Portuguese language teacher

How much does an Portuguese language teacher earn

A Portuguese language teacher earns between $1.053 and $12.948 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.935 and a median salary of $2.279 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 1.850 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Portuguese language teacher
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	3.935	47.226	984	32
1º Quartile	1.053	12.635	263	9
Median Salary	2.279	27.351	570	18
3º Quartile	9.875	118.497	2.469	80
Higher Salary	12.948	155.377	3.237	105

Professional job categories

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

Related Positions:

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 Portuguese language teacher

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

minister classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

demonstrate personal skills;

provide advice and consultancy;

guide students;

perform research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

organizing knowledge production in the area;

disseminating scientific knowledge;

disseminate scientific knowledge;

provide advisory and consultancy;

organize knowledge production in the area;

perform research in the fields 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;

organize the production of knowledge in the area;

organizing the production of knowledge in the area;

perform professional qualification activities;

divulgar scientific knowledge;

provide advice and consultancy;

orient students;

perform pedagogical-administrative activities;

delivering classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

provide advisory and consulting;

provide assistance and consultancy;

carry out research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

perform assessment activities;

advising students;

render advice and consultancy;

demonstrate personal competences;

advise students;

Activities

promoting inter and transdisciplinary studies;

promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies;

perform proofreading of texts and translations;

establish assessment criteria;

elaborate a master's thesis;

carry out interdisciplinary studies;

proceed ethically in interpersonal and professional relationships;

perform theoretical-methodological discussions;

present papers at scientific conferences;

schedule research activities;

elaborate master's thesis;

assess the reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;

make didactic-pedagogical knowledge available, via printed, electronic and digital means;

organizing literary competitions;

advise scientific initiation work;

discuss curricular proposals;

analyze the interrelationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language;

update syllabus;

develop extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;

evaluate national course exam;

develop projects;

elaborate glossaries;

participate in national and international academic, scientific and cultural events;

evaluate curriculum;

writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;

participate in boards;

writing entries;

work as a team;

prepare course programs;

assess reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;

organizing diplomatic issues;

elaborate opinions for research funding bodies;

evaluate the development of students in the course;

develop and implement extension projects;

guide course completion papers - tcc;

stimulate critical thinking in students;

provide financial resources for research;

organize anthologies;

update in academic career;

exercise positions of leadership, direction, supervision and coordination;

discussing the use of the language front to economic, social and political demands;

demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;

prepare exams for competitions (vestibular, admission, selection of teachers, etc.);

perform a bibliographic survey;

prepare assessment instruments;

participate in committees to establish evaluation criteria for tenders;

conduct theoretical-methodological discussions with the students;

research the use of new technologies to support the area;

develop postdoctoral activities;

write texts related to research;

suggest translations, publications, etc., for publishers;

provide advice to public bodies;

distribute disciplines;

conduct seminars to discuss partial research results;

study new technologies to support research;

advise doctoral theses;

make scientific production available via printed, electronic and digital media;

disclose student production;

participate in a cultural award jury;

provide advice to educational institutions;

update bibliographic collection of the area in the institution;

analyze data and research materials;

promoting the study of texts;

participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do etc.);

develop language and literature textbooks;

evaluate the written production of students;

perform self-assessment;

orient students in the presentation of work;

promoting studies on interrelationships of different languages;

elaborate opinions for research funding agencies;

provide didactic-pedagogical knowledge, via printed, electronic and digital means;

promoting the study of texts;

promote scientific and cultural exchanges;

organize scientific and cultural events;

articulate knowledge of different areas;

evaluate the course's pedagogical project;

supervise internships;

provide assistance to research funding agencies;

promoting seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;

prepare reports and monographs;

give individual assistance to students;

schedule language laboratory activities and informatics;

orient specialization works;

advising doctoral theses;

organizing linguistic atlases;

elaborating literary criticism;

perform publishing activities;

update your academic career;

evaluate teaching, research and extension activities;

orient specialization works;

provide assistance to educational institutions;

perform bibliographic update;

to prepare language proficiency exams;

define syllabus;

discuss student production results;

demonstrate reflective ability;

organize and edit scientific publications;

discussing the use of language front to economic, social and political demands;

participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do, etc.);

update yourself in academic career;

elaborate dictionaries;

discussing the application of the study of language in professional practice;

structuring pedagogical projects in the area;

organizing didactic editions for language teaching;

indicate bibliography;

promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos etc.;

discussing social and cultural issues, in class;

participate in the organization of examining boards;

supervise master's dissertations;

elaborate notes and book reviews;

analyze communication processes in institutions;

advise course completion projects - tcc;

select didactic and paradidactic material ( books, tapes, videos etc);

orient scientific initiation work;

follow specialization, improvement, extension courses, etc;

assess student needs;

publish works;

analyze methodological principles of the area;

demonstrate ability for analysis and synthesis;

elaborate literary criticism;

translate texts;

participate in an academic and scientific award jury;

schedule the use of support;

make scientific production available, via printed, electronic and digital media;

orient specialization work;

promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;

elaborate a doctoral thesis;

participate in the correction of exams;

perform interdisciplinary studies;

study new technologies to support teaching;

demonstrate ability to interact with students;

organize literary competitions;

suggest purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;

guide course completion works - tcc;

organize didactic editions for language teaching;

select texts for study;

hold lectures, conferences, etc;

represent peers in committees external to the institution;

elaborate opinions for publishers;

plan and implement curriculum;

publish translations of texts;

develop language proficiency exams;

assemble a research team;

collect data and materials for research;

demonstrate instrumental mastery of a foreign language;

organize schedules, schedules, etc;

participate in discussions about the area, via the internet;

relate specific knowledge of the area to sociocultural issues;

advise master's dissertations;

advise course completion papers - tcc;

elaborate didactic and paradidactic material;

demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;

delivering distance learning courses ;

orient monitoring work;

writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;

proceed with ethics in interpersonal and professional relationships;

promote seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;

master the historical-theoretical-methodological foundations of the area;

organize didactic editions of literary works;

elaborate language and literature textbooks;

elaborate opinions for scientific publications;

participate in meetings of research lines and groups;

participate in the preparation of curricular proposals;

demonstrate leadership ability;

organize critical editions;

suggest the purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;

work as a team;

organize linguistic atlases;

participate in national and international scientific and cultural exchanges;

organizing anthologies;

structuring pedagogical projects in the area;

plan and implement curricula;

develop scientific working methodologies;

plan budget;

perform text review and translations;

relate theory and practice;

demonstrate ability to transmit scientific knowledge, clearly;

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

elementary school
high school
child education - pre-school
general public administration
child education - day care
other teaching activities
activities of associations for the defense of social rights
higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
preparatory courses for contests
technical level vocational education

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