LINGUIST List 23.533 Wed Feb 01 2012 Jobs: French; Second Language Pedagogy: Teacher, U Sheffield Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Neil Bermel , French; Second Language Pedagogy: Teacher, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Message 1: French; Second Language Pedagogy: Teacher, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Date: 01-Feb-2012 From: Neil Bermel <n.bermelsheffield.ac.uk> Subject: French; Second Language Pedagogy: Teacher, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: University of Sheffield Department: Modern Languages Teaching Centre Job Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom Web Address: http://www.shef.ac.uk/mltc Job Rank: Teacher Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Second Language Pedagogy Required Language(s): French (fra) Description: Job Reference Number: UOS003918 Job Title: Director IWLP/University Teacher or Senior University Teacher Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities Department: Modern Languages Teaching Centre, School of Modern Languages and Linguistics Salary: Grade 8: £37,012 - £44,166 per annum. Potential to progress to £49,689 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution. Grade 9: £46,846 - £52,706 per annum. Potential to progress to £61,078 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution. The School of Modern Languages and Linguistics wishes to recruit a University Teacher, possibly at Senior University Teacher level, who will also serve one or more terms as Director of the Modern Languages Teaching Centre, contributing to a range of critical language initiatives that will shape non-specialist provision and specialist provision for non- linguists at the University for the coming generation. The post-holder will also be able to lead one of the major language programmes within our Centre, preferably the French programme, teaching a range of language modules and overseeing the work of a team of teachers. In addition to running a thriving programme catering to non-specialists and to engineers, mathematicians and scientists with language minors, the post-holder will, as Director of the Centre contribute to the shaping of the University's unique Languages for All programme, which aims to see half our undergraduates studying a language by 2015, and to the ongoing expansion of our language lab facilities into a new Learning Hub by autumn 2012 and to satellite sites thereafter. The Director will provide strategic direction, guidance, and effective line management for the Centre, and will represent the Centre on School, Faculty and University bodies. The post-holder should have an MA or PhD in a relevant subject area (or equivalent experience), as well as proven teaching ability at undergraduate level, ideally with a teaching qualification and experience of teaching one of our major languages, preferably French, to non-native speakers at all levels. Additionally, Senior University Teachers will have a national or international profile in language teaching development or teaching-related research. The Modern Languages Teaching Centre provides teaching in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin, Arabic, Greek and Irish. MLTC staff are involved in a range of innovative teaching and other activities, including: tandem learning; intercultural communication; local schools outreach; and Foreign Languages at Work certificates. The University of Sheffield has been named UK University of the Year in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards. Beating five other shortlisted universities, the University was rewarded for having a strategy 'based on its values and rooted in its founding principles', as well as on its exceptional performance in research, teaching, access, business performance, and involvement in the local community. To apply for this vacancy online please go to the application URL below and search for the job using the reference number above. Application Deadline: 21-Feb-2012 Web Address for Applications: http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs Contact Information: Professor Neil Bermel Email: n.bermelsheffield.ac.uk Phone: 0114 222 7405 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Feb-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.