LINGUIST List 36.2339
Mon Aug 04 2025
Internships: Applied Linguistics, Language Documentation: Language Revitalization Fellowship Opportunity, 7000 Languages, remote
Editor for this issue: Valeriia Vyshnevetska <valeriialinguistlist.org>
Date: 01-Aug-2025
From: Stephanie Witkowski <info7000.org>
Subject: Applied Linguistics, Language Documentation: Language Revitalization Fellowship Opportunity, 7000 Languages, remote
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University or Organization: 7000 Languages
Web Address: https://7000.org
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Language Documentation
Duration: 01-Sep-2025 to 31-Dec-2025
Voluntary
Internship Location: remote,
Ideal Qualifications:
- Member of a community with an endangered ancestral language (strongly preferred)
- Ability to plan and implement several projects at once while remaining focused and on schedule
- Attention to detail
- Excellent writing and proofreading skills
- Familiarity with Indigenous, endangered language, and language revitalization issues
- Experience learning or studying a second language
- Comfortability using technology tools, coding, app development, etc.
Description:
7000 Languages is a non-profit organization with the mission to empower communities around the world to teach, learn, and sustain their endangered languages. We are seeking applicants for our 2025 Language Revitalization Cohort.
As a part of the Language Revitalization Fellowship Program, you will work within your community to design and implement online language learning lessons using free language learning technology tools. Meet together as a cohort, and learn about language revitalization tools, practices and strategies (e.g. recording audio, elicitation techniques, curriculum development tools, and more!).
This fellowship is ideal for an independent, driven person who wants to use their passion for language and culture and learn about the fundamentals of project management, language revitalization, and language learning technology.
We strongly encourage applications from individuals seeking to reclaim, revitalize or maintain their ancestral language. Applicants do not need to be currently enrolled in college/university to apply. We welcome candidates from anywhere in the world.
Duties:
- Create online language learning materials
- Work with community and 7000 Languages’ staff to determine the goals, scope & deliverables for language courses
- Manage project and project components, and help keep them on schedule
- Assist communities and engage with your language and/or community through content creation, installing software, designing the courses, writing lessons, and recording audio
- Share best practices for course creation with the community (e.g. ideal recording conditions, file naming conventions, file storing, etc.)
- Maintain course files and keep track of multiple drafts and files
- Use proprietary software and other technology tools to process files for publication
- Share success stories with the 7000 Languages team
- Work on streamlining and developing technology tools and resources for community use
- Work with the 7000 team to build creative marketing content for your assigned language, community and course rollout
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: Fellowship, part-time, 10 hrs. per week, 10 weeks in duration with the possibility of an extension
Pay Range: $20 USD per hour. In addition to this pay range, we are committed to helping fellows attain college credit when/if applicable.
Location: Remote, working in U.S. Time Zone schedules
Dates: September - December 2025
Job Types: Internship/Fellowship, Part-time
Link to Apply: https://forms.gle/SMaSYRSeNWLJwZE4A
Application Deadline: August 24, 2025 11:59 PM ET
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
Web Address for Applications: https://www.7000.org/work-with-us
Page Updated: 04-Aug-2025
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