Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

What the work involves

• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as how to speak and write a foreign language and the cultural aspects of areas where a particular language is used.

What to study

The fields of study the Department of Education links to this occupation, most widely taught first.

• Economics and Foreign Language/LiteratureSee 1 colleges that teach it
• Modern Greek Language and LiteratureSee 3 colleges that teach it
• History and Language/LiteratureSee 2 colleges that teach it
• Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesSee 390 colleges that teach it

Who it suits

O*NET scores every occupation on six interest dimensions. This one leans hardest on these three.

• Helping and teaching

• Analytical and curious

• Creative and expressive

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