Arabic-L:PEDA:UT at Austin Job

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1) Subject:UT at Austin Job

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Date: 01 Aug  2005
From:kwalters at mail.utexas.edu
Subject:UT at Austin Job

Tenure-track position in Arabic Language at the rank of Assistant  
Professor, position funding is pending budgetary approval, to begin  
September 1, 2006.

Candidates should have completed their Ph.D by the appointment date  
in Arabic, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Language Education with  
specialization in Arabic or closely related discipline. The  
successful applicant must be able to teach Modern Standard Arabic at  
all levels, and help students learn to use MSA in the ways it is used  
in the Arabic-speaking world. An active research profile is required  
and research interests should be relevant to foreign language  
acquisition and/or applied linguistics. Relevant course work in  
language pedagogy and second language acquisition at the College/ 
University level a must. The person hired would be expected to assist  
with the teaching and coordination of multi section beginning and  
intermediate undergraduate courses, and to develop new courses,  
especially at advanced levels, to meet the needs of heritage  
learners, non-native speakers who wish to use Arabic in various  
academic and professional contexts, and those who wish to study the  
Qu'ran or use primary sources. OPI certification, or willingness to  
achieve certification within three years of appointment, is also  
necessary. University policy requires that a background security  
check will be conducted.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae,  
sample of research, teaching materials and evaluations, and three  
letters of reference by November 1st, 2005 to: Chair, Arabic Search  
Committee, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Middle  
Eastern Studies (WMB 6.102); 1 University Station # F9400; Austin, TX  
78712-0527. Phone: (512) 471-3881; Fax: (512) 471-7834. The  
University of Texas at Austin is an AA/EEO employer.

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