LINGUIST List 25.2310
Mon
May 26 2014
Jobs: English; Applied
Linguistics: Senior Lecturer (equivalent to
tenured Associate Professor), The University of
Sheffield
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Andrew Lamont <alamontlinguistlist.org>
Date: 23-May-2014
From: Professor Susan
Fitzmaurice Susan Fitzmaurice
<s.fitzmaurice
sheffield.ac.uk>
Subject: English; Applied
Linguistics: Senior Lecturer (equivalent to
tenured Associate Professor), The University of
Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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University or Organization: The University of
Sheffield
Department: School of English
Job Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Web Address:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/
Job Title: Senior Lecturer in Applied
Linguistics (equiv. to tenured Associate
Professor)
Job Rank: Senior Lecturer (equivalent to
tenured Associate Professor)
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics
Required Language(s):
English (eng)
Description:
The School of English wishes to appoint a
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics.
Colleagues in the School of English are known
for their international-quality research in
English Language, Applied Linguistics, Literary
Linguistics, English Literature, Theatre and
Performance, and Creative Writing and much of
this activity is passed onto students through
our research-led approach to learning and
teaching. With over 50 members of academic
staff, the School of English is able to offer
outstanding teaching across a wide range of
subject areas. In recent years five members of
staff have received Senate Awards for Teaching
Excellence, and one of our staff has been
awarded a National Teaching Fellowship.
The post-holder will be expected to provide
research leadership within both their area of
specialism and the School of English as a
whole. You will develop module options in the
field and will contribute to the Master of Arts
(MA) in Applied Linguistics with TESOL and
possibly the MA in Language and Linguistics.
This post offers the opportunity to join a
top-ranking School of English and to direct the
Programme in Applied Linguistics which has an
international reputation and recruits excellent
students from all over the world. You will
contribute significantly to teaching at Masters
level, and be expected to undertake a suitable
administrative role in addition to
demonstrating outreach and public engagement
activities. You will also be involved in the
recruitment and supervision of doctoral
students.
You will have a PhD (or equivalent experience)
in a relevant subject area (second language
acquisition, language teaching methodology,
language testing, English for specific
purposes, corpus linguistics, second language
writing). together with proven teaching
ability, and be able to contribute to existing
modules, as well as developing new modules in
your research specialism. The ability to
contribute to Sheffield’s research profile is
essential for this position.
This post is open ended and has a start date of
1 September 2014.
This post closes on 16 June 2014.
Please visit the application website below and
enter reference UOS008689 to apply for this
post.
Application Deadline: 16-Jun-2014
Web Address for Applications:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/
Contact Information:
Professor Professor Susan Fitzmaurice Susan
Fitzmaurice
Email: s.fitzmaurice
sheffield.ac.uk
Phone: +44 114 222 0213
Page Updated: 11-Jun-2014