LINGUIST List 9.203

Wed Feb 11 1998

Jobs: EFL, Applied Ling, Computational Ling

Editor for this issue: Brett Churchill <brettlinguistlist.org>

Directory

  • HSINTL, Teach in China
  • grahamt, Applied Linguistics
  • Robin Cooper, Postdoc computational semantics

    Message 1: Teach in China

     Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 20:56:41 EST
    From: HSINTL <HSINTLaol.com>
    Subject: Teach in China


    If you would like to experience Chinese culture and teach English in China or Taiwan, please contact Dr. Yong Ho of New School for Social Research in New York City at email: HSINTLaol.com or tel/fax: 201-432-6861. He is currently directing a Teach-in-China Program. If you are a native speaker, have a bachelor's degree, good references and are committed to teaching, placement is guaranteed.

    Message 2: Applied Linguistics

     Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:58:17 +0000
    From: grahamt <grahamtcsufresno.edu>
    Subject: Applied Linguistics


    California State University, Fresno Academic Vacancy Announcement

    THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES Department of Linguistics

    Position: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENT)

    1. Proposed Appointment: Tenure-track appointment.

    2. Available for the Academic Year: 1998-99.

    3. Salary: Placement on the salary schedule is dependent upon academic preparation and professional experience.

    4. Teaching Load: 12 semester units.

    5. Course Level: Graduate and Undergraduate.

    6. Specific Position Characteristics: The position is primarily intended to strengthen the department's offerings in Applied Linguistics-TESOL. Thus, it is crucial that the successful candidate be capable of teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses in TESOL.

    Deadline for application materials: March 31, 1998

    Qualifications:

    1. Academic Preparation: Candidates with the Ph.D. or nearing completion of the doctorate may be considered for the appointment.

    2. Teaching or Other Professional Experience: Preference will be given to TESL candidates who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, as evidenced both in the letters of recommendation and in teaching evaluations. Strong preference will be given to candidates with some teaching experience in TESL and the ability to teach courses that meet the graduate needs of the department, which currently include a graduate course in testing and evaluation, and various graduate courses in methods and methodology as well as undergraduate courses in similar areas, including in bilingualism. TESOL is a component of the Linguistics Department and the strength of the program lies in its ability to relate the knowledge of language to the teaching of language. Thus, an additional requirement is the ability to teach introductory level courses, such as the structure of language (Ling 10), and the structure of English (Ling 134).

    General Information:

    California State University, Fresno is one of the 23 campuses of the California State University System. The university's mission is to offer high quality educational opportunities to qualified students at the bachelor's and master's levels, as well as in joint doctoral programs in selected areas. The current enrollment is approximately 18,000 culturally rich and diverse students. The university serves the San Joaquin Valley while interacting with the state, nation, and world. Through applied research, technical assistance, training and other related public service activities, the university anticipates continuing and expanding partnership and linkage with business, education, industry, and government.

    Metropolitan Fresno, with a multi-ethnic population of over 600,000, is located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley on the western edge of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The campus is within easy driving distance of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, the Monterey Peninsula, Lake Tahoe, beaches, sailing, lakes, and numerous ski resorts. Fresno boasts one of the most reasonable housing markets in California and offers a wide array of locally grown fruits and produce.

    Applications: Correspondence, applications, and confidential papers should be sent to:

    Graham Thurgood, Committee chair TESOL position search committee Department of Linguistics California State University, Fresno 5245 N. Backer MS 92 Fresno, CA 93740-0092

    Message 3: Postdoc computational semantics

     Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 10:03:28 +0100
    From: Robin Cooper <cooperling.gu.se>
    Subject: Postdoc computational semantics


    The European Langauge Engineering project TRINDI (Task oriented instructional dialogue) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in the area of computational dialogue semantics. The position is for 24 months (with the possibility of an extension depending on funding and how soon the position is taken up) and is available immediately. Applicants should be able to start work within the next six months. The successful candidate will work at the Linguistics Department at the University of Gothenburg together with the coordinator of the project, Robin Cooper, Elisabet Engdahl, also at Gothenburg, and in close collaboration with the other partners (Edinburgh University (Moens, Poesio), Saarbracken University (Pinkal), SRI Cambridge (Pulman, Milward) and Xerox Research Centre Europe (Karttunen, Zaenen)). Tasks and themes on which he or she will collaborate include: a computational model of dialogue dynamics information structure in dialogue dynamics robust processing of dialogue project management More details can be found on the project's homepage http://www.ling.gu.se/~cooper/trindi

    The candidate will be joining an active new research group in computational semantics and dialogue semantics and there will be opportunity for collaboration with a number of related projects at Gothenburg. Information can be found on http://www.ling.gu.se/~cooper/projects.html

    Salary is negotiable depending on previous experience within the range 20 000 -- 25 000 SEK per month.

    Interested applicants should contact Robin Cooper (cooperling.gu.se) with a statement of interest, a CV and names and addresses of three referees. Applications received before 28th Feb will receive preferential treatment.

    Robin Cooper Professor of Computational Linguistics

    Department of Linguistics University of Gothenburg Renstroemsgatan 6 S-412 98 Gothenburg Sweden

    Email: cooperling.gu.se Tel.: +46-31-773-2536 Fax: +46-31-773-4853 www: http://www.ling.gu.se/~cooper