LectorSenior Lector I, Vietnamese, Council on Southeast Asian Studies

The Council on Southeast Asia Studies (CSEAS) at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University invites applications for a Lector in Vietnamese with an anticipated start date of July 1 2027. The initial appointment will be for three years with the possibility of renewal depending on successful performance and ongoing curricular need. Full-time Lectors at Yale teach six courses or the equivalent per academic year which may be realized as five term courses with a sixth course equivalent of advising and/or other administrative service.

Primary duties each academic year will include teaching elementary courses and intermediate courses in Vietnamese in four learning-skill areas: reading writing speaking and listening. Additional advanced language courses will focus on literary social political cultural and/or sociolinguistics topics related to Vietnamese (as determined on the basis of the appointees qualifications and expertise). The Lector will advise students and work alongside Yales Indonesian and Filipino (Tagalog) language lectors to engage in program building of Southeast Asian Studies at Yale specifically in developing overseas language and other study opportunities. They will also engage in developing the broad curriculum and the pedagogic materials for Vietnamese.

We are especially interested in candidates whose language and content expertise will complement existing cross-disciplinary scholarship inCSEAS. The successful candidate may also be expected to teach throughYales shared course initiative in which language classrooms across partner institutions are connected via advanced videoconferencing.

CSEASlectors are encouraged to participate in the wide range of professional development opportunities offered through the MacMillan Center the Center for Language Study the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Deans Office.

Full-time lectors are eligible for Yales generous package of benefits including health coverage. Salary and rank are commensurate with experience and qualifications. If the initial appointment is at the rank of Lector a promotion review for Senior Lector I must take place in the fifth year or earlier. Senior Lectors at Yale are expected to participate in teaching-related professional activities (e.g. workshops seminars training activities conferences) and have no limits on reappointment provided the performance is successful and there is ongoing curricular need.

The successful candidate must have: 1) native or near-native fluency in Vietnamese; 2) proficiency in English; 3) a bachelors degree or the equivalent by the time of hire; 4) experience in teaching Vietnamese as a second language in a college or university environment. It is strongly preferred that the applicants have: 1) an M.A. or other advanced degree in Southeast Asian languages/literatures/linguistics second language pedagogy second language acquisition (SLA) applied linguistics or other related field; and 2) demonstrated ability and enthusiasm for in-class teaching/acquisition familiarity with language training programs in Southeast Asia experience with technologically aided language learning methods and their development interest in the broader field of Southeast Asian Studies and/or other relevant disciplines.