Professor of french literature - Salary and Career
Teachers in higher education language and literature

Professor of french literature - 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 Professor of french literature earn

A Professor of french literature earns between $1.470 and $4.425 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.104 and a median salary of $1.534 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 6 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Professor of french literature

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.104 25.244 526 17
1º Quartile 1.470 17.640 368 12
Median Salary 1.534 18.408 384 13
3º Quartile 3.375 40.500 844 28
Higher Salary 4.425 53.105 1.106 36


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 Professor of french literature

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Professor of french literature the most in the job market

    • language teaching
    • elementary school




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