9 February: fyi -- language learning corpora, Cambridge
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Corpus Collection Project Co-ordinator
12 month contract
£22,379 - £24,101 per annum
Cambridge University Press and Cambridge ESOL are leading a project,
supported by the University of Cambridge, to develop a better
understanding of the English language skills needed by students at
universities where English is a medium of instruction.
Central to the project is the building of a very large collection of
samples of language use (a corpus) from a wide range of students, native
speakers, expert non-native speakers, and learner non-native speakers, in
a range of typical academic contexts from 6th form through under/post
graduate and post doctoral levels.
We are seeking someone to manage this collection.
As the Project Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for assisting in
planning the collection, making contacts in various academic institutions
with potential contributors, setting up arrangements to collect the data
and also for processing of the data. You would also be responsible for
arranging and minuting meetings, writing progress reports and any other
related administrative work.
The successful candidate will have a (preferably language related) degree
as well as administrative or project management experience and preferably
knowledge of one or more of the following fields: Corpus Linguistics;
Applied Linguistics; TEFL teaching.
You should also possess:
· outstanding organisational skills
· the ability to communicate well with a wide range of people
including senior academics in universities
· first rate IT skills and the willingness to learn new programs
· the ability to work on your own initiative
· meticulous attention to detail
· the ability to set up systems and procedures
The role will require occasional travel to universities around the UK.
For further information, and to apply for this position, please visit:
http://jobs.cambridge.org/
Dr. Claire Dembry
Cambridge University Press
Tel: +44(0) 1223 325678
Skype: cambridge_claire.dembry
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