20.3571, Jobs: Portuguese as a Foreign Language: Full/Assoc Prof, U of Macau

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Subject: 20.3571, Jobs: Portuguese as a Foreign Language: Full/Assoc Prof, U of Macau

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Date: 20-Oct-2009
From:  Human Resources Section < vacancy at umac.mo >
Subject: Portuguese as a Foreign Language: Full Professor/Associate Professor, University of Macau, China
 

	
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:54:06
From:  Human Resources Section [vacancy at umac.mo]
Subject: Portuguese as a Foreign Language: Full Professor/Associate Professor, University of Macau, China

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University or Organization: University of Macau 
Department: Department of Portuguese
Job Location: Taipa, Macau 
Web Address: http://www.umac.mo

Job Rank: Full Professor / Associate Professor  

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Portuguese as a Foreign Language

Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Description:

The University of Macau is a government-funded institution located in the
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The
Department of Portuguese of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
(FSH) has a teaching staff of 30 members, including speakers of both
European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. The Department offers an
undergraduate degree in Portuguese Studies, concentrating on Portuguese as
a Foreign Language, and with selected disciplines in Interpretation and
Translation, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Literary Studies and History. Also
at the undergraduate level, the Department teaches Portuguese Language
within the Faculty of Law, and offers elective courses in Portuguese as a
Foreign Language to students from all Faculties of the University of Macau.
At the postgraduate level, the Department of Portuguese offers two Masters
programmes (the Masters in Portuguese Language and Culture and the Masters
in Translation Studies), and PhD studies in Portuguese Linguistics. 

The Department of Portuguese invites applications for Full Professor/
Associate Professor in Portuguese as a Foreign Language 
(Ref.: FSH/DPORT/PLANG/09/2010)

Qualifications
Applicants must be native speakers of Portuguese and must hold a doctoral
degree in Linguistics (Language Acquisition area), Applied Linguistics,
Pedagogy of Portuguese as a Foreign Language or Portuguese/Luso-Brazilian
Culture in relation to the Teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language.
All applicants must have a solid record of teaching experience at the
tertiary level. 

Applicants for the rank of Associate Professor must have a distinguished
record of research and publication. Applicants for the rank of Full
Professor must have both a prominent profile of academic involvement and an
outstanding record of research and publication both at an international
level. The appointee will be required to teach courses at the undergraduate
and postgraduate levels, provide postgraduate dissertation supervision and
conduct research in her/his area of specialization. The selected candidate
is expected to assume duty in September 2010.

Position and Taxable Annual Salary
The position offered and taxable salary level shall be determined according
to the appointee's academic qualifications, current position, and
professional experience. For details about the 'Terms of Academic
Appointment', please refer to:
https://isw.umac.mo/recruitment/showTermsAppoint.do.
Full Professor: 	MOP759,920 - MOP826,000
Associate Professor:	MOP660,800 - MOP743,400
(USD1 approx. = MOP8)

Application Procedure
The Application package must include 1) a current curriculum vitae in
English; 2) 3 letters of recommendation; 3) teaching evaluations of the
last three years; 4) academic certificates and 5) graduate transcripts.
Applicants should visit http://www.umac.mo/vacancy for more details, apply
ONLINE at Jobs at UM (https://isw.umac.mo/recruitment/) on or before December
30, 2009. 

The University of Macau reserves the right not to appoint a candidate.
Applicants with less qualification and experience can be offered lower
position under special circumstances. Personal data provided by applicants
will be kept confidential and used for recruitment purpose only.


Application Deadline: 30-Dec-2009 
	  
Email Address for Applications: vacancy at umac.mo 
Web Address for Applications: http://www.umac.mo/vacancy 
Contact Information
	Human Resources Section 
	Email: vacancy at umac.mo 
	Phone: 85383978684 
	Fax: 85383978694 



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