Position Announcement: Full-Time Vietnamese Language Lecturer, UW-Seattle

Follow this link for details on a full-time Vietnamese language lecturer position available at the University of Washington-Seattle:

UW-Seattle Vietnamese Language Lecturer Position Announcement

Priority will be given to applications received by Dec 9, 2019.

Call for Papers and Presentations: COTSEAL Conference at UW-Seattle, May 17-18, 2019

CALL FOR PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS

35th Annual Conference and Technology Workshop at the University of Washington, Seattle

Empowering Southeast Asian Language Teachers: Collaborations and Innovations

May 17-18, 2019

COTSEAL invites participants from academic institutions, teachers, researchers, and graduate students who are interested in, involved in, or have conducted research on Southeast Asian language education and linguistics to submit abstracts to the conference.

Paper/presentation topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Different approaches in teaching SEA languages
• Proficiency, project, and community-based learning
• Heritage language learners
• Distance learning and flipped classrooms
• University policies & related issues affecting SEA language instruction

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 1, 2019

Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2019

An abstract proposal should include the title, a brief description of 250 words maximum, and a presenter profile that should include your name, institution, email address, and phone number. Send them as two email attachments (MS Word and PDF) to jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu. Subject line: COTSEAL 2019 Abstract Submission.

Travel Grants

COTSEAL is offering partial travel grants to help lecturers and graduate students whose papers are accepted to present at the conference. Please indicated if you would like to apply for a travel grant in your submission email. Those awarded the travel grants are expected to fully participate in the 2-day conference and workshop. A detailed description of the travel grant process, the conference announcement, hotel information, and updates will be posted on the COTSEAL website as the conference approaches: http://cotseal.net/conference_2019.html.

Please note: All presenters and travel grant recipients are required to be PAID members of COTSEAL at the time of the conference.

To become a COTSEAL member: http://cotseal.net/COTSEAL_membership_form.pdf

Online dues payment: http://www.asian-studies.org/About/Committee-Payment-Donations (scroll down the page under SEAC). Please e-mail your online payment confirmation to the COTSEAL Secretary: agustini@umich.edu.

For more information about the conference, please contact the conference co-chairs:

       Juliana Wijaya                   jwijaya@humnet.ucla.edu

      Desiana Pauli Dandjaja    sandjaja@uw.edu

COTSEAL Officers: Juliana Wijaya, Pittaya Paladroi-Shane, Agustini

Part-time Vietnamese Language Lecturer position at UW-Seattle

Part-time Lecturer in Vietnamese

The Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington seeks to appoint a 50% part-time Lecturer in Vietnamese. The initial appointment, beginning Autumn Quarter 2019, is for three years, with the possibility of renewal. Applicants must have at least an M.A. degree or foreign equivalent in Vietnamese, foreign language teaching, or another relevant area. Native or native-equivalent proficiency in Vietnamese, English fluency, and at least one year of experience teaching at the college or university level are required. The successful applicant will be expected to teach Vietnamese language at all levels, to develop curricula and teaching materials, to team-teach, and to train and supervise teaching assistants. The University of Washington has a vibrant and growing Vietnamese language program. University of Washington faculty members engage in teaching and service.  This position is non-tenure-track and has a 9 month (September 16th – June 15th) service period.

Priority will be given to complete applications received before February 1, 2019. Applications, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, sample of teaching materials, one-page statement of teaching philosophy, recent student evaluations, and three letters of recommendation, should be submitted electronically to apply.interfolio.com/57270.  Applicants may be asked later to submit a video recording of themselves teaching a Vietnamese language class. For further questions about the position, the status of the opening, or disability accommodations, please contact Pauli Sandjaja at sandjaja@uw.edu.

The University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

COTI Symposium on Indonesian Language Teaching Friday, April 1, 2016

Symposium on Indonesian Language Teaching

Friday, April 1, 2016
1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
University of Washington, Thomson Hall, Room #317
Seattle, WA  98195
https://www.washington.edu/maps/
Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian (COTI), the symposium will include papers on:

·         Content Based-Instruction in Indonesian Classroom

·         Curriculum Development: The Importance of the Balance between Language, Culture, and

       Communication

·         Indonesian Jump Started Course

·         Jatuh Bangun: Lessons (not) Learned from Growing a Language Program

·         Who are the Native Speakers of Indonesian?

·         Common Grammatical Errors by Intermediate High Level Students at the DLI Monterey

·         Challenges in Moving up to High Advanced Proficiency level: Frequently Uncorrected Learners

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9th Annual Heritage Language Research Institute: June 15-18 2016

The Ninth Heritage Language Research Institute: From bilingual children to adult heritage speakers, will be held at the University of Washington-Seattle, from June 15-18.

Contact kathryn@humnet.ucla.edu at the NHLRC for more information.en to adult heritage speakers