French language teacher - Salary and Career
Teachers in higher education language and literature

French language teacher - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They teach classes, courses and seminars and carry out research in the areas of linguistics and literature, guide students, carry out pedagogical-administrative, assessment and professional qualification activities, organize the production of knowledge in the area, disseminate scientific knowledge, provide advice and consultancy.

How much does an French language teacher earn

A French language teacher earns between $1.388 and $15.688 per month, with an average monthly salary of $5.442 and a median salary of $4.486 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 63 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the French language teacher

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 5.442 65.301 1.360 38
1º Quartile 1.388 16.654 347 10
Median Salary 4.486 53.832 1.122 31
3º Quartile 11.964 143.569 2.991 83
Higher Salary 15.688 188.252 3.922 109


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • teaching professionals
      • higher education teachers
        • teachers in higher education language and literature

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Main workplaces

Teachers in higher education language and literature the positions of this CBO family perform their functions in institutions and establishments whose activities are related to teaching, culture and research and development. Generally, they are hired as salaried workers, with a formal contract, work individually, in pairs and in work teams, carry out activities with occasional supervision, in closed environments, usually during the day, the exercise of work can occur from face-to-face and in a distance learning system. Professionals in some of the occupations may be subject to stress and may be exposed to the action of intense noise.


What does it take to work in the field of Teachers in higher education language and literature

These occupations are performed by people with higher education in the area of letters, usually postgraduates. For the full exercise of the functions, no professional experience is required, except for the occupations of professors of philology and textual criticism and professors of comparative literature. Admission to professional practice in public universities is by tender.


Functions and activities of French language teacher

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

  • organize the production of knowledge in the area;
  • divulgar scientific knowledge;
  • guide students;
  • delivering classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • organizing the production of knowledge in the area;
  • provide advisory and consulting;
  • perform pedagogical-administrative activities;
  • advise students;
  • carry out research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • organizing knowledge production in the area;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • render advice and consultancy;
  • provide advice and consultancy;
  • advising students;
  • perform research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • teaching classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • conduct research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • disseminating scientific knowledge;
  • demonstrate personal competences;
  • minister classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • provide advice and consultancy;
  • perform research in the fields of language, linguistics and literature;
  • orient students;
  • provide advisory and consultancy;
  • perform professional qualification activities;
  • disseminate scientific knowledge;
  • perform assessment activities;
  • provide assistance and consultancy;
  • organize knowledge production in the area;

