As an online reading tutor, your responsibilities are to teach a student how to read and write. Your specific duties include providing literacy instruction, helping students to come up with short and long-term study goals, and providing advice on how to meet those goals. You may work with many different age groups or specialize in a specific group, such as adult literacy students, ESL students, or those who are preparing for the GED or another standardized test. Online reading tutors typically work via virtual services on the internet where they chat or video message with their students.