Research Assistant in Spanish

Job description

Description The Middlebury College Summer Spanish School is pleased to announce a vacancy for a temporary Research Assistant in Spanish. The position is available during the summer 2020 session, located on Middlebury College campus in Vermont. Our unique 7-week program combines a cultural immersion environment with rigorous daily classroom instruction. The Research Assistant will contribute to ongoing projects being carried out by faculty of the School of Spanish. The projects are broadly related to Second Language Acquisition, and include but are not limited to the following areas: intercultural development, L2 phonetics/phonology, acquisition of syntax/morphosyntax, and L2 literacy. The Research Assistants’ contributions will involve data analyses, linguistic transcriptions of recorded interviews, data segmentation, placement test digitalization, and other related tasks. In addition to the salary, lodging and a complete meal plan will be provided. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree strongly preferred. Advanced degree a plus. Native or near-native proficiency in target language and English, oral and written. Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (both...