[Corpora-List] Part-time job offer for CALL evaluation in project AutoLearn

[Gemma Boleda]

Sent on behalf of Martí Quixal
Barcelona Media, Innovation Centre
Ocata, 1
08003 Barcelona
Catalunya-Spain


Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Computer Assisted Language Learning

 Required Language(s): English, and Spanish and/or Catalan desirable

 Description: Research Assistant, Computer-Assisted Language Learning

 A part-time research assistant is wanted, initially for the rest of
 this year, to start as soon as possible, with the possibility of
 extending for another year to the end of the project in January 2010.
 The successful candidate will work on the organizing of and reporting
 on the evaluation of on-line language teaching materials within the
 context of a two year Lifelong Learning Programme project, AUTOLEARN,
 funded by the European Commission, which just started this year.
 Fundació Barcelona Media UPF is the project coordinator in an
 international consortium consisting of three other research
 institutions (Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Institute of
 Applied Information in Saarbrücken, and the University of Bogazici in
 Istanbul).

 Candidates should be IT-literate and able to administer the local
 testing of the learning materials in collaboration with secondary
 schools and university-level, second language training institutions.
 They should have relevant experience in language teaching, (abroad as
 well as in Spain). Knowledge and experience in evaluation and
 assessment of (computer-enhanced) learning experiences is desirable.
 The successful candidate should possess a relevant postgraduate
 qualification (Masters degree, e.g. applied linguistics and/or foreign
 language teaching) as well as the proven ability to engage with
 colleagues to secure their collaboration.

 Salary will be around 9,000 EUR per year.

 Brief Project Description
 AUTOLEARN aims at adapting and evaluating courses for autonomous 
learning of
 foreign languages. AUTOLEARN faces this challenge by introducing innovative
 computerised monitoring of the learners' progress, through natural language
 processing and artificial intelligence tools that analyse the learners'
 productions. AUTOLEARN courses, once evaluated, will integrate a 
communicative
 approach to language learning with automated assessment technologies, thus
 constituting the basis for a new approach to language learning services.

 Before applying, candidates should consult the forerunner to
 AUTOLEARN, namely ALLES (http://alles.atosorigin.es/ ) as well as the
 local AUTOLEARN website at http://www.autolearn.upf.edu where a more
 complete project description may be found and where the announcement
 of the closing of applications will be posted.

 Apply by email and include a CV stating relevant qualifications and
 experience plus
 two references, to Gemma Muiños (gemma.muinos at barcelonamedia.org 
<mailto:gemma.muinos at barcelonamedia.org>).
 Application Deadline: Open until filled.


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