Education & TrainingO*NET: 25-1124.00
Will AI Replace Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary?
Teach languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
71out of 100
High Risk
AI Risk Score
71/100
Risk Level
High
Job Zone
5/5
Advanced
Total Tasks Analyzed
20
🤖 What AI Can Do
- ▸Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- ▸Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- ▸Organize and direct study abroad programs.
- ▸Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
👤 What Requires Humans
- ▸Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- ▸Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- ▸Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
Task Breakdown
🤖AI Can Automate (4)
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Organize and direct study abroad programs.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
👤Requires Humans (3)
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
⚡AI-Assisted (13)
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as how to speak and write a foreign language and the cultural aspects of areas where a particular language is used.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in scholarly journals, books, or electronic media.
- Keep abreast of developments in their field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional organizations and activities.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
Key Skills Analysis
Speaking
Importance: 4.12/5.00
Reading ComprehensionAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 4.00/5.00
Active Listening
Importance: 4.00/5.00
WritingAI-Vulnerable
Importance: 4.00/5.00
Learning Strategies
Importance: 4.00/5.00
InstructingAI-Resistant
Importance: 4.00/5.00
Active LearningAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.88/5.00
Critical ThinkingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.75/5.00
Monitoring
Importance: 3.62/5.00
Complex Problem SolvingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.50/5.00
Judgment and Decision MakingAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.50/5.00
Social PerceptivenessAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.25/5.00
CoordinationAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Time ManagementAI-Resistant
Importance: 3.00/5.00
Service OrientationAI-Resistant
Importance: 2.88/5.00
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67/100 — High Risk
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28/100 — Low Risk
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28/100 — Low Risk
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Frequently Asked Questions
Based on our analysis, Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary have a high risk of AI replacement with a score of 71/100. Many routine tasks in this role can be automated, but human oversight remains important.
Last updated: 2026-03-28· Data from O*NET 30.2 & Frey/Osborne automation research