Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor of Advanced English Reading and Writing

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

English Listening and Speaking
The objectives for this course are to develop the students’ listening skills and to develop their communication skills in business settings. In terms of listening training, students are required to acquire skills like making inferences, note-taking, and summarizing. Efforts shall be made to enhance students’ oral skills under business settings by means of role play and interviews.

Advanced English
This integrated course aims to enrich the learners’ socio-cultural knowledge as well as to enhance the following abilities in the learners: (1) comprehension and analyses of the meaning of difficult concepts and complex syntactic structures, arguments, the structure of the discourse (development), and the style; (2) ability to appreciate and criticize; (3) the ability to make a consecutive speech on a topic for 5 minutes or longer, or to write on a topic with sufficient development of the theme, logical reasoning, correct and effective linguistic expression (coherence and cohesion).

Responsibilities and Requirements:
This integrated course aims to enrich the learners’ socio-cultural knowledge as well as to enhance the following abilities in the learners:

1. Comprehension and analyses of the meaning of difficult concepts and complex syntactic structures, arguments, the structure of the discourse (development), and the style;
2. The ability to appreciate and criticize;
3. The ability to make a consecutive speech on a topic for 5 minutes or longer, or to write on a topic with sufficient development of the theme, logical reasoning, correct and effective linguistic expression (coherence and cohesion).

Responsibilities include:

• Teaching undergraduate programs of the School.
• Supervising students’ academic activities.
• Participating in staff academic activities.

Requirements:

• Completed Master degree or above in English or related fields.
• Being familiar with cultural issues as well as historical facts about major English-speaking countries, especially the US and the UK.
• Successful teaching experience in the listed areas is preferred.
• Having successful teamwork skills, being willing to share teaching materials and experiences with other team members.

For further information and to apply:

BENEFITS
The remuneration package includes:

• On-campus apartment
• Accident, medical and surgical insurance for appointees under 65 years-of-age (we reimburse 80% of actual costs from approved providers)
• Assistance in locating and enrolling successful candidates’ children in GDUFS affiliated institutions: elementary school, junior high school, senior high school, university
• 3-month holiday (summer vacation and winter vacation)
• Access to research funds
• Opportunities to design and teach elective courses
• Opportunities to attend international conferences
• An annual sightseeing tour.

Salary scales in RMB per month:

• YUNSHAN Scholars/Distinguished/Eminent Professor 18,000 – 30,000
• Professor 10,000 – 20,000
• Associate Professor 10,000 – 14,000
• Senior Lecturer 8,000 – 12,000
• Lecturer 5,000 – 8,000.

1) Salary
In order to attract more experienced and highly professional foreign experts to teach on GDUFS campus, the University made some new policies to substantially increase the available salary for these experts. Therefore, the University is now able to provide up-to RMB20, 000 of monthly salary to world-wide famous Professors that can be active participants in teaching and research in their specific field.

2) International Travel Subsidy
Besides a monthly salary, the University shall pay each foreign teacher a certain amount of international travel subsidy to basically cover a round trip (for 1-year contract) or a single trip (for a half-year contract) from abroad to Guangzhou. This subsidy will be divided into several parts based on the length of each teacher's contract and paid monthly by the University together with the teacher's monthly salary as a whole.

How to Apply
Please email to us the following information in one pdf file:

1. Letter: A one-page letter that indicates your situation, aspirations and competence.
2. Teaching subjects: A statement that says which of our departments attracts you and a list of the courses you have taught in the last five years (give the course title, institution, and the level of each course).
3. Rank: An indication of the level of appointment you wish us to consider (please select only one level): Eminent/Distinguished Professor, Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Lecturer (recent graduate)
4. Your curriculum vitae.
5. Teaching: A statement of your teaching philosophy and achievements. Recent assessments of your teaching.
6. Research: A statement about your recent research and your research aspirations. If possible, please attach to the email you send us, pdf copies of up to three of your published research articles.
7. Thesis: A reference in APA format for any thesis you have completed, the abstract for your thesis and an internet link (URL) to your thesis.
8. Copies of all your earned degree and diploma certificates.
9. A copy of your passport.
10. References: If you wish, you may include up to three references. These should not be your confidential referees.
11. Referees: The contact details for three referees whom we may contact confidentially, one of whom should be a recent employer.

For those who are interested in working for a dynamic and prestigious university in Guangzhou, China, please contact:

The International Office
GuangdongUniversity of Foreign Studies
Guangzhou 510420 P.R. China ;

Please email your complete application to: candidate@gdufs.edu.cn via the Apply button below.

Tel: (8620) 36207047; Fax: (8620)36209250

University website: http://english.gdufs.edu.cn

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