Academic English & Intercultural Communication Lecturer

The Pennsylvania State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% tuition discount

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Applied Linguistics invites applications for a full-time Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor in the English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center (EPPIC), starting as soon as possible. EPPIC provides language support to multilingual students, scholars, faculty, and staff across Penn State’s global community.

The role includes leading workshops, weekly speaking-group sessions, designing customized programs, and offering individual

Qualifications

• MA in Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Linguistics, or a related field emphasizing the teaching of English as an additional language and/or English for specific purposes
• At least three years of experience working with matriculated graduate students on discipline-specific research reading, writing, presentations, and informal academic and professional communication
• Specific training, expertise, and experience in teaching speaking — including pronunciation and specific-purpose oral genres such as research presentations, discussions, conversations with one’s advisor, networking interactions, and oral examinations
• Superior command of written and spoken English
• Outstanding professional, interpersonal, and intercultural communication skills

Responsibilities

• Leading workshop series for multilingual undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars from diverse disciplines on advanced writing and speaking in academic and professional English
• Leading weekly speaking-group sessions focused on both formal and informal oral communication in a university setting
• Designing and implementing customized workshops by request from departments and programs across Penn State
• Offering individual consultations on spoken and written academic English communication to multilingual students, scholars, faculty, and staff at Penn State
• Providing training and mentorship to graduate teaching assistants assigned to EPPIC
• Initiating and contributing to research projects related to disciplinary genre analysis, the design and content of new language support programming, assessment of the impacts of EPPIC’s language‑related services on student and scholar development, and related topics

Skills

Teaching English

Workshop facilitation

Academic consultation

Intercultural communication

Mentoring graduate students

Research collaboration

Education

MA in Applied Linguistics or TESOL

PhD in Second Language Studies or related field preferred

Job description

The Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Applied Linguistics invites applications for a full-time Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor in the English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center (EPPIC), starting as soon as possible. EPPIC provides language support to multilingual students, scholars, faculty, and staff across Penn State’s global community.

The role includes leading workshops, weekly speaking-group sessions, designing customized programs, and offering individual