Skills
53 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
6 skills
Essential skills / competences
20 skills
Optional knowledge
4 skills
Optional skills / competences
23 skills
Overview
Language school teacher work is about teaching a non-native language to adults or mixed-age learners in a specialised school, often for work, migration, study or leisure needs.
In job descriptions, look for lesson planning, speaking and writing practice, ESOL or language classes, learner assessment, online training, classroom management, feedback and adaptation to each group’s language level.
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Language school teachers plan practical language lessons for learners who may need speaking, writing, listening and reading for work, immigration, exams or daily life. Classes are often interactive and may be in person or online.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include preparing lesson content, teaching languages, supervising spoken language learning, assessing students, adapting teaching to target groups and giving constructive feedback. Some roles focus on ESOL, literacy, business language, exams or migrant integration.
Salary context
Salary context depends on class size, learner level, online or classroom delivery, assessment duties, course design responsibility and whether the teacher handles specialist exam or workplace-language preparation.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward course coordination, curriculum development, teacher mentoring, language exam preparation, online training design, education administration or specialist teaching for adults, migrants or professional groups.
Good to know
Check which language, learner group, course purpose and assessment method the advert names. A clear vacancy separates conversation practice, exam preparation, literacy work and workplace-language teaching.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Other language teachers (2353)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9711dcfc-d9a8-4fba-9c5e-8428d8bcb53e |
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| ESCO code | 2353.1 |
| ISCO group | 2353 |
| Concept type | Occupation |