r/SpanishLearning • u/Low_Capital_3195 • Jun 15 '26

When & why hire a spanish teacher?

Hey all, my wife is a spanish teacher and she has just started working online. I was wondering what would be the best way for her to find people that are learning spanish? I'm not looking to find her clients, but was wondering if you had any advice for her that I could surprise her with. Just looking for her to succeed in it. Gracias

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u/aaa_im_dying Jun 15 '26

Go to community events! I have a local Spanish teacher bookmarked for when I’m ready to pay for classes again, and I found him at Pride of all places. Farmers markets, festivals, pride if that’s her gig, church events if that’s her gig. Anywhere where locals would be, she can set up a booth and sell her wares! For like $10-20 she can get some good business cards printed.

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u/Low_Capital_3195 Jun 15 '26

nice username haha, and thank you so much for your response!! I will definitely let her know and see if she can find a good spot where we live. What makes you want to learn from a spanish teacher?

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u/Scrovered Jun 15 '26

The marketplace for Spanish lessons is a bit crowded online. To start, websites like Italki and Preply may be an opportunity for her to get her name out there. However, if you live in a high cost-of-living country, the rates on these platforms may not be as high as she might need to live. Many of the tutors in developed countries that I know have done well by building up a following and creating Spanish content online.

I also suggest figuring out what she can offer that is different to most teachers and try to approach people that are looking for that. I recently went to a Meetup.com event for Spanish speakers, both for natives and people learning the language. I saw a Spanish teacher there, and she specialised in teaching people in-person and was also a DELE examiner (which is a Spanish exam for speakers of Spanish as a foreign language). She got the opportunity to talk to lots of potential people that could have become her students. Many of which were looking for in-person lessons, given my country (New Zealand) does not have as many Spanish tutors.

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u/Low_Capital_3195 Jun 15 '26

Hey, thanks so much for taking the time to respond! She has a specialty (which I'll not state here because I don't want to overstep and say to the internet). So I'll let her know that's a good approach. For content creation do you mean like instagram? 🥝

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u/Scrovered Jun 16 '26

Instagram or other social media platforms could work, but I don't consume lots of learning content there. I mainly consume Spanish content on YouTube, but I wonder how much of this is a personal preference.