Lecturer in Academic English & Professional Speaking

Penn State University

State College (Centre County)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

14 days+

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75% tuition discount

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a full‑time Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor position in the department’s English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center (EPPIC). The role focuses on leading workshops and individual consultations to support multilingual students and scholars in advanced academic and professional English communication.

Minimum qualifications include an MA in relevant field, 3+ years of experience with graduate students, and strong English

Qualifications

An MA in Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Linguistics, or a related field emphasizing English as an additional language 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.