28.2554, Jobs: Hindi; Telugu; Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition: Research Assistant, University of Reading

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Subject: 28.2554, Jobs: Hindi; Telugu; Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition: Research Assistant, University of Reading

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Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:49:46
From: Theo Marinis [t.marinis at reading.ac.uk]
Subject: Hindi; Telugu; Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition: Research Assistant, University of Reading, UK

 
University or Organization: University of Reading 
Department: Centre for Literacy & Multilingualism, School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, Institute
Job Location: Berkshire, United Kingdom 
Web Address: https://www.reading.ac.uk/celm/
Job Title: Research Assistant in Multilingualism and Multiliteracy
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Multilingualism, Literacy

Required Language(s): Hindi (hin)
                      Telugu (tel) 

Description:

We have a part time (50%) research assistant position to work on the ESRC-DFID
project ‘Multilingualism and Multi-literacy: Raising learning outcomes in
challenging contexts in primary schools across India’ a collaborative project
between the Universities of Reading (Prof Jeanine Treffers-Daller, Prof Theo
Marinis) and Cambridge (Prof Ianthi Tsimpli). The position is in the UK but
the research assistant will, among others, analyse data on Hindi. For more
information, including Job description and Person Specifications, please
follow the link.

This post is part of the ESRC-DFID project ‘Multilingualism and
Multi-literacy: Raising learning outcomes in challenging contexts in primary
schools across India’ a collaborative project between the Universities of
Reading and Cambridge. The purpose of this post is to support the project,
check and analyse data collected in India, maintain the web-site and write
reports, use language, literacy and executive function tasks with
bilingual/multilingual children in the UK, and contribute to the publication
of the results.

You will:
- have a first degree in applied and/or experimental linguistics, education or
cognitive psychology;
- be speaker of Hindi, Telugu or languages spoken in the state of Bihar;
- have research experience in linguistics, psychology, education or related
discipline;
- have excellent time management, and organisation skills and are able to work
independently.

Location: Whiteknights Reading UK
Salary: £29,301 pro-rata per annum
School / Function: School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences
Department: Clinical Language Sciences
Hours Per week: 0.5 FTE
Live Date: 09/06/2017
Closing Date: 07/07/2017
Contract Duration: Fixed term up to 1 year



Application Deadline: 07-Jul-2017 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.reading.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=1158 
Contact Information:
	Professor Theo Marinis 
	Email: t.marinis at reading.ac.uk 


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