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Company Overview
Speak! Language Center is a dynamic language and culture center based in Charlottesville, Virginia. For more than 20 years, we have provided high-quality language instruction to adult learners, professionals, university faculty and staff, travelers, and organizations. Our programs are offered both in person and online, with a strong emphasis on practical communication, cultural understanding, and personalized learning.
Job Overview
Speak! Language Center is seeking an experienced and engaging Online Japanese Instructor to join our team of professional language educators.
Our Japanese students are adult learners with a wide variety of backgrounds, proficiency levels, learning styles, and goals. Students may be learning Japanese for professional purposes, travel, personal enrichment, cultural interest, or continued language development.
We are looking for an instructor who is already comfortable teaching adults online and can adapt lessons to the needs of each individual student. The ideal candidate will have experience working with a variety of curricula, textbooks, authentic materials, and proficiency levels rather than relying on a single teaching method or program.
Responsibilities
• Provide engaging, high-quality online Japanese instruction to adult learners
• Teach students across a range of proficiency levels, from beginner through more advanced study
• Assess individual students' goals, needs, and learning styles and adapt instruction accordingly
• Work with a variety of curricula, textbooks, online resources, and authentic Japanese-language materials
• Incorporate conversation, listening comprehension, pronunciation, grammar, reading, writing, and cultural content as appropriate to each student's goals
• Create or adapt supplemental materials when needed
• Provide constructive feedback and help students track their progress
• Communicate professionally and reliably with students and the Speak! administrative team
• Create a welcoming online environment that encourages adult learners to build confidence and communicate in Japanese
Qualifications
• Demonstrated experience teaching Japanese to adult learners
• Demonstrated experience teaching Japanese online
• Ability to teach and adapt to a variety of proficiency levels, student goals, and curricula
• Strong understanding of Japanese grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and culture
• Ability to personalize instruction rather than follow a one-size-fits-all approach
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Reliable internet connection and confidence using Zoom and other online teaching tools
• Professional, dependable, flexible, and responsive
• Degree or formal training in Japanese, language education, linguistics, education, or a related field preferred
• Native proficiency in Japanese (applicants don't. need to be native speakers).
• Experience teaching professionals, university-affiliated learners, or other highly motivated adult students is a plus
About Teaching at Speak!
Speak! instructors work with motivated adult learners who bring a wide range of interests and goals to their studies. We value instructors who enjoy getting to know their students, adapting lessons to individual needs, and bringing language and culture to life through meaningful conversation and authentic materials.
This is a flexible, part-time contract position with instruction delivered online.
Pay: $24.91 - $37.00 per hour
Expected hours: 2.0 – 15.0 per week
Education:
• Master's (Required)
Experience:
• Japanese teaching : 5 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote