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Teach English at French Universities 2020-2021

Welcome to the 2020-2021 list of English lecteur / lectrice and maître de langue positions at French universities!

If you have finished at least one year of a Master’s degree, you may be eligible to apply to teach English at the university level in France. Please read through the English lecteur / lectrice information and check out the 2019-2020 job listings to get an idea of when most deadlines are and which universities were hiring. I’ll continue to add new job listings to this post as I receive them, so be sure to check back often. If your university has a job listing to advertise, feel free to e-mail me at ielanguages@gmail.com.

Open lecteur/lectrice/maître de langue positions for the 2020-2021 academic year (earliest deadline dates first)

No open positions

Deadlines Already Passed:

The Université de Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens is hiring an English lecteur/lectrice to start in September 2020. Deadline is 15 May, 2020. Please download the following PDF for details. In the current circumstances, candidates should submit their applications via email to morgan.dickson@u-picardie.fr

Picardie Jules Verne Lecteur Position 2020-2021

Nantes University is recruiting for a last-minute vacancy as 2020-21 lecteur/lectrice for the Languages department (students specialising in either Business and Languages or general English studies), to complete our team of seven lecteurs/lectrices. To be eligible, you must have completed at least one year of a Master’s Degree, be a native English speaker, preferably with some teaching or other work experience. You need to be dynamic, enjoy working in a team, and be keen to share your culture and interests with others. To apply, please send a CV and cover letter in English, plus either a reference or the contact details of a referee, to Jackie.baker@univ-nantes.fr by May 20th 2020.

L’Université Lyon 1 – composante INSPE – recrute un.e lecteur.trice d’anglais pour l’année 2020-2021. Dépôt des candidatures du 05 au 26 mai 2020.

PUBLICS :

Le.la candidat.e est recruté.e pour intervenir au sein de l’Inspé, composante de l’Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, auprès des étudiant.e.s des Masters MEEF (enseignement, éducation et formation) premier et second degrés.

EXIGENCES DU POSTE A POURVOIR :

Le.la candidat.e :

– sera un.e locuteur.rice natif.ve de langue anglaise (Royaume-Uni, Etats-Unis, Canada anglophone, Irlande, Australie, Afrique du Sud, Nouvelle-Zélande)

– devra justifier d’un titre ou diplôme étranger d’un niveau minimum équivalent à celui d’une année après la Licence (décret n° 87-754 du 14 sept 1987 modifié par Décret n°2013-310 du 11 avril 2013).

– maîtrisera les outils récents des techniques de l’information et de la communication dans l’enseignement, tels que l’audiovisuel, le multimédia, internet, le courrier électronique, les forums en ligne etc.

Ce poste suppose les qualités suivantes :

– dynamisme, ouverture d’esprit

– capacité à entraîner et motiver des groupes d’apprenants

– assiduité et ponctualité

– des intérêts culturels variés

– un bon niveau de français pour pouvoir établir de bonnes relations avec les étudiant.e.s et les personnels de l’Inspé

Une expérience d’enseignement sera appréciée, notamment dans le domaine de la formation d’adultes en langue étrangère.

TÂCHES :

· Assurer des cours de langue dans le cadre des Masters en référence au CECRL (Cadre Européen Commun de Référence pour les Langues : Apprendre, Enseigner, Evaluer. Conseil de l’Europe, 2000)

· Contribuer le cas échéant à la formation en langue des personnels de l’INSPE

· Participer aux réunions de concertation de l’équipe des formateurs.trices, et contribuer à la production d’outils ou de supports d’enseignement

Le volume horaire annuel à assurer à l’INSPE est de 300h ETP (ou 200h ETD)

LOCALISATION :

Le.la candidat.e pourra être appelé.e à intervenir sur l’ensemble des différents sites de l’INSPE (Ain : Bourg-en-Bresse, Loire : St Etienne, Rhône : Croix-Rousse à Lyon).

