LINGUIST List 9.127

Tue Jan 27 1998

Jobs: Language Education & Ling., Mexican Spanish

Editor for this issue: Anita Huang <anitalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Susan Ervin-Tripp, Job in Education of Language Minority Students
2. tphelan, Recording Operator Mexican Spanish
3. tphelan, Lexicographer Mexican Spanish, Berkeley, CA

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP

LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND LINGUISTIC

MINORITY STUDENTS


	The Graduate School of Education, University of

California, Berkeley, seeks a specialist in the education of

language minority students with broad knowledge of the

area of educational linguistics for an associate

professorship with tenure, pending budgetary approval, to

begin in July 1998. The individual selected for this position

will be affiliated with an interdisciplinary group focused on

language and literacy development and education, and

would help that group expand its work on the education of

linguistic minority students. Since language figures

prominently in most areas of education, that individual

should be prepared to work with students and faculty in

other areas of schooling as well; for example, on issues

related to the role of language in mathematics and science

education; to cognitive and social development in bilingual

children; and language policy or testing in education. In

particular, the position will deal with linguistics issues in

the education of diverse language minority students, and

with the preparation of teachers to work with such students

in American schools.


	Candidates should hold a doctoral degree in

education, linguistics, educational linguistics, applied

linguistics, or a closely related area, and should be able to

demonstrate excellence in research and teaching. Teaching

and research experience in the American public school

system is highly desirable. Candidates should be prepared

to teach graduate level courses in research on language

teaching and learning, as well as teacher education courses

with a focus on bilingual issues and various school subjects

(e.g., math, science, reading and writing, social studies,

etc.) to language minority students (e.g., Latino, Asian,

American Indian, etc.). In addition, candidates should

expect to play an active role in the development of the

School's research and instructional programs, and to

collaborate with colleagues throughout the School in

scholarly and service activities.


	Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a

statement of interests and qualifications, the names and

addresses of at least three references, and one or more

samples of published or unpublished writings to:


Educational Linguistics Search Committee

Graduate School of Education

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720-1670

Telephone: (510) 642-3726


The deadline for postdate of applications is March 2, 1998.


The University of California is an Equal Opportunity,

Affirmative Action employer.

If you would like to be considered for this position, please:
e-mail your resume to tphelanlhs.com,
or fax your resume to Terri Phelan at 1-510-841-5093

Position: Recording Operator Mexican Spanish
Department: Linguistic Resources
Location: Berkeley, California

Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) is an international leader in the
development of advanced speech technology for various commercial
applications and products. A temporary position for a Recording Operator
Mexican Spanish is immediately available at Lernout &
Hauspie?s Berkeley office.

The task of the Recording Operator includes:

? Creating, enhancing and extending acoustic databases for Mexican and
other varieties of American Spanish

? Assisting in speaker recruitment through local contacts

? Running recording sessions; explaining procedures in English or
Spanish and operating recording hardware and software

? Assessing recording quality during recording sessions

? Possibly setting up the recording station off-site; troubleshooting
hardware and software problems


Requirements:

? Native level knowledge of Spanish, esp. Mexican Spanish

? Experience with Windows 95 and software such as Word and Excel.
Experience with recording or sound editing software or DOS is an
advantage.

? Able to work independently and remain attentive to detail over long
periods of time

? Enjoy working with people; able to make them feel at ease

? Knowledge of linguistics or an interest in languages is an advantage.

? Knowledge of scripting languages a plus

If you would like to be considered for this position, please:
e-mail your resume to tphelanlhs.com,
or fax your resume to Terri Phelan at 1-510-841-5093

Position: Lexicographer Mexican Spanish
Department: Linguistic Resources
Location: Berkeley, California

Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) is an international leader in the
development of advanced speech technology for various commercial
applications and products. A temporary position for a Lexicographer Mexican
Spanish is available at Lernout & Hauspie?s Berkeley office for the
Linguistic Resources Department.

The task of the lexicographer includes:

? Creating, enhancing and extending lexical databases for Mexican
Spanish. The lexical databases will have to contain at least:
orthographic representation, phonetic transcriptions, PoS,
inflectional codes, lemma information; it is expected that more detailed
grammatical information will be required in the near future.

? Keeping track of what Spanish lexical databases exist outside the
company and contributing to the acquisition of these if necessary

? Keeping track of what Spanish lexical databases are available within
the company

? (Contributing to) development of tools and programs to (partially)
automate these tasks


Requirements:

? Native level knowledge of Spanish, esp. Mexican Spanish

? an MA with a background in linguistics or lexicography is preferred;
good knowledge of grammatical concepts and of phonetics

? Experience with DOS, Windows 95, and software such as Word and Excel.
Experience with Access or other database packages is an advantage.

? Knowledge of programming preferred (awk, Visual Basic)

? Detail-oriented and conscientious worker