Preceptor in Filipino (Tagalog) https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12251 Preceptor in Indonesian https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12248 Preceptor in Thai https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12252
Other Opportunities
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Temporary Lecturer in Vietnamese Language – University of Washington
The Asian Languages and Literature Department at the University of Washington in Seattle is seeking a full-time, temporary lecturer in Vietnamese language for the 2023-2024 academic year (mid-September to mid-June). Duties include teaching seven Vietnamese …
2022 Chicago Language Symposium – Registration Open!
The 2022 Chicago Language Symposium will be held on April 23, 2022 on the beautiful University of Chicago campus, located on the city’s south side. This year’s symposium is focused on Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) and will discuss topics such as…
Free Webinar Series: Engaging Online Language Learners through SEL
Presented by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai’i – Manoa January 27 – February 24, 2022 Register by January 27th! This series will highlight how online language instructors can use …
University of Chicago Language Center Webinar: Task Based Language Teaching
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is sometimes seen as the latest bandwagon to jump on. Everyone talks about tasks; everyone uses tasks in their classrooms. In fact, TBLT has been an influential approach to second and foreign language education, and evidence for the impact of tasks on language learning is growing. Long (2015, 2016) states that it is probably the strongest empirically supported teaching approach.
However, looking closer at the actual teaching in second or foreign language classrooms a different picture emerges. For many instructors, TBLT is still an innovative approach that deviates from more familiar form-focused teaching methods or the omni-present Presentation-Practice-Production (PPP) paradigm. It can be hard for instructors to incorporate tasks and TBLT principles in the development of their lesson materials (Erlam, 2016) and in their teaching practices (Vandommele, Van den Branden & Van Gorp, 2018)…
Call for Proposals: Edited Volume on Language Program Vitality in the U.S. (Michigan State University)
Center for Language Teaching Advancement Michigan State University Submission Deadline: November 1, 2021 This book will document and address root causes of declining enrollments seen in language programs at U.S. institutions of higher education over …
Call for Proposals: NCOLCTL 25th Annual Virtual Conference
“LCTLS Preparing Nations and Learners for a Multicultural World” Deadline for submission: September 27th, 2021 Notification of acceptance: December 1st, 2021 The 25th annual Virtual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages …
NFMLTA/NCOLCTL Graduate Students Research Support Award
Deadline to Submit: August 23, 2021 Instituted in 2014 by the NFMLTA and the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), this award supports graduate student research in the fields of applied linguistics and …
FREE Advanced Online Teaching Courses for LCTL Instructors
Application Deadline: Friday, May 14, 2021 (only a CV and cover letter required). Click here to learn more about these courses and to apply. As part of the LCTL and Indigenous Languages Partnership’s continued commitment to supporting LCTL …