LINGUIST List 17.3784

Thu Dec 21 2006

Jobs: Arabic, Standard & Lang Acq: Faculty Research Assistant, U of MD

Editor for this issue: Catherine Adams <catherinlinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Cristina Carucci, Arabic, Standard & Language Acquisition: Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland
Message 1: Arabic, Standard & Language Acquisition: Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland
Date: 20-Dec-2006
From: Cristina Carucci <ccaruccinflc.org>
Subject: Arabic, Standard & Language Acquisition: Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland


University or Organization: University of Maryland Department: National Foreign Language Center Web Address: http://www.personnel.umd.edu/jobposting/cgi-bin/empFAC.idc Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)

Description: The National Foreign Language Center at UMCP has an immediate need for a Faculty Research Assistant to support the Center's "Arabic Variants Identification" project - a multimedia training course intended for use by government foreign language professionals.

Research duties include: assisting instructional designers in conducting Arabic dialect research, coordinating results with the project staff, reviewing content for accuracy, providing audio narration and/or production support in Modern Standard Arabic or other dialects as known, providing status and documentation on technological impacts of fonts, script and language specifics for each dialect, assisting with the final stages of multimedia production and other duties to support the project and deliverables. BA required, MA preferred. Fluency in Arabic is required, native speaker or equivalent is preferred. Written and spoken expertise in Modern Standard Arabic required. Excellent research and organizational skills required. Ability to type accurately in Arabic, to translate Arabic into English and vice-versa is required. Teaching experience with adults, knowledge of language pedagogy and strong English writing skills are highly desirable. Salary is $50-60K depending upon qualifications. Full UMD benefits included.

Send letter, CV & 3 references to resumesnflc.org, attn: Faculty Research Assistant Search.

AA/EEOC.

Application Deadline: Open until filled