DEPOT DES CANDIDATURES :

Le dossier de candidature, constitué d’une lettre de motivation, d’un curriculum vitae, et d’une copie des diplômes obtenus, sera adressé par voie électronique le mardi 26 mai 2020 dernier délai aux adresses suivantes : inspe-rh@univ-lyon1.fr ; marie.ramos@univ-lyon1.fr

Pour tous renseignements complémentaires concernant le profil, s’adresser à Mme Angeline DURAND VALLOT : angeline.durand-vallot@univ-lyon1.fr

Le département d’études anglophones de l’Université de Poitiers recherche pour l’année universitaire 2020-2021 un lecteur ou une lectrice de langue maternelle anglaise. Cette personne devra être originaire de l’Union Européenne, ou sinon, résider déjà en France et disposer d’un titre de séjour en règle pour le début du contrat.

Personnes à contacter:
Nicolas VIDEAU: nicolas.videau@univ-poitiers.fr
Marc FRYD: marc.fryd@univ-poitiers.fr

La Faculté des Sciences et Technologies à Vandoeuvre lès Nancy (Université de Lorraine) is hiring a lecteur d’anglais for 2020-2021. Deadline to apply is March 25, 2020. Please download the following PDF for details:

Lorraine Lecteur Position 2020-2021

INSA Hauts-de-France Engineering School in Valenciennes (formerly ENSIAME) is hiring an English lecteur/lectrice for September 2020 to June 2021. Deadline to apply is March 30, 2020. Please download the following PDF for details:

INSA Hauts-de-France Lecteur Position 2020-2021

The Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France (Faculty of Science and Technology) in Valenciennes is looking for an English-language Lecteur/Lectrice for the academic year 2020-2021. Deadline to apply is March 31, 2020. Please download the following PDF for details:

Hauts-de-France Lecteur Position 2020-2021

L’antenne de Beauvais de l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne recherche un maître de langue anglaise pour l’année universitaire 2020-2021 afin d’assurer des cours de civilisation et de langue anglaise auprès des étudiants de sa filière LEA et LLCER. Ce contrat peut être reconduit un an. Les conditions requises pour une candidature sont les suivantes:

–avoir un diplôme français ou étranger d’un niveau équivalent à celui du diplôme national de master.
–n’avoir jamais enseigné en tant que lecteur ou maître de langues dans une université
– être de langue maternelle anglaise ou pratiquer l’anglais à l’égal de la langue maternelle.
–avoir une bonne connaissance de la langue française, écrite et orale.

Le service est de 192h à l’année et peut être regroupé sur trois jours. Il comprend des cours de laboratoire, expression, et communication en milieu professionnel, ainsi que des TD de civilisation britannique, dont le contenu sera fourni. Il est souhaitable que le candidat possède une expérience de l’enseignement de la langue anglaise (des compétences en phonétique/phonologie sont plus que bienvenues) et des compétences ou connaissances en institutions britanniques actuelles. Il est possible pour le candidat d’effectuer des heures supplémentaires dans la filière LEA et LLCER ainsi que dans les autres filières de l’antenne. Le service comprend les tâches liées à l’activité d’enseignement, notamment la préparation, la surveillance et la correction des contrôles de connaissance et examens. Le salaire net par mois est d’environ 1 500 euros, de septembre à août. Merci de diffuser cette information. Les candidatures (curriculum vitae et lettre de candidature en format .doc ou .pdf) peuvent être envoyées au plus tard le 1 avril 2020 aux deux adresses suivantes:

malinovichenglish@gmail.com Nadia Malinovich
villers.upjv@gmail.com Aurélie Villers

Due to a last-minute vacancy, ENSIM Engineering School at Le Mans University is hiring a lectrice/lecteur d’anglais for 2020-2021. As an excellent mastery of English is essential for their future careers, our students are highly motivated and eager to improve their language skills. Applicants should have completed at least one year of a Master’s Degree and be native English speakers, preferably with some teaching or other work experience. To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to daniel.koechlin@univ-lemans.fr

Other Options to Teach English Abroad

If you are not qualified to teach at the university level, consider the Teaching Assistant Program in France to teach in the French public school system. The contract is shorter and the pay is less, but it is good experience if you plan to move up to teaching at the university level later on. Deadlines are from December to March, depending on your nationality. There are also other opportunities to teach English in Europe or Latin America if you would like to teach in other countries.

If you are an American citizen with a Master’s degree in TESOL/linguistics, you can also apply to the English Language Fellow Program to teach English overseas for 10 months. The locations change every year, but there are many options available and the stipend is $30,000.

English Teaching Assistant Program in France for 2017-2018

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The application for the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) for Americans and Canadians is now available at tapif.org

The Teaching Assistant Program in France offers 7 month English teaching assistant positions at public schools in France or the DOM-TOMs. The only contract is October 1 to April 30. Applicants must be between the ages of 20 and 35 by the start date and have a B1 level in French at the time of application. The US program also requires completion of 3 years of university/community college while the Canadian program only requires 2 years.

English assistants work 12 in-class hours a week and receive 790€ net each month plus have health insurance. Assistants assigned to the DOM-TOMs receive a higher salary because of the higher cost of living (however, assistants in Paris do not.) Travel to/from French embassies to obtain a visa, travel to/from France, and housing in France are NOT provided. Assistants can also renew for a second year, but a new visa is required.

The application is due January 31, 2017, for Americans and February 15, 2017, for Canadians. Chek the official US and Canadian program websites for more information. There are roughly 1,100 positions for Americans and 200 positions for Canadians available.

Read all about my personal experience with the Teaching Assistant Program in France and get helpful tips and advice at my TAPIF guide. You can also download all the lessons I created for my French students (as well as international students in the US) at Free ESL Lesson Plans.

Speak another language besides French and want to teach in Europe?

If you would like to teach English abroad on an official program, but do not speak French, you can also try the similar Spanish program if you want to go to Europe. You do not have to prove your level of Spanish so it is possible to apply with a very limited knowledge. The contracts are 8 months long (October 1 to May 31) and the pay is 700€ net for 12 in-class hours outside of Madrid or 1,000€ net for 16 in-class hours in Madrid.

If you speak German, try the US Teaching Assistantship at Austrian secondary schools.

If you speak Italian, try the Study Intercultural Training Experience to teach English at schools in Lombardy.

Want to teach English abroad but don’t speak another language?

In South America, Colombia and Chile have also recently begun similar programs to bring in native or near-native English speakers to help teach in public schools. These programs are classified as volunteer programs, however, so the monthly stipend is much less than the European programs and require more hours of work per week. Neither country requires knowledge of Spanish before applying. They also have a different academic year than Northern Hemisphere school systems, so the contracts typically run from January or March to November for a full academic year. There are one semester options as well if you only want to commit for 4-5 months.

Official Programs to Teach English in Europe

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Do you want to teach English in Europe?

A few countries have official programs to bring in native English speakers to work as language assistants in the public school system. If you are currently an undergraduate student or have a BA and are under 30 years of age, then there are several programs to teach English in Europe to choose from. However, there are a few programs that will consider applicants over 30, especially in Spain.

I will update the deadline dates when the 2017-2018 applications become available, typically from October to January. Deadlines tend to range from December to April.

English Teaching Programs in Europe

1. France (For citizens of all major English-speaking nations)

The Teaching Assistant Program in France (managed by the CIEP) is open to English-speaking citizens of several countries: the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, as well as students from any of the members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States who are enrolled at the University of the West Indies.

Monthly salary: 790€ net; assistants placed in DOM-TOMs receive higher salaries but NOT those placed in Paris

US program: Must have completed 2 years of a BA and be between ages of 21 and 30, with intermediate level of French. Application fee of $40. Dual French-American citizens are not eligible.
Deadline: January 15, 2017

Canadian program: Applicants must have completed two years of higher education by October 1, 2015. Dual French-Canadian citizens are not eligible, and there is an application fee of $40 USD.
Deadline: February 15, 2017

UK program through British Council
Deadline: December 19

Irish program: must be between ages of 20 and 35 and have completed 2nd year of BA
Deadline: February 20

Australia
Deadline: December 17

New Zealand
Deadline: February 27

India
Deadline: December 2

Jamaica and the Bahamas
Deadline: January 5

2. Spain (For citizens of US, Canada, UK, and Ireland)

US & Canadian program: must hold a minimum of a BA or BS by the end of the academic year preceding the start of the program, be a junior or a senior, or have become a university graduate. Age limit is 60 years of age (as of 2016, the age limit of 35 for Madrid has been removed and all regions in Spain are now participating).
Monthly salary: 700€ for most locations; 1,000€ for those placed in Madrid
Deadline: April

UK program through British Council: undergraduates studying Spanish at a UK university will be treated as priority candidates
Monthly salary: 700€ for most locations; 1,000€ for those placed in Madrid
Deadline: December 19

Irish program through ELA Scheme
No age limit; must have completed one year of university
Monthly salary: 700€ net
Deadline: March 2

A few other language assistant programs in Spain which have no age limits include UCETAM (Madrid only), Meddeas (private schools), and BEDA (Catholic schools mostly in Madrid).

