26.2438, Jobs: Portuguese; Applied Linguistics: Full Professor, University of Macau

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Subject: 26.2438, Jobs: Portuguese; Applied Linguistics: Full Professor, University of Macau

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Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 16:54:02
From:  Human Resources Office [vacancy at umac.mo]
Subject: Portuguese; Applied Linguistics: Full Professor, University of Macau

University or Organization: University of Macau 
Department: The Department of Portuguese of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Job Location: China, Macau 
Web Address: http://www.umac.mo/
Job Title: Full Professor of Portuguese Language and Pedagogy
Job Rank: Full Professor

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Description:

The University of Macau is a leading higher education institution in Macao,
with English as its working language. In recent years, the University has made
great progress in various areas, with increasing international recognition of
its excellence in teaching, research and community service. The Times Higher
Education World University Rankings 2014/2015 ranks the University among the
world’s top 300 universities. With the beautiful new campus (20 times larger
than the old one) becoming fully operational, the launch of Asia’s largest
residential college system, the establishment of new faculties, and the
increasing numbers of students and faculty members recruited from around the
world, UM possesses great potential and provides exciting new possibilities
for growth and development.

The Department of Portuguese of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites
applications for the position of Professor of Portuguese Language and
Pedagogy.

The Department of Portuguese is an established and distinguished scholarly
community that includes speakers of European, Brazilian and other varieties of
Portuguese. The department offers an undergraduate degree in Portuguese
Studies concentrating on Portuguese as a Foreign Language with selected
courses in interpretation and translation, foreign language pedagogy, literary
studies and history. At the undergraduate level the Department also 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. At the postgraduate level the Department offers two programmes (an
MA in Portuguese Language and Culture and an MA in Translation Studies) and
two PhD areas in (i) Portuguese Linguistics and (ii) Portuguese Literary
Studies.

Qualifications
Applicants must hold a PhD in Portuguese Studies, Applied Linguistics or in a
related area. Applicants should have an excellent record of internationally
recognized research and publication and a demonstrated potential for
outstanding research. Academic specialization is open, but applicants with
research specializations in curriculum design, language assessment or language
instructional strategies are especially welcome. Applicants should have native
or near-native fluency in Portuguese along with experience teaching Portuguese
as a second/foreign language. A good command of English is also required.
Applicants with administrative experience are also especially welcome.

The selected candidate may assume duty as early as August 2015.

Position and Remuneration
Remuneration and appointment rank offered will be competitive and commensurate
with the successful applicants’ academic qualifications, current position and
professional experience. The current local maximum income tax rate is 12%, but
is effectively around 5% - 7% after various discretionary exemptions.

Application Procedure
Applicants should visit http://www.umac.mo/vacancy for more details, and apply
ONLINE at Jobs at UM (https://isw.umac.mo/recruitment) (Ref. No.:
FAH/PORT/09/2015). Review of applications will commence immediately and
continue until the position is filled. Applicants may consider their
applications not successful if they were not invited for an interview within 3
months of application.

Human Resources Office
University of Macau, Av. da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China 
Website: https://isw.umac.mo/recruitment;  Email: vacancy at umac.mo
Tel: +853 8822 8553;  Fax: +853 8822 2412

Application Deadline: 01-Sep-2015 

Contact Information
	Human Resources Office 
	Email: vacancy at umac.mo 

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