7.836, Jobs: Lg testing, Lg acquisition/syntax

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-836. Thu Jun 6 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  144
 
Subject: 7.836, Jobs: Lg testing, Lg acquisition/syntax
 
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Date:  05 Jun 1996 13:13:45 EDT
From:  jbyrnes at mailserver.peacecorps.gov ("Joe Byrnes OTAPS")
Subject:  JOB.Peace Corps.Language Te
 
2)
Date:  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 16:30:30 GMT
From:  <AM.Henry at ulst.ac.uk>
Subject:        Job: language acquisition/syntax
 
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1)
Date:  05 Jun 1996 13:13:45 EDT
From:  jbyrnes at mailserver.peacecorps.gov ("Joe Byrnes OTAPS")
Subject:  JOB.Peace Corps.Language Te
 
                       Subject:                               Time:1:07 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          JOB.Peace Corps.Language Testing       Date:6/5/96
 
Vacancy Announcements  and forms can be FAXed or Mailed
 to applicants by  request from the Peace Corps  24 job
information  line on  800-818-9579 or by accessing the
 Peace Corps web  page at  www.peacecorps.gov.
 
Vacancy Announcement Number:  PC6-069
 
Position: Language Testing Coordinator   FP-1712-5
	(Equivalent to GS-9)
 
OPENING DATE:  June 3, 1996
Closing Date:  June 24, 1996
All applications must be postmarked by the closing date and
received within 5 days
		
Location: 	Office of Training and Program Support
	Training Support Division
	Washington, DC
 
AREA OF CONSIDERATION: DC Commuting Area
(All PC Employees are eligible to apply regardless of
geographical location)
	
Salary range: FP-05 $31,680 - $46,523
SUPERVISORY:  No
 
Duties:  The incumbent is responsible for the planning,
implementing, and monitoring of language tester workshops,
monitoring and supporting language testers in the fields,
providing mechanisms for tester maintenance and re-
certification, and maintaining data from Peace Corps
language testing in the field.  The Language Testing
Administrator will implement and monitor the PC program
for language tester training, tester certification, and re-
certification.  Responsibilities include:  review, revise and
disseminate criteria for tester selection and guidelines for
test administration procedures and conditions; implement
tester training workshops; develop, review and revise tester
training materials and workshop designs; support systems to
maintain tester reliability; implement systems for
maintaining and analyzing test score data, and respond to
requests for test data analysis.
 
CAREER LADDER:  This is a career ladder position to the FP-04,
the full performance level.
 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  To qualify at the FP-05 level,
applicants must have a bachelor's degree in educational
measurement or a related field and two years of professional
work experience which includes planning, organizing and
evaluating training events or a Masters in educational
measurement, psychometrics or other area directly related to
testing.
 
All education and experience requirements must be met by
July 24, 1996 to be considered.
 
In addition to the minimum requirements, qualified
applicants should submit written responses documenting
their suitability for the position with regards to the
following Quality Ranking Factors:  1) Experience in
administering testing programs, designing or revising tests
or other relevant experience; 2) Fluency in at least one
foreign language, preferably one currently used at Peace
Corps posts; 3) Experience in administrative tasks such as
managing contracts, scheduling , purchasing and shipping
materials, in a cross cultural setting; 4) Ability to
communicate orally and in writing, e.g., writing workshop
reports, test data reports, statements of work for contractors,
or giving presentations before groups.
 
 
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Date:  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 16:30:30 GMT
From:  <AM.Henry at ulst.ac.uk>
Subject:        Job: language acquisition/syntax
 
 
There is likely to be a vacancy from September/October at University
of Ulster for a child language/ syntax specialist. The person
appointed would work half-time as a researcher on an ESRC-funded
project on 'Language Acquisition in Conditions of Variable Input',
which is investigating the impact of dialect variation on language
acquisition by a study of the acquisition of English in Belfast,
within a principles and parameters/minimalist framework, and half-time
on teaching.  Applicants should have, or be about to complete, a PhD
in first language acquisition or syntax, and have the ability to offer
courses in more than one of: syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language
acquisition, on programs in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
and/or Communication Studies. The post is likely to be for 2 years in
the first instance.  Anyone interested should contact me by email or
at:
 
School of Behavioural and Communication Sciences
University of Ulster at Jordanstown
Shore Road
Newtownabbey
BT37 0QB
N Ireland
 
Tel: (+44) (0)1232-365131 Fax: (+44) (0)1232368251
 
Alison Henry
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