preply for over a year, and I absolutely love it! For me, it's so important to do something I enjoy while having the freedom to travel and work from anywhere in the world. I'm so grateful to Anu for introducing me to this opportunity and supporting me along the way!”
Courses & pricing
The complete system, or exactly the piece you need
One course gets you set up and booked. The other makes sure you know exactly what to teach once someone shows up. Most people choose to take both courses together.
The Complete Online Teacher System
Both courses together, the business side and the teaching side, for less than buying them separately:
- Getting Started on Preply
- How to Teach the Perfect Lesson
€247
Launch price until 31 December 2026, then €497
Save €51 versus buying both courses separately
The set-up & business side
Getting Started on Preply
Everything I did to go from complete beginner to top-rated Preply tutor, step by step: setting up a profile that gets booked, pricing your lessons, using the Preply classroom, turning trial lessons into regular students, and understanding how Preply's metrics and search ranking work.
My top tips
Equipment & setup guide
Message templates
Checklists
Launch price until 31 December 2026, then €249
The teaching & lesson-planning side
How to Teach the Perfect Lesson
Learn what to teach and how to teach: how to structure any lesson for any age and level, run trial and kids' lessons, give feedback and correct mistakes, and keep students engaged, with ready-made material for every lesson.
+ Bonus course: AI lesson planning, with ready-to-use prompts that save you hours every week
60+
Activities
150+
Lesson topics
10+
Example lessons
AI
Lesson-plan prompts
Launch price until 31 December 2026, then €299
Questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to what people usually ask before they buy.
See all FAQs →Do I need any teaching experience or a certificate first?
No. You don't need any previous teaching experience or a teaching certificate to take either course. Getting Started on Preply guides you step by step through setting up your profile, choosing your prices, and getting your first bookings. How to Teach the Perfect Lesson shows you how to structure and plan engaging lessons, with 60+ practical teaching activities, 150+ ready-made lesson topics, and 10+ complete example lessons. You'll learn how to prepare lessons, keep students engaged, and teach with confidence, even if you've never taught before.
Do I have to teach English?
Not at all. This isn't an English-teaching course. Preply has students learning dozens of languages, and everything here is written for any of them: Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, whatever it is you actually teach. The profile setup, pricing, booking scripts, lesson frameworks, and activity bank all work the same way regardless of which language you're teaching.
Do I need to be a native speaker?
No. Plenty of successful teachers on platforms like Preply aren't native speakers of the language they teach. What matters more is that you can teach it clearly and with confidence. The setup course covers how to write a profile that puts your actual strengths front and center, whatever your background is, instead of treating anything other than "native speaker" as something to apologize for.
Founder & lead instructor
About
From beginner to top-rated Preply tutor
My online teaching journey started in a random little café in the Philippines. I had no idea what I was doing, didn't have the perfect setup, and definitely didn't have some big master plan. Everything in these courses is what I wish I'd known when I first started.
Read the full story →See what teaching online could look like for you
Take the two-minute quiz to find your starting point, then decide from there. No pressure, no obligation, just a clearer next step than you have right now.