Skills & competences

Description

Other language teachers teach non-native languages to adults and children who are learning a language for reasons of migration, to fulfil employment requirements or opportunities, to facilitate participation in educational programmes delivered in a foreign language, or for personal enrichment. They work outside the mainstream primary, secondary and higher education systems, or in support of students and teachers within those systems.
Tasks include -
(a) assessing the level of ability and the extent of language difficulties of students, and establishing students’ needs and learning goals;
(b) planning, preparing and delivering lessons and workshops for groups and individuals, with content and rate of progression adapted to students’ abilities and needs;
(c) designing and producing teaching materials and adapting existing materials;
(d) assessing students’ progress;
(e) assisting students in classroom settings where subjects are taught in a language other than the students’ native language;
(f) providing assistance to other teachers by designing special teaching programmes for students still learning the main language of instruction;
(g) assigning and correcting work, and preparing and grading exams;
(h) assessing, recording and reporting on students’ progress.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Intensive language teacher
- Migrant education teacher
- Practical language teacher
- Second language teacher
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- University lecturer - 2310
- Vocational education teacher - 2320
- Secondary school teacher - 2330
- Primary school teacher - 2341