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.
Skill level:
Highly skilled
Check your Wage
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Other language teachers - from $2,684 to $7,301 per month - 2024.
- A Other language teachers typically earns between $2,684 and $4,413 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $3,109 and $5,242 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
Salary Calculator
Tasks and duties
- Assessing the level of ability and the extent of language difficulties of students, and establishing students' needs and learning goals
- Planning, preparing and delivering lessons and workshops for groups and individuals, with content and rate of progression adapted to students’ abilities and needs
- Designing and producing teaching materials and adapting existing materials
- Assessing students' progress
- Assisting students in classroom settings where subjects are taught in a language other than the students’ native language
- Providing assistance to other teachers by designing special teaching programs for students still learning the main language of instruction
- Assigning and correcting work, and preparing and grading exams
- Assessing, recording and reporting on students’ progress
