LINGUIST List 7.1570

Wed Nov 6 1996

Jobs: Second language acquisition, Communication Studies

Editor for this issue: Susan Robinson <robinsonemunix.emich.edu>

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2. Robinson, Position announcement/Communication Studies

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

 Assistant Professor (one year temporary appointment) The
Linguistics Program at the University of South Carolina seeks a
specialist in second language acquisition theory and TEFL methodology.
Candidate must have at least one additional specialization, such as
first language acquisition, sociolinguistics, discourse
analysis/pragmatics, syntax or morphology, and a strong background in
general linguistics. Ph.D. by date of appointment required.
Experience in training TEFL teachers valuable. The appointment will
be made in the English Department and will involve teaching primarily
graduate linguistics courses, plus thesis and dissertation supervision
in SLA/TEFL. The interdisciplinary Linguistics Program is composed of
12 core faculty members with appointments in 6 different departments
and 17 consulting faculty. The program offers a Ph.D. and M.A. in
Linguistics and a TEFL Certificate. Approximately half of our 65
graduate students choose SLA/TEFL as their special field. Screening
of applicants will begin December 1st, to continue until the position
is filled. Interviews will be conducted at the LSA meeting in January
1997. Send

- vitae
- transcripts
- one representative publication
- the names of three referees
- a cover letter describing qualification and teaching and research
interests
to Carol Myers-Scotton, Director, Linguistics Program, University of
South Carolina, Columbia 29208. AA/EEO. Minorities and women are
encouraged to apply.


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 * Carol Myers-Scotton, Director, Linguistics Program *
 * University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 *
 * Phone: (803)777-2258/2063 Fax: (803)777-9064 *
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Position announcement/Communication Studies


The Department of English at Aoyama Gakuin University, Shibuya, Tokyo,
is now inviting applications for a full-time tenured position in
Communication Studies. Appointment will be at the rank of
Professor/Associate Professor or Instructor, depending on
qualifications and experience. Ph.D is required, as is native speaker
proficiency in Japanese. Ph.D specialization should be in one or more
of the following areas;
-interpersonal communication
-intercultural communication
-journalism, media and mass communications
-semiotics
-rhetoric

Employment will be from April 1st, 1998. Qualified candidates should
submit a) a curriculum vitae b) a list of publications c) 3 samples of
recent publications d) names, addresses and telephone numbers of three
referees. These should be submitted by February 10th, 1997, to the
following address:

Faculty Search Committee/Professor Tsutomu Makino
The Department of English,
Aoyama Gakuin University,
4-4-25 Shibuya,
Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo 150
JAPAN.