Online Chinese Tutor Jobs on the MOE Syllabus
Teach Mandarin on the Singapore MOE syllabus to Primary and Secondary students, live on camera, wherever your home happens to be.
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Recruiting all year. Next posting review 17 November 2026.
Apply as an online Chinese tutor- Starting from S$11 per hour
- Contract, flexible hours
- 100% online, from where you live
Online Chinese tutor jobs matter here because many Singapore students study Chinese at school while speaking English everywhere else, which leaves one lesson a week as the place where their Mandarin actually gets used. That lesson is your job. Lessons happen live on camera, with you at your own desk in whichever country you call home, for students on the MOE Chinese syllabus: Primary pupils working towards PSLE Chinese, Secondary students heading into O-Level Chinese, and some who carry Higher Chinese as well. Singapore students come first, and as learners in other countries who want Mandarin taught to the Singapore syllabus reach us, you may be offered them too.
Why teach Chinese online with Eduprime
- Lessons run from your own desk in your own country, and you choose which Singapore after-school and weekend slots you can hold.
- Your students follow one clear syllabus, so your oral drills, dictation lists and composition feedback carry from one student to the next.
- We match you by level and teaching hours, and we keep each student with the same tutor for as long as the lessons work for them.
- Students outside Singapore who want Mandarin on the Singapore syllabus may ask for you too, depending on the levels they need.
- Scheduling and fees run through us, with the student or, for a younger pupil, whoever registered them, so your time goes into the teaching.
The role
What you will do
- Teach live one-to-one Chinese lessons over video to Primary and Secondary students on the MOE syllabus.
- Rehearse the oral reading passage for tone and pacing, and coach the video-stimulus conversation until the student can keep talking.
- Train listening comprehension at natural speaking speed.
- Keep characters fresh with regular dictation and spaced review of the words each student tends to lose.
- Mark picture compositions, essays, comprehension and cloze against the MOE band descriptors, and explain each mark to the student.
- After lessons, send a short progress note in plain English to the student, and for a Primary pupil to the parent or guardian who registered them.
- Keep a steady weekly slot so the student has a fixed time to use Mandarin.
What we are looking for
- Fluent spoken Mandarin with clear standard pronunciation. This is required because students copy your tones and pacing directly for their oral exam.
- Strong written Chinese in simplified characters, with Hanyu Pinyin. This is required because the MOE papers are written and marked in simplified characters.
- Working English. This is required because many students think in English first and most messages to us arrive in English.
- Your own school-leaving Chinese results, a degree in Chinese language or education, or a record of teaching children and teenagers.
- Familiarity with the MOE Chinese syllabus, or the willingness to learn its papers and marking bands before your first lesson.
Pay
Hourly rate for this role
Starting from S$11 per hour
This is where pay starts. It rises with the level you teach and the experience you bring, is agreed before you accept an assignment, and is paid on schedule.
Teaching online from where you live
This role is 100% online and taught from where you live. Online lessons are taught from outside Singapore unless you are eligible to work in Singapore. You start with students in Singapore, and as intake grows Eduprime may also offer you students from other countries. Each offer depends on learners asking for your subject and level.
Your setup
Your teaching setup
What you need
- A computer with a working camera and a microphone that picks up tones cleanly, because a student imitating a third tone needs to hear exactly what you said.
- A digital pen tablet or a touchscreen for writing characters on a shared whiteboard, so strokes and stroke order show clearly.
- A stable broadband connection that holds a video call for a full lesson, with a quiet room to teach from.
- Free hours that line up with Singapore after-school time on weekdays (UTC+8) and with Saturday or Sunday slots in Singapore time.
How it works
How to join
- 01
Apply on this page
Tell us the levels you teach, your Chinese background and the hours you are free in Singapore time.
- 02
Create your educator account
After applying, you set up your educator account through the link we give you, where you add your profile, subjects and teaching hours.
- 03
Short screening call
We meet you over video to hear your Mandarin, check your English and talk through how you would handle a reluctant speaker.
- 04
Get matched
When a student asks for Chinese at a level and time you cover, we offer you the match and set the first lesson.
Inside a one-to-one Chinese lesson on screen
A typical hour on the video call settles into a rhythm that suits the language. Many tutors open with a short spelling round of words from the student's current school chapter: you read each word aloud, the student writes it by hand, then holds the page up to the camera or sends a photo so you can check every character together.
