Mandarin Chinese Instructor
Remote
Full Time
Entry Level
Position Title: Mandarin Chinese Instructor
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Deliver language instruction using proficiency-oriented methods and materials.
- Teach all ILR skill levels, focusing primarily on speaking proficiency.
- Provide instruction in a variety of settings, including classroom, online (synchronous and asynchronous), and iso-immersion environments.
- Develop and implement syllabi, lesson plans, and instructional materials tailored to the students' proficiency levels and specific mission requirements.
- Integrate cultural context into language instruction, covering value systems, behavioral patterns, institutions, geography, and political, economic, and social systems of the areas where the target language is spoken.
- Utilize diverse instructional technologies such as electronic flashcards, online applications, games, computer programs, voice and video recorders.
- Engage students in higher-order thinking skills through task-based and project-based instruction.
- Conduct both formative and summative assessments to evaluate student progress and proficiency.
- Maintain records of student progress and provide regular feedback to students and program administrators.
- Undergraduate degree or higher.
- Four or more years of experience teaching Mandarin Chinese to adult learners in an intensive proficiency-oriented environment.
- Proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and in English.
- Experience with proficiency-oriented language instruction methods.
- Familiarity with the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency scale.
- Ability to adapt teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of students.
- U.S. citizenship.
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