Academic Position Posting: Vietnamese Language Lecturer at Columbia University

Academic Position

Vietnamese Language Lecturer

Columbia University

Deadline: September 15, 2017

Web announcement: academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=65075

The Vietnamese Language Program of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures invites applications for a full-time lecturer position in modern Vietnamese, beginning fall 2018. Responsibilities include teaching first-year through fourth-year modern Vietnamese. We are particularly interested in an engaging instructor willing to work collaboratively with other Columbia faculty and staff in developing Vietnamese studies at Columbia. Applicants should have extensive experience in teaching Vietnamese at the university-level to native speakers of English, demonstrated exceptional teaching achievement at all levels (level 1 through level 4) with both heritage and non-heritage learners, and familiarity with instructional technology.

Call for Papers: 3rd International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages

Call for Papers

Third International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages   

Deadline: September 30, 2017

UCLA

February 16-17, 2018

Web announcement: http://international.ucla.edu/nhlrc/events/conference/3rd/call

The Third International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages will focus on heritage/community language studies as a multidisciplinary field, impacting a variety of educational contexts. Submissions are welcomed from disciplines including but not limited to anthropology, applied linguistics, assessment, bilingualism, demographics, education, linguistics, policy, psychology, and sociology. 

Please provide a 400-word (maximum) abstract of your paper, panel, poster session and a 50-word (maximum) summary.