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

Italian literature 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 Italian literature teacher earn

A Italian literature teacher earns between $3.047 and $7.040 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.700 and a median salary of $3.192 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 4 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Italian literature teacher

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.700 44.401 925 29
1º Quartile 3.047 36.565 762 24
Median Salary 3.192 38.306 798 25
3º Quartile 5.369 64.424 1.342 42
Higher Salary 7.040 84.475 1.760 55


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 Italian literature teacher

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

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

  • Activities

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


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