Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Instructor field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Instructor majors need many skills, but most especially Learning Strategies. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Instructor majors need more than the average amount of Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Coordination, Equipment Selection, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Persuasion, Learning Strategies, Management of Material Resources, Monitoring, Operation Monitoring, Instructing, Time Management, Critical Thinking, Technology Design, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Systems Evaluation, Active Learning, Systems Analysis, Writing, Mathematics, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Science, Installation, Programming, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Instructor majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Troubleshooting is very distinctive for majors, but the Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Monitoring, Instructing, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Persuasion, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operations Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Science, Technology Design, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Programming, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