  • Activities

    • prepare exams for competitions (vestibular, admission, selection of teachers, etc.);
    • assess student needs;
    • orient specialization works;
    • perform proofreading of texts and translations;
    • advising doctoral theses;
    • represent peers in committees external to the institution;
    • promoting seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;
    • advise master's dissertations;
    • assess the reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;
    • follow specialization, improvement, extension courses, etc;
    • elaborate master's thesis;
    • elaborate didactic and paradidactic material;
    • participate in the correction of exams;
    • demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;
    • master the historical-theoretical-methodological foundations of the area;
    • discussing the use of language front to economic, social and political demands;
    • promoting the study of texts;
    • discussing social and cultural issues, in class;
    • promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos etc.;
    • collect data and materials for research;
    • evaluate teaching, research and extension activities;
    • promote scientific and cultural exchanges;
    • update in academic career;
    • stimulate critical thinking in students;
    • elaborate dictionaries;
    • indicate bibliography;
    • elaborate a doctoral thesis;
    • organizing diplomatic issues;
    • demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;
    • hold lectures, conferences, etc;
    • plan and implement curriculum;
    • orient monitoring work;
    • elaborate opinions for scientific publications;
    • plan budget;
    • develop scientific working methodologies;
    • orient specialization works;
    • demonstrate instrumental mastery of a foreign language;
    • conduct seminars to discuss partial research results;
    • analyze communication processes in institutions;
    • update syllabus;
    • proceed with ethics in interpersonal and professional relationships;
    • elaborate opinions for research funding agencies;
    • develop language and literature textbooks;
    • perform publishing activities;
    • perform self-assessment;
    • evaluate the development of students in the course;
    • relate theory and practice;
    • perform interdisciplinary studies;
    • advise course completion papers - tcc;
    • organize anthologies;
    • elaborate opinions for publishers;
    • organize and edit scientific publications;
    • disclose student production;
    • demonstrate ability for analysis and synthesis;
    • participate in the organization of examining boards;
    • participate in national and international scientific and cultural exchanges;
    • participate in discussions about the area, via the internet;
    • research the use of new technologies to support the area;
    • elaborate language and literature textbooks;
    • writing entries;
    • supervise master's dissertations;
    • demonstrate ability to interact with students;
    • participate in an academic and scientific award jury;
    • advise course completion projects - tcc;
    • organize critical editions;
    • perform a bibliographic survey;
    • structuring pedagogical projects in the area;
    • study new technologies to support teaching;
    • participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do etc.);
    • proceed ethically in interpersonal and professional relationships;
    • organizing anthologies;
    • participate in a cultural award jury;
    • conduct theoretical-methodological discussions with the students;
    • orient specialization work;
    • select texts for study;
    • develop and implement extension projects;
    • present papers at scientific conferences;
    • participate in national and international academic, scientific and cultural events;
    • define syllabus;
    • select didactic and paradidactic material ( books, tapes, videos etc);
    • elaborate glossaries;
    • organize literary competitions;
    • promote seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;
    • prepare assessment instruments;
    • update your academic career;
    • guide course completion works - tcc;
    • writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;
    • organizing linguistic atlases;
    • prepare reports and monographs;
    • elaborating literary criticism;
    • develop extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;
    • analyze data and research materials;
    • suggest purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;
    • perform theoretical-methodological discussions;
    • schedule the use of support;
    • plan and implement curricula;
    • perform bibliographic update;
    • delivering distance learning courses ;
    • orient scientific initiation work;
    • promoting studies on interrelationships of different languages;
    • give individual assistance to students;
    • structuring pedagogical projects in the area;
    • writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;
    • develop postdoctoral activities;
    • organize linguistic atlases;
    • promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;
    • participate in meetings of research lines and groups;
    • to prepare language proficiency exams;
    • update yourself in academic career;
    • demonstrate ability to transmit scientific knowledge, clearly;
    • participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do, etc.);
    • supervise internships;
    • publish translations of texts;
    • elaborate literary criticism;
    • assess reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;
    • provide financial resources for research;
    • articulate knowledge of different areas;
    • advise scientific initiation work;
    • demonstrate reflective ability;
    • analyze methodological principles of the area;
    • perform text review and translations;
    • establish assessment criteria;
    • suggest the purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;
    • organize didactic editions of literary works;
    • organize didactic editions for language teaching;
    • provide assistance to research funding agencies;
    • assemble a research team;
    • evaluate the written production of students;
    • exercise positions of leadership, direction, supervision and coordination;
    • promoting the study of texts;
    • elaborate a master's thesis;
    • develop language proficiency exams;
    • make scientific production available, via printed, electronic and digital media;
    • discussing the application of the study of language in professional practice;
    • suggest translations, publications, etc., for publishers;
    • make scientific production available via printed, electronic and digital media;
    • demonstrate leadership ability;
    • analyze the interrelationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language;
    • evaluate curriculum;
    • promoting inter and transdisciplinary studies;
    • write texts related to research;
    • guide course completion papers - tcc;
    • orient students in the presentation of work;
    • translate texts;
    • update bibliographic collection of the area in the institution;
    • make didactic-pedagogical knowledge available, via printed, electronic and digital means;
    • organize scientific and cultural events;
    • participate in committees to establish evaluation criteria for tenders;
    • work as a team;
    • carry out interdisciplinary studies;
    • schedule research activities;
    • work as a team;
    • provide didactic-pedagogical knowledge, via printed, electronic and digital means;
    • study new technologies to support research;
    • organizing didactic editions for language teaching;
    • elaborate notes and book reviews;
    • participate in boards;
    • elaborate opinions for research funding bodies;
    • evaluate the course's pedagogical project;
    • provide assistance to educational institutions;
    • publish works;
    • organize schedules, schedules, etc;
    • prepare course programs;
    • advise doctoral theses;
    • evaluate national course exam;
    • relate specific knowledge of the area to sociocultural issues;
    • discuss curricular proposals;
    • distribute disciplines;
    • provide advice to public bodies;
    • organizing literary competitions;
    • promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies;
    • schedule language laboratory activities and informatics;
    • provide advice to educational institutions;
    • discuss student production results;
    • develop projects;
    • participate in the preparation of curricular proposals;
    • discussing the use of the language front to economic, social and political demands;


    Sectors that hire French language teacher the most in the job market

    • language teaching
    • elementary school
    • high school
    • child education - pre-school
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • other teaching activities
    • activities of associative organizations linked to culture and art
    • computer training
    • professional and management development training
    • experimental research and development in physical and natural sciences




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