Japanese Language Instructor, DLI-W

The Unconventional; Arlington (WA); Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative organization seeks a skilled Language Instructor to provide engaging language instruction for students at the Defense Language Institute. This role emphasizes culturally-based, learner-centered teaching that utilizes authentic materials and real-world tasks to enhance communicative competence. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree, be a native speaker of the language, and have a passion for adapting lessons to meet diverse learning styles. Join a dynamic team dedicated to fostering language acquisition and intercultural understanding in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience required.
• Must be an educated native speaker of the language taught.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional language instruction in classroom and virtual settings.
• Tailor lessons to individual student needs and promote communicative competence.

Skills

Language Instruction

Cultural Competence

Lesson Planning

Adaptability

Oral Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Instructional Technologies

Job description

Japanese Language Instructor, DLI-W - (2013)

Job Title: Japanese Language Instructor, DLI-W

Location: Arlington, VA - Arlington, VA 22201 US
National Capital Region (NCR) - Washington, DC 20540 US (Primary)
Remote Arlington, VA - Arlington, VA 22201 US
Remote Washington DC - Washington, DC 20001 US
Washington, DC - Washington, DC US

Category: Contractors

Summary:

The Unconventional is seeking a highly skilled Language Instructor to join our team to support the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC). In this role, you will be responsible for providing classroom language instruction for the Defense Language Institute - Washington (DLI-W).

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Provide professional foreign language instruction to students in a classroom and/or virtual environment.
• Prepare for each class, tailoring the lesson to individual student’s needs.
• All instruction must be based on proficiency-oriented principles of second language acquisition.
• Instruction must be culturally-based, learner-centered, employing authentic materials and real-world tasks.
• Emphasize communicative competence in real-life situations.
• Utilize level- and topic-appropriate lessons, materials, and activities.
• Teach writing skills to promote language acquisition.
• Engage students’ higher-order thinking skills and develop independent learning skills.
• Incorporate diverse instructional technologies.
• Integrate intercultural competence and cultural knowledge into language instruction.
• Use authentic materials in immersive ways with diagnostically oriented teaching methods.
• Ensure curriculum/materials include sufficient quantity, analysis, and comprehension of listening and reading Target Language (TL) texts.
• All courses must include a syllabus.

Required Qualifications:

• At a minimum, must possess a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and have at least two (2) years of relevant experience in intensive training.
• Must be an educated native speaker of the current standard form of the language/dialect taught.
• Must possess the ability to adapt to students with varying learning styles.
• Must have Oral Proficiency Interview scores of Level 3 or above in the Target Language.
• Must be able to pass a background check.