Research Assistant (m/f/d), EG 13 TV-H - in the field of German as a Foreign and Second Language

Part-time with half of the regular working time of a full-time employee. The position is initially limited for 2 years to conduct third-party funded scientific accompanying research on the evaluation of the placement concept of an International Production School (IPS) (§ 2 Abs. 2 WissZeitVG).

Tasks:

Conception and implementation of a scientific accompanying research to determine and evaluate factors of effect regarding the connection of productive work and vocational language teaching:

• Planning, implementation, processing and evaluation of observations in the subject lessons, in the language lessons and in the workshop work.
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of written and oral surveys (individual and group interviews, if necessary in French and English) of participants, teachers and instructors of the IPS
• Conducting and evaluating language level surveys
• Documentation of the project (surveys, protocols, reports).

Prerequisites:

• academic university degree in the field of "German as a foreign and second language".
• very good/native German language skills, good to very good English and French language skills
• very good computer skills (Microsoft Office)
• experience/knowledge in the field of qualitative data collection and analysis 
• teaching experience in the field of DaFZ
• familiarity with operational procedures
• scientific commitment, ability to work independently, communication skills, flexibility

For further inquiries, please contact Prof. Dr. Karin Aguado, Tel.: 0561-804-3309, E-Mail: karin.aguado[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.

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