Where can you teach Portuguese?

Become an official Portuguese teacher, private teacher or teacher at a language center?

There are many places where you can practice as a Portuguese teacher . The question now is: what are the structures that best suit your profile?

Are you more interested in teaching Portuguese in language centers, at home, in schools …?

Portuguese teachers have very different profiles: bilingual, native speakers, self-taught, certified teacher, language student … Do you belong to one of these categories?

Becoming an official Portuguese teacher in a public center

Portuguese is part of the languages ​​that are studied as a Second Foreign Language in schools.

To be a high school Portuguese teacher you need to be a graduate or engineer, an engineer or an architect, or a doctor. In addition, it is necessary to complete the Master’s Degree in Secondary Teachers, which in its day replaced the old Pedagogical Adaptation Course (CAP). In addition, as you surely know, to gain access to a fixed place in public schools and institutes, you have to appear for the competitive examinations convened by the State.

Teaching Portuguese in language schools

Teaching in a language school is also a good way to teach Portuguese. These specialized language training centers can offer different types of classes:

• Introductory classes, advanced classes …
• School language support classes,
• Classes for adults,
• Intensive Portuguese courses ,

They are aimed at both students and adults or professionals. Depending on your profile, you could apply for a position to offer your services at a language school. If you are native or perfectly bilingual, it is a good opportunity to make a career in this field.

Share your knowledge of the Portuguese language as a private teacher

On the other hand, you can  give classes at home in Portuguese and Brazilian.

It is not necessary to have a degree, which does not mean that anyone can offer themselves as a Portuguese teacher, but that you have to have some knowledge, obviously.

For this, it is necessary to have certain qualities to effectively transmit knowledge and help students learn to speak Portuguese. Among private tutors of Portuguese, there are very different profiles:

• Portuguese students,
• Bilingual,
• Native people,
• Qualified teachers, etc.

With organization, motivation, patience and empathy, you can perfectly develop your activity as  a  Portuguese teacher  and grow professionally thanks to private lessons.