French teacher can work in any educational institution. It is important to know your subject at the highest level. The more skills and experience, the higher the salary a candidate can apply for. Additional necessary skills depend on the desired place of work.
Features
French teacher is a teacher who is able to teach people of any age the French language. The teacher can work in preschool and school institutions, institutes and educational courses. It is important that the candidate knows how to find a common language with both children and adults. It should be able to motivate students to learn the language independently, to encourage them for achievements.
A language teacher must implement the requirements set by federal educational standards. Only those people who have higher specialized education can work in educational institutions.
It is important to know French at a high level, but it is even more important to be able to teach it. This distinguishes the teacher from translators and other specialists.
Advantages and disadvantages
The teacher can work in different institutions and with students of different ages. Many advantages and disadvantages of the profession are directly related to these factors. However, there are common advantages in working as a French teacher:
- creative position allows you to constantly improve and develop your own skills;
- I have an opportunity independently develop training programs and experiment with them;
- can receive various research grants;
- teachers call respect in society;
- the teacher can leave in the summer on vacation for 2 months;
- have the opportunity to work in private institutions with high salaries;
- can combine The main work with tutoring.
Not everyone can work as a French teacher. It is worth noting that such activities require organization and restraint. Love for children and the subject will make work more enjoyable. The main disadvantages of the profession:
- high emotional stress - this is due to the peculiarity of the students and the need to invest great moral resources;
- quite often teachers work irregular hours
- salary is directly related to the region and place of work;
- school teachers often have to take work home and sometimes you have to check notebooks, and in some cases - fill out reports;
- a lot of paper work - the teacher must form a training plan and report on it, it is also necessary to fill out magazines and other documentation;
- is necessary keep your emotions under control and find a common language with different people.
Responsibilities
A French teacher has quite a few tasks. The full list may vary depending on the place of work. Main responsibilities:
- conducting lessons;
- organization of various types of classes;
- knowledge testing, additionally it is necessary to draw up tasks;
- knowledge control with the help of intermediate and final certifications;
- conducting scientific activity;
- participation in conferences and meetings of the teaching staff;
- drawing up curricula, teaching aids;
- filling out reports and maintaining documentation.
The main task of the teacher is to help students learn French. In this case, you must be able to find an approach to students with different abilities and characteristics.
Among other things, the teacher must monitor and regulate the discipline. In some cases, it is necessary to maintain contact with the parents.
Skills and knowledge
Only French specialists can carry out professional activities in teaching the French language. Necessary skills:
- High level French language skills
- ability to work with a lot of information;
- knowledge of the basics of pedagogy and psychology;
- ability to express their thoughts competently and clearly;
- organization of the learning process;
- the ability to find a common language with various students.
Training
The French teacher must have a higher specialized education. You can get it in absolutely any city. At the same time, training continues throughout the career. Teachers constantly attend continuing education courses. So, a specialist must constantly update his skills and knowledge.
Periodically, you need to undergo a retraining program. It allows you to master such additional knowledge:
- Fundamentals of GEF;
- features of compiling a curriculum for learning French;
- adaptation of specialized literature for students of different ages;
- organization of training in the framework of a modern educational system;
- principles of teaching French as a first or second foreign language;
- modern teaching methods;
- conducting extracurricular activities and motivating students to independently study the subject.
