How to become a Language Teacher

Official title: Language Teachers (Excluding School Teachers)

Teaches foreign language courses outside the formal education system.

Main tasks

• Design and prepare teaching materials and set students' learning schedules
• Assess students' abilities, levels and needs to set learning goals
• Set and mark assignments and prepare placement tests
• Assess, record and report on students' progress
• Design special teaching plans for other teachers to help students continue their language studies

Ways in

• University department: Arts & Humanities degrees, Offered by 96 universities in Taiwan

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$457,000 a year
• Demand for Education jobs is projected at about 444,000 in 2024 and about 435,000 in 2030. (-2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Language Teacher?

Ways in include: Arts & Humanities degrees.

How much does a Language Teacher earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$457,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Language Teacher a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change -2% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Language Teacher?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026