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1) Subject: ACGE job
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Date: 07 Jul 2010
From: Jennifer McCune <<a href="mailto:jmccune@acge.org">jmccune@acge.org</a>>
Subject: ACGE job
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><b>Iraqi Arabic Language Project Employment Opportunities ACGE, Inc.</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">The Academic Consortium for Global Education (ACGE, Inc.) is a non-profit academic consortium that accesses new knowledge and technological innovations created in America's research universities. One of our current projects is to create an on-line, web-based course to teach Iraqi Arabic to military personnel deployed on humanitarian missions such as building schools, healthcare facilities and infrastructure improvements.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><i>The project team is seeking to add a highly motivated and experienced person who brings interests, skills and several of the following characteristics:</i></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Knows well (native-level) Arabic, preferably Iraqi Arabic <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Has extensive experience teaching Arabic <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Enjoys working as part of a demanding and collaborative professional team <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Has a strong understanding of second language acquisition theory and teaching <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Demonstrates enthusiasm and experience in the use of educational technology <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Has experience with the convergence of technology and language teaching <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Is able to work independently while contributing explicitly to the goals of the project <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Understands task-based language learning <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Has experience working in on-line environments and using computer technologies to work remotely <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Is able to maintain close contact with members of the team, whether it be electronically or otherwise <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Can work independently while contributing explicitly to the goals of the project <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Has experience assessing student learning outcomes</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">Other useful skills may include: <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Experience assessing student learning outcomes <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Background in parametric, non-parametric, and corpus statistics <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Knowledge and experience with the concept of gaming and learning <span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">• </span>Knowledge of serious game development and/or intelligent learning environment technologies</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><b><i>Interested persons should mail or email their vita/ resume or letter of interest to:</i></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; ">ACGE ISLET<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>PO Box 2675 Charlottesville, VA 22902 or <span style="color: #2b30fa"><a href="mailto:jmccune@acge.org">jmccune@acge.org</a> </span><i>Enter only the words Iraqi Arabic Position in the subject line of email.</i></div>
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