POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Instructed Second Language Acquisition

[Medha Tare]

*The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) *is
seeking to fill a research faculty position in *Instructed Second Language
Acquisition *to work in its interdisciplinary national language research
program. CASL seeks scholars with expertise particularly in the empirical
investigation of effective and efficient language instruction. The ideal
candidate will have strong foundations in classroom research methods,
language teaching methodology, and language-learning outcomes assessment.
Areas of specialization may include instructed SLA, study abroad, and/or
task-based language instruction. The successful candidate will work with
multidisciplinary teams – including second language acquisition
researchers, anthropologists, industrial/organizational and cognitive
psychologists, and computational/ descriptive/psycholinguists – on projects
that optimize language, culture, and job training and promote and track the
acquisition and maintenance of critical foreign languages.

The successful candidate will work with or lead multidisciplinary teams to
examine innovative approaches that potentially promote fast and effective,
job-relevant language learning, often to very high levels. Current research
projects include studies of aptitude-by-treatment interaction, lexical
learning, curriculum innovations, and technology for language learning, and
investigations of other efficiencies in L2 instruction.

Appointments to CASL are as members of the research faculty of the
University of Maryland under renewable three-year contracts, with highly
competitive salary (12-month) and benefits.
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Qualifications:
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Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Second
Language Acquisition, Second Language Studies, or a related field, and
should possess a record of research achievement in Instructed SLA.
Candidates should demonstrate the ability to tackle complex,
interdisciplinary research and to work collaboratively with a range of
institutions and researchers. Ideal candidates will have interests that
complement CASL’s strategic partners on campus (faculty in Second Language
Acquisition, Measurement Statistics and Design Programs, Linguistics, or
Psychology departments).

For more information:  http://www.casl.umd.edu/node/1912

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Medha Tare, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
Center for Advanced Study of Language
University of Maryland

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