The Department of Literary Studies and Linguistics of the Faculty of Humanities has two lecturer positions in Linguistics.

As lecturer you will be teaching in a dynamic context in which new educational methods are being developed. Together with other new lecturers you will participate in an introductory programme. You will be supervised closely during the first year of your appointment. As our successful candidate you will match the profile described below and have research interests that correspond with the research priorities of the Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication (ACLC).

Combinations of (parts of) profiles are possible. We therefore also encourage the application by candidates who lack parts of certain profiles but match parts of other profiles. In the interest of research-intensive teaching, it is expected that the candidate keeps up with research developments regarding the contents of the courses taught (15% of the time).

The ideal candidates will be able to teach in the following programmes:

• BA Programme Linguistics (in English)
• MA Programme Linguistics (in English)
• BA Programma Nederlandse Taal & Cultuur (gedeelte Nederlandse Taalkunde, in het Nederlands)
• MA Programma Nederlandse Taal & Cultuur (gedeelte Nederlandse Taalkunde, in het Engels)
• BSc Programma Cognition, Language & Communication (in het Nederlands en het Engels)

As our succesful candidate you have:

• a PhD in a relevant discipline, such as linguistics, cognitive science, or other closely related field;
• demonstrable adaptable pedagogical abilities and/or training, evidenced by an educational portfolio;
• knowledge of and strong commitment to development and renewal of BA and MA programmes;
• a research profile that is in sync with the research priorities of the ACLC;
• knowledge of statistics;
• organisational experience and skills;
• team spirit and willingness to develop a multidisciplinary capacity in order to be able to participate in multiple areas of the Faculty's curriculum;
• an University Teaching Qualification (in Dutch: BKO) or equivalent in hand;
• native or near-native fluency in English (for Linguistics) and Dutch (for Nederlandse Taalkunde and Cognition, Language and Communication) - non-native Dutch speakers must be fluent in Dutch within two years.

You also have experience:

• in university teaching at a BA and MA level;
• in supervising BA and MA theses;
• with digital and audio-visual equipment in teaching; familiarity with ICT in academic education;
• in administration, especially at the level of the department (coordination of co-taught courses and of programmes or sub-programmes, coordination of committees, participation in the daily running of the department, tutoring of students, membership Board of Education, etc.).

The initial appointment will be for 22,8 hours per week (0.6 fte) on a temporary basis for a period of 2 years. The gross monthly salary will range from €2,709 (scale 10) to €4,978 (scale 11) based on a full-time appointment (38 hours a week) in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.

University of Amsterdam

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Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities provides education with a strong, international profile in a wide variety of disciplines in the area of languages and culture. Linguistics is a thriving field at the University of Amsterdam. Characteristic features are the broad coverage of linguistic subdisciplines and the presence of various theoretical frameworks, encouraging open and active discussion in an atmosphere of collaboration. The teaching programmes equally aim to reflect this broadness and openness.

Language Acquisition, Language Disorders, Language Processing, and Language & Cognition  

The successful candidate will have a broad background and teaching experience in language acquisition, language disorders and language & cognition. Additional strengths in language processing and statistics are a plus. Courses to be taught at the BA and the MA level in the Linguistics programmes may include First Language Acquisition (BA), Second Language Acquisition (BA), Speech & Language Disorders (BA), Psycholinguistics (language processing) (BA), Introduction to Linguistics (BA), First Year Group Project (BA), Research Methods & Statistics (BA), Language Acquisition and Disorders (MA), Language Assessment (MA), and courses in the BA Cognition, Language and Communication (CLC) and the BA Dutch Language and Culture (Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur). The tasks will also include supervising BA and/or MA theses.

Phonetics and Phonology  

The successful candidate will have a broad background and teaching experience in phonetics and phonology. Additional strengths in statistics are a plus. Courses to be taught at the BA Linguistics may include Phonetics (acoustics, perception, articulation), Transcription (the sounds of the world’s languages, and sound change), Phonology (introduction, typologically oriented), Neurolinguistics, Linguistic Theories (OT part), Speech Processing (programming and experiment), Specialization course Phonetics/Phonology (leading to BA thesis topic), Research Methods & Statistics, First Year Group Project. Teaching at the MA General Linguistics may include Phonetics & Phonology 1 (literature and modelling), Phonetics & Phonology 2 (specialization), and Statistics in Linguistics. Supervising BA and MA theses also belong to the tasks.

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