ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE

Project Associate (Ref. 18122701)
[Appointment period: twelve months initially, with possibility of further appointment]

Duties

The appointee will assist the project leader in the project – “Developing a PolyU-Stanford adaptive learning online platform for English and exploratory adaptive assessment for science subjects”.  He/She will be required to:  

(a)    analyse common language errors in learner corpora;

(b)    write learning materials for an online platform;

(c)    produce teaching/learning videos;

(d)    conduct data analysis;

(e)    provide administrative and secretarial support;  

(f)    draft project reports; and

(g)    perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.

Qualifications

Applicants should have:

(a)    a master’s degree or a good honours degree in Applied Linguistics or related disciplines with three years or more of relevant work experience;

(b)    native-speaker level of English language;

(c)    effective communication skills; and

(d)    proven experience in producing English language learning materials.

Preference will be given to native English speaker and/or those with experience in producing online learning materials.

Applicants are invited to contact Dr Linda Lin at tel no.2766 7501 or for further information.

Remuneration

A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.  Applicants should state their current and expected salary in the application.

Application

Please refer to the "Application Method". The closing date for application is Wednesday, 13 February 2019.  Applicants who are not invited to an interview within two months from the closing date should consider their applications unsuccessful.  Applications should be addressed directly to Dr Linda Lin (please state English Language Centre on the envelope).  The University’s Personal Information Collection Statement for recruitment can be found at http://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/job/en/guide_forms/pics.php.