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Written By: Lynda Galea | Updated: June 28, 2022

Written By: Lynda Galea

Updated: June 28, 2022

There are several companies where you can teach ESL (English as a Second Langauge) online to adults instead of children. While it may seem that many online ESL teaching jobs cater only towards students under the age of 12, there are platforms available that offer jobs for teaching ESL online to adults from all around the world - you just need to know where to look!

To teach ESL to adults online, you will typically be required to have the following qualifications:

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With English First, you will be teaching adults from around the world who want to progress in their careers, gain a place at university, or achieve a personal goal. Whatever their motivation, EF students have one thing in common, they all want to practice with an enthusiastic and fully fluent English speaker.

English First Teacher Requirements:

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Learnlight connects you with culturally diverse and highly motivated business professionals in a variety of sectors from over 100 countries to teach Business English. They provide you with straightforward calendar management to help you coordinate time zones for worry-free scheduling on the go. 

Learnlight Teacher Requirements:

Learnlight Hours:

A minimum of 10 hours per week of fixed availability during their prime times: 06:00 -9:00 / 12:00 – 15:00 / 17:00 – 20:00 / 22:00 – 01:00 (UTC/GMT)

Learnlight Class Structure:

Learnlight Pay:

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You can apply to tutor ESL online to adults with Learnlight on their site.

italki is a global language learning community that connects students and teachers for one-on-one online language lessons. They claim to be the world's largest marketplace for online language teachers with students of all ages, from right around the world. 

italki Teacher Requirements:

italki's 'Professional Teacher' role requires one of the following qualifications:

So as long as you have your TEFL certification, even without a university degree, you can apply for this role.

italki also requires that teachers have native proficiency or C2 level in order to teach English.

italki Hours:

italki Class Structure:

italki Pay:

Apply:

You can apply to teach English online to adults with italki on their site.

SkimaTalk helps English learners find the best teachers from all over the world and offer a platform where anyone can start one-on-one online English classes. Unlike some of these marketplace platforms that offer classes in all different languages, SkimaTalk focuses exclusively on English-language learning. Students are from every corner of the world and the age of students can vary.

SkimaTalk Teacher Requirements:

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SkimaTalk Class Structure:

SkimaTalk Pay:

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You can apply to teach English online to adults with SkimaTalk on their site.

The Cambly platform enables you to engage in short discussion sessions with students from around the world via webcam - no experience necessary.  

Cambly Teacher Requirements:

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Cambly Class Structure:

Cambly Pay:

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You can apply to teach English online to adults with Cambly on their site.

Tutoring provides a platform for students and tutors to meet instantly, in one click. Tutors simply need to set their online status to ‘Stand By’ to be visible on the students’ app. Students will call tutors with their designated Topic Card.

Tutoring Teaching Requirements:

Tutoring Hours:

Tutoring Class Structure:

Tutoring provides ‘Topic Cards’ to students to generate conversational starter topics between them and their teacher.

Tutoring Pay

Apply:

You can apply to teach English online to adults with Tutoring on their site.

Open English is the most renowned online English school in Latin America. Since 2007, they have helped more than 500,000 students reach language fluency. Different from on-site courses, overcrowded and with fixed schedules, Open English offers online, live classes 24x7.

Open English Teacher Requirements:

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You can apply to teach English online to adults with Open English on their site.

Preply is an online tutoring platform that caters to a plethora of languages other than just English. Language learners can easily find a tutor who matches their learning goals and begin taking lessons within minutes. Students are from every corner of the world and the age of students will vary from young to old. 

Preply Teacher Requirements:

Preply Hours:

Preply Class Structure:

Preply Pay:

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You can apply to teach English online to adults with Preply on their site.

Verbling is an online language-learning platform that connects language learners with a qualified ESL tutor online for private sessions through live video chat. Teachers can teach from anywhere in the world with a computer and Internet access. 

Verbling Teacher Requirements:

Verbling Hours:

Verbling Class Structure:

Verbling Pay:

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You can apply to teach English online to adults with Verbling on their site.

Verbalplanet is an easy and effective way for online ESL tutors to work remotely and connect with new students around the world. Sell your skills and time online to language students all around the globe in an open marketplace - students range from children to adults.

Verbalplant Teacher Requirements:

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Verbalplanet Pay:

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You can apply for online ESL teaching jobs to teach English to adults with Verbalplanet on their site. 

With English2Go, you teach English online to business executives in Costa Rica and throughout Latin America. English2Go’s goal is to bring high-quality, competitively priced English language training to professionals in a completely online setting. 

Given the older and more professional student demographic that English2Go targets, they prefer hiring teachers over 40, especially if they have any life/business experience to offer!

English2Go Teacher Requirements:

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English2Go Class Structure:

English2Go Pay:

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You can apply for online ESL teaching jobs to teach English to adults with English2Go on their site. 

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An accomplished traveler (she's visited 40 countries!), Lynda hails from Melbourne, Australia. Since she joined ITA in 2017, Lynda has become a primary expert on the field of teaching English online. Not only has she published numerous articles on the topic herself, but she has worked with International TEFL Academy alumni around the world to produce an entire library of information and content about teaching English online. Lynda also serves as a primary organizer of ITA's ground-breaking Teach Abroad Film Festival.

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