DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHER AND A BILINGUAL PRIMARY TEACHER.

Foreign language teachers teach the foreign language, but bilingual teachers teach other subjects using the foreign language (Science and Art in our case).

Foreign language teachers have to master reading, speaking, listening and writing, focusing on
an appropriate use of the language (grammar, vocabulary…). Bilingual teachers have to master reading, speaking, listening and writing, focusing on oral expression in order to teach the subject (fluency).

Foreign language teachers teach language, but bilingual teachers teach subjects in the foreign language, I mean, they use language in other context apart from foreign language classes.

Foreign language teachers have studied a degree specialized in that language. Bilingual teachers have studied a degree specialized in that language (this is my case) or any other speciality, and then to pass a test called B-2 level (European regulation) to acquire the bilingual condition to teach as bilingual primary teacher in an English section.

We do not have to compare both kind of jobs, they are different in its functions and requirements. Both posts are complementary because they look to arrive to the same objective, the learning of a foreign language in different contexts.