How to make money from learning English

If you have been asking yourself how to make money from learning English, you have come to the right place. No matter what your main objective with the language is, I’ll tell you exactly how to make money from learning English.

I could go with typical answers such as become a teacher or teach English online, create a YouTube channel, or even become a tour guide. But those are easy answers you find in many other blog posts like this one.

Becoming a teacher

Well yes, I know I said I wasn’t giving you this typical answer, but it is unavoidable. I believe that knowledge is something we should always share. So, when you learn how to use the language the most obvious next step is to share that knowledge with other learners.

For me the transition was even simpler. I was in the highest possible level of the academy I was enrolled in. My teacher was the owner of the academy and they were growing, so they needed new teachers. The rest is history.

Freelance writing

I really started offering translations and you can do that too. However, my experience was that translations are not very well paid and many clients require official translations, which it was something I could not provide. If you are registered as an official translator, then go ahead and offer it, that’s a totally different story.

However, for me the best next step was writing. Of course, I offered writing services in Spanish, but the truth is that most of the clients require content in English since it is a very universal language.

Copywriting has grown massively since the need for content marketing and being present online became critical for any and every single company. Moreover, with my engineering background, I manage to fill in the gap for engineering companies which needed a technical copywriter.

Now, I have made of copywriting my personal business, and I have my own list of clients who constantly require my services.

Again, if freelance writing sounds like a good idea for you, improving your language skills and learning how to get your gig going is the first step you should take.

Learning how to invest

You always hear about generating passive income. That sounds amazing right?

Unfortunately, most of the time the ideas for generating passive income that people share are not very passive. They usually require time and effort to set them up and then a lot of promotional work, which again, it is not really passive.

Disclaimer: It’s my humble opinion only, I’m not against any of those ideas.

On the other hand, I think that getting income from investing your money makes more sense to the term passive income. I mean, you are only taking some time to make the right choice on where to put the money and the money should do the rest.

Now, how English can help me with all these? You might wonder.

Well, to be honest, while there are very good resources in other languages, it is my opinion that the best sources of information and knowledge are in English. And having the right information and knowledge play an essential role for the average investor like me.

Thanks to having the English language skills to digest the amount of information that you can find in books and online about investing, I managed to make the right choice regarding the best investing strategy for my personal goals.

My objective is to make my money work to generate a constant passive income that I can leave of in my future retirement. It takes some time, yes. It is a long-term strategy. But in the meantime, I’m also protecting my money from losing its value due to inflation by investing in dividend stocks instead of keeping it in the bank doing nothing.

Final words

It is clear that there are many more things you can do to make money from learning English and using your skills. It will always depend what other skills you have to combine with the language in order to become successful.

By the way, combining the English learning process with developing new skills is what we believe here in TSI and what we strive to provide. We believe the language should not be the final objective, but the medium to achieve a greater goal.