Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

44% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

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Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors' was $60,560, or $29 per hour

'Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors' were paid 26.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

Comments

Zain (Highly likely) 4 months ago

English Instructors are beat out by LLMs like ChatGPT that could explain English concepts better than any fresh graduate with an English degree.

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Sandra (Moderate) 9 months ago

Some aspects of teaching such as grading, creating materials, tracking performance, monitoring process can be automated. However, emotional support, motivation, guidance regarding learning techniques, spontaneous communication can be better performed by an excellent teacher.

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Jeff (Uncertain) 2 years ago

Strategies for language acquisition vary a lot between individuals. Good language teaching requires a humanistic approach, which by definition, excludes total automation. Good teachers help embed memories of new vocabulary, not just by repetition and correction, but by observation of students that they then use to help them find individualised strategies for getting rid of errors. Also, there is the social element of attending language lessons that AI can't (yet) facilitate. However, as an industry, TEFL is not as valued as it probably should be. As such, I think people may be happy to have a lesser quality of teaching if it is cheaper, and then supplement their learning by language exchanges and conversation classes. Either way, I don't really see total domination of the industry by AI.

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Carina (Low) 2 years ago

Most students prefer in person classes with their instructor.

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Mostafa (Low) 2 years ago

Maybe I'm wrong, but robots must be programmed to understand local speeches and cultures in every countryside around the world. They should work like a mediator figure between the learners and their local speech and culture.

That's going to be crazy! Especially when speeches and cultures change over time, you'll always need new robots to be compatible with that change. But finally, all that would be possible.

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Daniel (Low) 5 years ago

Initial education training requires a lot of face-to-face accompaniment from human tutors.

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