Doctoral Position in Multilingual Language Learning - Konstanz, Deutschland - Universität Konstanz

Universität Konstanz

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Konstanz, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

(part-time 50 %, E 13 TV-L)

Reference number 2024/117. The start date is or soon thereafter. The position is available until with an option to be extended.

The University of Konstanz is one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany. Since 2007 it has been successful in the German Excellence Initiative and its follow-up programme, the Excellence Strategy.

Project description

ACTIN is an international project involving the University of Konstanz, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the University of Strasbourg, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, the University of Geneva, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, and the NGOs Roscommon in Ireland, Solidarity now in Greece, and Fundacja Wspierania Kultury I Jezyka Polskiego Im.

Mikolaja Reja.

The aim of the project is to support and reinforce the integration and inclusion of migrant children and adolescents in education and by extension in the society by developing, implementing, and evaluating language and language & content learning activities within schools and informal educational activities within and outside schools.

The doctoral researcher will develop, implement and evaluate a series of plurilingual language learning activities for primary and secondary school children in Germany in collaboration with the other team members across the consortium.

The doctoral researcher will also be involved in cultural sensitivity workshops in formal education and extracurricular activities in informal education settings, as well as in the development of an open access resource.

Working languages are English and German.

The Multilingualism Group is part of the Linguistics Department that combines theoretical with experimental linguistics and offers a lively and internationally well-connected research environment, where students are integrated in scholarly life and research at all levels.

The department's research infrastructure includes the Psycholinguistics Lab, the Neurolinguistics Lab, the Baby Speech Lab, the MuSe Lab, the Phonlab, and the Computational Linguistics Lab.

The doctoral researcher will join the doctoral programme of the Linguistics Department and will be supervised by Prof Dr Theodoros Marinis and members of the international consortium.

Your Responsibilities

Developing protocols and material for plurilingual language activities, including pedagogical translanguaging and implementing them in primary and secondary schools in Germany
Documenting and evaluating the activities
Training teachers in plurilingual language activities
Contributing to cultural sensitivity workshops in formal education and extracurricular activities in informal education settings
Contributing to science communication activities
Contributing to the maintenance of the project website and the development of an open access resource

Your Competencies

An MA or MSc degree in Linguistics, Multilingualism, German as a Second Language (DaZ), Education, Speech & Language Pathology or related discipline
A strong interest in multilingualism and plurilingual education
Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods
Excellent language and communication skills in German and English (C1 level)
Excellent academic writing skills
Ability to work as part of an international team
Familiarity with plurilingual language learning pedagogies (desirable)
Knowledge of the German education system (desirable)
Experience with teaching German to children/adolescents with a migration background (desirable)
Experience in science communication and website development (desirable)

We Offer

The opportunity to do a PhD within a unique international and interdisciplinary consortium
Training in science communication and web design through the ACTIN project and the Centre for Multilingualism
The opportunity to be part of a friendly, lively linguistics department with a broad range of research specialisms, an international profile, and a strong record of thirdparty funding
Salary according to the payscale for University employees (TVL13)
Career development opportunities and support

Applications should contain:

The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that provides equal opportunities and promotes diversity, as well as a good balance between university and family life.

As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to increase the number of women working in research and teaching. We also support working couples through our. Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact,