Linguistics Language Program

Description
The Department of Linguistics appoints about 45 speakers of American Sign Language, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish as Teaching Assistants in its lower-division language classes. Students are appointed as Teaching Assistants and usually at 50% time. For additional information, visit the Linguistics homepage on the web at https://llp.ucsd.edu/.

Qualifications
Minimum qualifications are having a strong speaking ability in the language for which employed and sufficient formal education in that language to ensure that the TA speaks a variety of that language acceptable as a model for students. Attendance at the Linguistics Language Program Fall Workshop is mandatory. The workshop is held the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Week 0 during fall quarter.

Application Procedure
The application for Employment as a TA for the Linguistics Language Program (LLP) can be accessed at https://llp.ucsd.edu/language-program/jobs/teaching-positions.html#Application-Materials.  Submit the application according to the instructions online.

Application Deadline
April 25 is the initial application deadline for all students. In most cases, incoming students who apply on or before May 1 can usually expect to have an answer concerning LLP employment within one month of the department’s receipt of the application. 

Additional information may be obtained by emailing lang-advising-g@ucsd.edu.