Research assistant position(s), Turkish/English speaker(s)

[t.marinis at reading.ac.uk]

University of Reading

School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Research Assistant: Grade RA1B, 1 full-time or 2 part-time, 3 years fixed 
term

Reference Number: R0682

Payscale: £20,044 - £22,289 p.a., pro rata

We are seeking one full-time or two part-time research assistants to work 
on the ESRC-funded project “Real-time processing of syntactic information 
in children with English as a Second Language & children with Specific 
Language Impairment” under the supervision of the Principal Investigator Dr 
Theo Marinis.

You will be an enthusiastic graduate with an undergraduate or masters 
degree in Linguistics, Psychology, Speech & Language Therapy or related 
discipline and a strong interest in research. You will have good time 
management and organisational skills, good English language and IT skills, 
excellent communication skills and knowledge of language development and 
bilingualism. You will be a good team player, able to contribute to the 
team working on the project.

A background in language impairment, sentence processing, English or 
Turkish linguistics is desirable. Full-time post-holders must be native 
speakers of Turkish. In the event of employing two part-time RAs, one of 
the two must be native speaker of Turkish.

Part-time post-holders can pursue a PhD at the University of Reading on a 
topic related to the grant. Candidates interested in pursuing a PhD in 
language development or language processing of Turkish in Turkish-English 
bilingual children with/without language impairment or adults using 
off-line and/or on-line methodology are especially encouraged to apply.

Contact Details: Application forms and further particulars are available 
from Human Resources, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, 
Reading, RG6 6AH. Telephone (0118) 378 6771 (voicemail). Application forms 
and further particulars are also available in Word/RTF format from:

http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/details.asp?RefernceNumber=R0682

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Theo Marinis, e-mail: 
t.marinis at reading.ac.uk, tel: +44-118-378 7465.

Closing Date: 13/10/2006

Interview date 1 November 2006

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Dr Theodoros Marinis
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
University of Reading
Reading RG6 6AL, UK
Tel. +44-118-378 7465
Fax +44-118-378 4693
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/cls/marinis.html
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