Conversation Partners (Language Tutors) meet one-on-one with students to help them practice speaking and improve their language skills. They also assist students with reading comprehension, review course materials or activities, build vocabulary, and develop grammar skills. Through informal conversation practice in the target language, Conversation Partners enhance fluency, listening, and vocabulary, while providing informal language teaching.

All Conversation Partners primarily work with English Language Learners, helping them develop their fluency and proficiency in oral English, as well as assisting them in understanding intercultural differences in communication.

Conversation Partners who also have proficiency in American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish can also provide support for students who are learning those languages.

Graduate Conversation Partners also help enhance reading comprehension for graduate-level coursework across disciplines and support the development of various research and administrative projects related to language learning at our center.

Graduate Conversation Partner/Tutor positions are Teaching Assistantships; they carry stipends, tuition remission, and benefits in accordance with the current TUGSA contract. We offer full-time (20 hours per week), half-time (10 hours per week), and quarter-time (5 hours per week) positions. The work hours are flexible and can be scheduled around other obligations.

Who can apply:

Ph.D./Ed.D. students from all academic disciplines are eligible to apply. We particularly welcome applicants who:

• have completed their doctoral coursework
• have at least three years of college-level teaching experience (preferably at Temple)
• are reflective about their teaching practice
• enjoy working one-on-one with diverse groups of language learners
• have a working knowledge of a foreign language (preference given to Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish) or American Sign Language.

How to apply:

Complete the online application form and submit the following materials (through the form):

• Cover letter (including a paragraph addressing your teaching philosophy)
• CV
• 2 academic writing samples (e.g. seminar papers, conference papers, dissertation prospectus, etc.)

Current openings and application deadlines:

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