Summer Language Institute Instructor of ArabicUniversity of Pittsburgh

The Slavic, East European, and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute (SLI) seeks an instructor of Arabic for the summer of 2026. Candidates should be equipped to teach Modern Standard Arabic and dialect.

 

The instructor will teach an 8-week intensive course during SLI's summer session, which runs from June 1 to July 24. Classes meet five days a week from 9 am to 2:50 pm. In addition to classroom teaching, instructors are expected to help plan cultural programming for their language program and attend events for the whole institute, such as film and lecture series, workshops, and picnics. Instructors may be asked to team teach. SLI will be conducted in an in-person format on the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Applicants must have a master's degree in the language they will teach or a related field and experience teaching in a college or university setting using the communicative approach or other proficiency-based methods.

Learn more about Pitt's SLI at www.sli.pitt.edu.

 

Applicants should submit a CV and, if available, representative student evaluations. Finalists will be asked to provide references at a later stage in the search.

The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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