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

French teatcher - 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 teatcher earn

A French teatcher 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 teatcher

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 teatcher

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire French teatcher 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
    • experimental research and development in physical and natural sciences
    • building construction
    • child education - day care




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