What the work involves

You teach real Spanish lessons — the recording is the deliverable, not the point. Each session is scheduled one-on-one with a native English speaker whose proficiency may sit anywhere from absolute beginner to conversationally comfortable, and you'll be given a topic and a lesson structure to work within. Sessions must clear 20 minutes and typically land between 20 and 30. The quality bar is conversational density: substantive back-and-forth, learner talk time, correction that doesn't derail momentum, and no long stretches of dead air or drift into small talk about the weather.

Because the output feeds language-learning and speech data work, consistency matters as much as brilliance. Following the provided structure, staying on the assigned topic, and starting on time are graded behaviours, not administrative niceties. Tutors who improvise a better lesson than the one specified tend to create unusable recordings.

What the screening looks for

  • Verifiable Spanish teaching or tutoring history — at least three years, with specifics on setting, learner level, and format
  • Concrete experience with native English speakers, including the errors that population reliably makes (ser/estar, subjunctive avoidance, false friends, por/para)
  • Fluency demonstrated live: expect to speak Spanish during the screen and to be pushed on register, regional variety, and how you'd simplify without slowing to a crawl
  • Willingness to be recorded, and a real answer about scheduling reliability

Regional background is not a filter. Tutors from Spain, Mexico, the Southern Cone, the Caribbean and elsewhere are all in scope; being able to name your variety and adapt when a learner has trained on another one is an asset.

Logistics

Fully remote, scheduled rather than async — you pick slots but you must show up in them. Roughly seven hours a week over about three weeks, which works out to a handful of sessions per week plus prep. You'll need a quiet room, stable upload bandwidth, and a decent microphone; audio quality problems are the most common reason a recorded session gets rejected. Pay in the $50–60/hr band has been observed for this project; rates on Mercor vary by project and are not guaranteed.