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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.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.Mostly human for now
- 05Prepare 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.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in scholarly journals, books, or electronic media.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Keep abreast of developments in their field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional organizations and activities.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.Mostly human for now
- 10Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss24%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
53%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 95% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.