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Online ESL Teacher - Japanese Adult Students at The Really Great Teacher Company: Remote, South Africa; Part time. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: Remote, South Africa
- Role classification: Part time
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-06-09.
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Does the ESL grind feel like you're just filling seats?
You love teaching English. You're good at it. But somewhere between the back-to-back group classes, the unpredictable schedules, and the lack of real student connection, it stopped feeling like teaching and started feeling like crowd management.
What if you could teach one student at a time — someone who actually booked you, actually shows up, and actually wants to learn?
Here Is Your Solution
The Really Great Teacher Company is looking for a passionate, professional South African ESL teacher to deliver one-on-one conversational and assessment-based English lessons to adult Japanese students. This is a structured, fully remote role with a real platform behind it — and students who choose to come back to you.
Position Details
- Start Date: As soon as the recruitment process is concluded
- Location: Remote - work-from-home
- Students: Adult Japanese learners (all proficiency levels, beginner to advanced)
- Format: One-on-one, 25-minute conversational and assessment-based classes
- Language of Instruction: English
- Rate: $6.50 USD per hour
- Contract Type: Independent contractor agreement with The Really Great Teacher Company
- Schedule: Assigned shift; 5-minute break between consecutive classes
- Additional Classes: Option to cover classes for absent teachers
- Student Booking: Students book one class at a time; regular students possible if they enjoy your teaching