16.2588, Jobs: L2 Acquisition: Asst Prof, University of Illinois

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Subject: 16.2588, Jobs: L2 Acquisition: Asst Prof, University of Illinois

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Date: 08-Sep-2005
From: Marita Romine < mromine at uiuc.edu >
Subject: ESL/EFL/L2 Acquisition: Asst Prof, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA 

	
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Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:41:02
From: Marita Romine < mromine at uiuc.edu >
Subject: ESL/EFL/L2 Acquisition: Asst Prof, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA 
 

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University or Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
Department: Division of English as a Second Lang/Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant Professor  
Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; ESL/EFL


Description:

One (1) tenure track Assistant Professor position for AY 2006 

The Department of Linguistics and the Division of English as an
International Language (DEIL) at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) invite applications for one joint, tenure track,
full time Assistant Professor position in Second Language Acquisition
(SLA). The successful candidate will demonstrate both a well-defined
research agenda in SLA and a commitment to excellence in teaching. 
Preference will be given to candidates with classroom ESL/EFL teaching
experience and empirically grounded cognitive/psycholinguistic/neurolinguistic
approaches to SLA. Expertise in other areas that complement the existing
strengths of the DEIL and Linguistics programs will be considered an asset.
Professional level fluency in English is required, and fluency in a language
other than English is also desirable.  Responsibilities include research,
teaching and advising in the graduate and undergraduate programs and other
regular departmental service.

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition studies,
(Applied) Linguistics or a related field by the starting date of the
appointment.  Salary will be commensurate with experience. The starting
date is August 16, 2006.

To ensure full consideration, please send c.v., three letters of
recommendation, three representative publications, statement of research
and teaching interests, and teaching evaluations if available, by October
20, 2005 to the address below.

For further information about:
The Division of English as an International Language, see:
http://www.deil.uiuc.edu/
The Department of Linguistics, see http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu
The interdisciplinary graduate program in SLATE, see:
http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/slate/
The University of Illinois, see: http://www.uiuc.edu/

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.


Address for Applications:

Prof. James Yoon 
Chair, SLA Search Committee
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; c/o Marita Romine 
4080 FLB
707 S. Mathews	
Urbana, IL 61801 
USA  

Application Deadline: 20-Oct-2005 

Contact Information:

	Prof. James Yoon 
	Email: jyoon at uiuc.edu 
	Phone: 217 333 3788 
	Website: http://www.deil.uiuc.edu; http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu





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