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| Body | FROM: Peter K. Marsh, Ph.D. Program Assistant, Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR) Indiana University, Coulter Hall 255, 1925 E. Seventh Street, Bloomington IN 47405 (812) 856-1230; fax: (812) 856-1206; e-mail: pmarsh@indiana.edu ****************************************** Director of Language Curriculum Development, Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region, Indiana University (pending position approval) Position Available: The Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR), a government-funded center based at Indiana University, is currently seeking a full-time experienced specialist in materials development and proficiency-based language teaching to direct its curricular development program for Central Asian languages from August 2003 to July 2006 (pending renewable funding). The Center, with major support from a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Language Resource Center grant, is developing introductory and intermediate materials for five languages. Currently, work has begun on two languages, Pashto (Afghanistan and Pakistan) and Uyghur (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China). In 2003-04, curriculum development for Tajik and Uzbek will begin; in 2004-05,curriculum development for Turkmen will be added. The position is at the rank of Academic Specialist (non-tenured). Requirements and Responsibilities: The successful applicant should have a Masters degree, or preferably a Ph.D., in applied linguistics or a closely related discipline. The candidate should have extensive experience working with less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) and have intermediate language ability in one of these. The specialist must be experienced in designing curricular materials for LCTLs, be familiar with task-based, proficiency-based, and communicative approaches to materials design, and be able to conduct workshops on a range of topics in curriculum development and language pedagogy for center staff. He or she will provide overall direction and supervision for each of the Center's five curriculum development language projects noted above. Center staff includes native-speaking language developers for each language, curriculum development and computer assisted language learning (CALL) specialists, and programming staff. The goal of each language project is to produce proficiency-oriented course materials for beginning and intermediate levels of language instruction, in print and electronic (CD-ROM, Web) form, and to teach these languages during the eight-week intensive summer language institutes held annually in Bloomington. Application Procedure: Applications should contain a cover letter with a detailed explanation of relevant experience and approach to materials development and language teaching; a current CV; contact information for three references; and samples of work or publications. Applications should be sent in the following ways: electronically to celcar@indiana.edu, by fax to (812) 856-1206; or in hard copy to Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region, Indiana University, Coulter Hall 255, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. For full consideration, applications should arrive no later than June 6, 2003. For further information about this position, contact Dr. Roxana Ma Newman; telephone (812) 856-2556; E-mail: rmnewman@indiana.edu. Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. |
| Source | Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region, Indiana University |
| Inputdate | 2003-05-28 00:07:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2003-05-28 00:07:00 |
| Expdate | 2003-06-06 00:00:00 |
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