The middle of the lesson is where the real teaching sits. With a Primary learner that may mean reading a passage aloud, stopping to unpack new words, and building sentences that use them. With a Secondary student it may mean working through a comprehension passage, discussing why one answer earns the marks and another does not, or planning a composition paragraph by paragraph.
Spoken Chinese gets its own slot. One-to-one online work is well suited to oral practice, because the student has your full attention and you hear every tone clearly through a good headset. Close with a quick recap of the new words and a small, specific task for the days before you meet again, so the next lesson starts from something the student has already tried.
Seeing and marking handwritten characters online
Chinese is the subject where showing working matters most, since a character is judged stroke by stroke. Writing with your stylus on a pen tablet or a shared whiteboard, you can form a character slowly while the student watches the order of strokes, then ask them to copy it on their side of the board. Tutors who prefer real paper can set the character under a document camera instead.
For longer pieces such as compositions, a simple routine helps. The student photographs or scans the page before the lesson, you mark it on screen in a contrasting colour, and the two of you go through the corrections live. Circle the characters with a missing or extra stroke, underline phrases that sound translated from English, and suggest one stronger expression for each paragraph.
A tidy screen keeps every character legible. Share one document at a time, enlarge the text so small radicals are easy to read, and save each marked piece in a folder the student can return to before a test.
- Ask for photos taken straight on and in good light, so every stroke is readable
- Keep a running list of characters the student often miswrites and revisit it each week
- Write model sentences live, so the student sees how a phrase is built
Where Primary and Secondary students tend to get stuck
At Primary level the usual hurdles are character recall, tones and confidence in speaking. A learner may recognise a word when reading yet freeze when asked to write it, so short, frequent recall practice works better than long copying sessions. Picture-based tasks, where the student describes a scene aloud or in writing, reward a tutor who builds vocabulary around everyday situations.
In Secondary school the demands shift towards comprehension, longer compositions and functional writing such as emails and letters. Students often know the words but use them in the wrong context, or write sentences that follow English word order. Your work is to show how an idea is phrased naturally in Chinese and to give the student set expressions they can use with confidence.
Across both levels, oral and listening components deserve steady attention. Students who speak little Chinese at home benefit from regular, relaxed conversation on topics close to their own lives, which builds fluency and the habit of giving a full, reasoned answer.
Chinese lessons through spelling lists, orals and written papers
Chinese tutoring follows the Singapore school calendar closely. In the first weeks of each term the focus is usually on keeping pace with new chapters and spelling lists. As class tests, weighted assessments and end-of-year examinations approach, lessons turn towards past-style practice, timed compositions and revision of weak areas.
National examination season brings its own shape for students sitting PSLE or the O-Level. The Chinese oral examination comes before the written papers, so oral practice tends to move up the plan earlier in the year, followed by written revision closer to the papers. Where a younger child is preparing, a brief word with the parent or guardian about the revision plan keeps everyone aligned.
School holidays open up daytime slots, which suit catch-up work, reading longer texts or a fresh start before the new year's syllabus. With slots settled learner by learner, your week can bend to these seasons and still fit your own commitments.
Questions
Questions about teaching Chinese online
Can I teach Chinese from another country?
Yes. Every lesson is online and you give it from the country you live in. A tutor who is in Singapore gives these online lessons only while eligible to work in Singapore.
Why do you need both Mandarin and English?
Every lesson is taught in Mandarin to the MOE papers, so fluent Mandarin and simplified characters are required. Many students think in English first, and most of the messages we pass on are written in English, so working English is required too.
Which levels will I teach?
Primary and Secondary Chinese on the MOE syllabus, including PSLE and O-Level preparation. Tutors who are confident with Higher Chinese can take those students as well.
Do I need to know the Singapore syllabus already?
It helps, and it is something you can learn. Before your first lesson you should know the paper format for your level, the oral components and how compositions are banded.
Could I teach students from other countries?
Possibly. You start with students in Singapore. Learners in other countries who want Mandarin on the Singapore syllabus also reach Eduprime, and when they ask for your level and hours we may offer them to you.
How are lesson times set?
Lesson times are set in Singapore time and agreed with you before the first lesson. Most students ask for weekday evenings and weekends, and we keep the same weekly slot once it is agreed.
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