7.0286 Jobs: Modern Languages; Linguistics (2/119)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 13 Nov 1993 19:58:50 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0286. Saturday, 13 Nov 1993.


(1) Date: 4 Nov 93 10:24 -0700 (68 lines)
From: Paul Herman <herman@fvc.bc.ca>
Subject: Modern Languages Position

(2) Date: 04 Nov 1993 14:20:45 -0500 (EST) (51 lines)
From: ide@cs.vassar.edu (Nancy M. Ide)
Subject: two items for posting/inclusion in newsletter

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Date: 4 Nov 93 10:24 -0700
From: Paul Herman <herman@fvc.bc.ca>
Subject: Modern Languages Position


University College of the Fraser Valley: Modern Languages
Position

The University College of the Fraser Valley, located 60
kilometres from Vancouver in British Columbia's beautiful Fraser
Valley, is a multi-campus facility offering a diversity of
programs. UCFV has main campuses in Abbotsford and Chilliwack,
and currently enrolls more than 6000 students each year.

The emphasis at UCFV is on teaching excellence while
acknowledging active scholarship as an integral part of the
teaching process.

Subject to budget approval, the following regular, continuing
faculty positions are available beginning in the fall 1994
(September) semester.

Bachelor of Arts Degree Program

Preferred candidates should have a completed Ph.D, in their
related disciplines. Prior teaching experience is desirable.

Candidate should provide evidence of their commitment to teaching
excellence and related scholarship.

Successful candidates will be expected to teach lower division
introductory courses as well as upper division courses in their
respective disciplines as part of their normal assignment.

Modern Languages

One position to teach:

* Spanish, and

* one other language (preferably French) at the university
level.
Fluency in both languages and teaching experience at a college or
university required. Preference will be given to candidate with
interest and experience in either Latin American Studies or
educational technology.

Competition no. UC007.94.

Applicants should submit resumes with a covering letter qutoing
competition number to:

University College of the Fraser Valley
Director of Personnel
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, B.C.
V2S 4N2
FAX (604) 853-9990 TEL (604) 854-4508

It is the policy of the Government of Canada that Canadian
citizens and permanent residents will have the first chance to
fill jobs in Canada. Therefore, these advertised positions are
open only to Canadian and permanent residents (whether in Canada
or abroad).

University College of the Fraser Valley is an Employment Equity
Employer.

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Date: 04 Nov 1993 14:20:45 -0500 (EST)
From: ide@cs.vassar.edu (Nancy M. Ide)
Subject: two items for posting/inclusion in newsletter


UNITED KINGDOM - University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology (UMIST) - Department of Language and
Linguistics

LECTURING POSITION


Applications are invited from experienced French language
specialists or applied linguists with an interest in
computational approaches to linguistics and language
teaching. Research interests may include pragmatics and
discourse analysis, lexicography/terminology, corpus
linguistics, LSP, language-teaching media, information
technologies, Artificial Intelligence, etc. The list is not
limitative.

The Department offers undergraduate courses integrating
Computational Linguistics and Modern Languages, as well as
modern language courses for scientists and engineers. It
also runs a number of postgraduate courses in various areas
of Natural Language Processing. The successful candidate
will be expected to make an active contribution in existing
courses and to run new courses in his/her specialist areas.

Research opportunities and computing resources in this
multilingual Department are excellent. The successful
candidate will be expected to participate actively in
existing research projects and to initiate research in
his/her area(s).

Candidates will be expected to have a good understanding of
the British higher education system and a good working
knowledge of English. Prior managerial or administrative
experience will be considered an advantage.

Commencing salary will be within the scale: 14k pounds
sterling - 22k pounds sterling

Requests for application forms and further particulars
should be sent to: The Personnel Office, Registrar's
Department, UMIST, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD. Please
quote reference LL/EML.

UMIST is an equal opportunity employer.
epean, Ontario, K2E 8C4