9.445, Jobs: Korean Lecturer, Phonetic/Prosodic Labeling

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Subject: 9.445, Jobs: Korean Lecturer, Phonetic/Prosodic Labeling

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1)
Date:  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:25:37 -0500
From:  Eun-su Cho <eunsucho at umich.edu>
Subject:  Korean Lecturer employment opportunity

2)
Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:50:46 -0600
From:  Erica Zeinfeld-AEZ002 <Erica_Zeinfeld-AEZ002 at email.mot.com>
Subject:  Phonetic Labeling Internship at Motorola

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:25:37 -0500
From:  Eun-su Cho <eunsucho at umich.edu>
Subject:  Korean Lecturer employment opportunity


The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of
Michigan seeks to appoint a full-time lecturer of Korean beginning in
the Fall Semester of 1998. The initial appointment will be up to one
year with the possibility of renewal. Native or near-native fluency in
Korean and excellent command of English are required. Preference is
given to applicants with an M.A. Degree or higher in Linguistics,
Foreign Language Education, or TESOL. Candidates with experience of
teaching Korean at a variety of levels using various teaching
techniques and/or with ability or experience in Computer assisted
instruction are especially welcome. Appointees will be expected to
teach modern Korean at any of the three levels, elementary,
intermediate and advanced, and to train graduate teaching assistants.
The classroom teaching hours will be 10 to 12 hours per week. Send
applications including a curriculum vitae, statement of objectives,
three names of reference and, if available, a video tape of the
applicant teaching a class to:

        Chair, Korean Lecturer Search Committee
        Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
        3070 Frieze Building
        University of Michigan
        Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285

Review of applications will begin on March 15, 1998, and will continue
until the positions are filled.

The University of Michigan is a non-discriminatory/affirmative action
employer.

Questions in regards to applying for this postion can be e-mailed to
eunsucho at umich.edu

	


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:50:46 -0600
From:  Erica Zeinfeld-AEZ002 <Erica_Zeinfeld-AEZ002 at email.mot.com>
Subject:  Phonetic Labeling Internship at Motorola

            Phonetic / Prosodic Labeling Position


The   Speech  Synthesis  and  Machine  Learning   Group   at
Motorola's Corporate Research Laboratory in Schaumburg would
like  to  announce  an  immediate  opening  in  the  student
internship  program for an experienced Phonetic  /  Prosodic
Labeler  (applicants should be currently  enrolled  students
working   towards   a  degree  in  Linguistics   or   Speech
Processing).

Position Description:
This   full-time  position  entails  detailed  labeling   of
spectrograms and waveforms for a large speech database.  The
successful candidate may also be asked to perform  listening
tests  to  rate  various  text-to-speech  synthesizers.  The
anticipated  project duration is six months, but  extensions
are  possible.  An initial training period  lasting  several
weeks,  will  require full-time presence at  the  Schaumburg
facility,  after  which the remainder of  the  work  may  be
completed  in the individual's school or home (if  necessary
or desired, a computer may be borrowed from Motorola for the
duration of the project).


Candidate's Qualifications:

* Experience  in  reading  spectrograms  and  assigning
   accurate phonemes and intonation information to utterances
   (recent, successful completion of an Introductory
   Phonetics course may be sufficient)
* Native  competency in English; competency in languages
   other than English is also desirable
* Knowledge of ToBI labeling guidelines and/or  labeling
   tools  is  a  big  plus,  and will  weigh  heavily  in  an
   applicant's favor
* Basic   familiarity  with  Windows  NT  is  required,
   familiarity with UNIX is helpful
* Must  be a self-motivated, detail-oriented, consistent
   and efficient individual
* Good written and oral communication skills


Please address cover letters and resumes to:

          Corporate Staffing Department
          Reference "Linguistics" Req. #KP0075-7
          1303 E. Algonquin Rd.
          Schaumburg, IL 60196

Or Email to:  ACV004 at email.mot.com
Or Fax (be sure to include above Reference and
Req#)to: (847)538-4688


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