[nobe-l] Online language teaching

[Luis Cruz]

Hello there

My name is Luis Cruz.
I got a bachelor’s in linguistics last year. It was mainly Spanish
linguistics. I’m interested in the language teaching field. I’m
planning to study a master’s degree in language teaching. However, I’d
like to get a job before that, in order to get some experience and
money.
So I’d like to teach through internet. I know a few people (sighted)
who are teaching English from their home. So I thought it could be
convenient for me. I’d teach mainly Spanish, which is my native
language, and maybe in the future also English, my L2.
Therefore, I’d like to know if someone has experience teaching foreign
languages through internet.
I want to know:
Which websites are the most accessible, the most convenient for a
totally blind teacher? To get students, payments and the like. For
example: Italki, Verbling, Verbalplanet…
What are some technicques that you could share? How do you introduce
yourself to your student and inform him/her that you’re blind? What
tools do you use for your lessons? How do you show text to them? What
do you do to replace visual communication? I mean, since we can’t see,
if we have trouble to understand something that the student is trying
to say, but doesn’t know the words, we can’t ask the her/him to try to
explain it with body language.
I’m might be asking silly questions, but I have 0 experience with
this. Currently I’m teaching basic English to the blind. And I taught
Spanish to sighted people during my degree.

Thanks in advance for your help

Best regards
Luis Cruz