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Shea House and the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures seek Language Assistants (LAs) to live and work in the Arabic, Hindi-Urdu, and Persian
blocks. Language Assistants must have either
native or near-native fluency in the block's language, and we prefer students who have experience living in the relevant countries.
Language Assistants receive free room and board in the Shea House. Language Assistant duties require approximately 5 hours per week* and include:
- running a weekly "corner" or "table" for one hour in which all the residents in your language group are required to participate;
- engaging in dinner conversations with your language group for approximately half an hour per night, Monday through Thursday;
- organizing cultural events for Shea House residents, and coordinating the events with other Language Assistants and House Staff.
In addition, each LA will meet with their Language Coordinator on a biweekly basis to discuss upcoming activities. LAs as a group will meet with the house director on a biweekly basis to review past and future activities, and will participate in biweekly meetings of the Shea House government.
Those wishing to apply for these positions should download
the application form and submit the filled
out form to the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, B027
Cabell Hall. (Applications for Chinese and Japanese should be submitted to the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, B027 Cabell Hall, and applications for Italian should be submitted to the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, 128 Wilson Hall, Attn. Professor Christina Della Colletta.)
To be eligible, you must be a UVa student during the coming academic year. All applications are due by 12:00 pm on Friday, November 14, 2008. Interviews may be arranged with some applicants.
* For students with F1 visas: Serving as a Shea House Language Assistant limits the amount of other work you can do on grounds to 15 hours per week, in compliance with USCIS regulations.
For further information on Middle Eastern
and South Asian languages at the Shea House, please contact
the following faculty:
Ahmad Obiedat
MESALC Coordinator for Shea House
OR:
Tomoko Marshall
General Coordinator for Shea House
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