30.556, Internships: PhD Intern / Spanish Expert at Duolingo

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-556. Sun Feb 03 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.556, Internships: PhD Intern / Spanish Expert at Duolingo

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Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 17:31:50
From: Bozena Pajak [bozena at duolingo.com]
Subject: PhD Intern / Spanish Expert at Duolingo

 

University or Organization: Duolingo
Department: Learning Sciences
Web Address: duolingo.com

Type of Work: Spanish Expert

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition

Voluntary
Internship Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Minimum Education Level: MA
Description:
We are looking for a PhD-level intern who is an expert in Spanish and
broadly-construed learning sciences. You will have an opportunity to join
Duolingo's team of learning scientists, who have expertise in linguistics,
curriculum development, and language research. You will help support our
efforts to advance Duolingo's mission through evidence-based teaching. Join
Duolingo to feel empowered as an educator, affecting how millions of people
learn. This is a paid internship that lasts 12 weeks and needs to be completed
between May and October 2019. Location: Pittsburgh, PA.

Responsibilities:
- Work side by side with talented researchers, designers, engineers, and
product managers to bring research-informed product features to life
- Help design curricula and specific content for Duolingo Spanish courses 
- Propose new exercises and features that will improve the Duolingo learning
experience

Requirements:
- PhD candidate in Spanish, SLA, linguistics, cognitive psychology, or a
related field; you must plan to graduate by summer 2020 at the latest
- Native or near-native proficiency in Latin American Spanish
- Experience teaching Spanish as a second language
- Experience creating language curricula
- Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills
- A desire to make the world a better place through technology

Exceptional candidates will have:
- Research expertise in second language acquisition or a related area
- Working proficiency in French, German, Italian, Chinese, or Japanese

Please submit either a resume or an academic CV.


Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Web Address for Applications:https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/duolingocom/view/P_AAAAAADAAGeH0RcbklzTIp
Contact Information:
	Dr Bozena Pajak 
	Email: bozena at duolingo.com


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