3. Italy (For citizens of the US, UK, and Ireland)

US program: Placements available in Lombardy only
Monthly salary: 700€ net
Deadline: February

UK program through British Council
Monthly salary: 850€ net
Deadline: December 19

Irish program through ELA Scheme: Undergraduates who are studying Italian at a university/third level institution of education, are under 30 years of age, and have completed two years of third level studies are eligible to apply.
Monthly salary: 850€ net
Deadline: March 2

4. Germany (For citizens of the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand)

US program through Fulbright
Deadline: Usually in October

UK program through British Council
Monthly salary: 800€ net
Deadline: December 19

Irish program through ELA Scheme: must have completed 2 years of university and be under 29
Monthly salary: 800€ net
Deadline: March 2

Australian program: must have BA, be under 29, and have good knowledge of German
Monthly salary: 800€ plus one-time travel grant of 1,000€
Deadline: February 28

5. Austria (For citizens of the US, UK, and Ireland)

US program: Must have BA and working knowledge of German
Monthly salary: 1,105€ net
Deadline: January 15

UK program through British Council
Monthly salary: around 1,133€
Deadline: December 19

Irish program through the ELA Scheme
Modern language undergraduates after their second year of study are eligible to apply; Austrian authorities request that applicants are under 30 years old.
Monthly salary: approximately 1,000€ net
Deadline: March 2

6. Switzerland (For citizens of the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia)

UK and Irish applicants are considered first, then if necessary, those from the US, Canada and Australia. Aimed at students and graduates of universities and teacher training colleges; must be between ages of 21 and 30
Monthly salary: 2,550 CHF net
Deadline: February 27

7. Czech Republic

Knowledge of Czech not required. No age limit. Positions in Prague are scarce.

8. Hungary (For citizens of the US, Canada, UK, and Australia)

Applications accepted at all times, but there is an application fee of $750. Bachelor’s degree required. Knowledge of Hungarian not required. No age limit.

For US citizens, the Fulbright program has several English Teaching Assistant positions (throughout the world, not just Europe) but these positions are quite competitive. The largest program in Europe is Germany, with 140 positions available. The deadline for Fulbright grants is typically in October for a program that starts in the following year. Applicants 29 and younger receive special consideration, and you cannot apply to a country for which you hold citizenship.

For UK citizens, the British Council offers assistantships in several countries both within and outside of Europe: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland in Europe; and Argentina, (Francophone) Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador or Mexico outside of Europe. Applications are usually due by December for programs that start in the following year. For Irish citizens, the English Language Assistant Scheme offers positions in France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain.

If you’re looking to teach English in Europe but don’t have much experience, go to my ESL Lesson Plans page to see what I’ve used in my courses (and you can download them for free!)

English Teaching Assistant in France & Overseas Departments 2015-2016

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If you would like to teach English in the public school system in France as an assistant for the 2015-2016 school year (October 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016), use the links below to find out the specific requirements and application process for your country.

In general, you must be a native English speaker, have finished two to three years of university & be between 20 and 30 years old by October 1, 2015, and speak French at an intermediate (B1) level. The teaching assistantship program in France is open to citizens of other countries as well, to teach German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, etc. in French public schools. Refer to the official CIEP website for all countries and languages involved in the program.

Assistants work 12 hours a week and are paid about 795€ a month net, with paid vacations in October, December, February, and April. There is only one contract length (7 months) but you can still choose between two levels: primary (elementary school) or secondary (middle school, high school, or both). For the majority of countries, assistants can be assigned to mainland France + Corsica and the overseas départements of Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and La Réunion. Assistants working in the overseas départements have a slightly higher salary to compensate for the higher cost of living; however, assistants working in Paris or other cities with high costs of living in mainland France do NOT have a higher salary. Australia and New Zealand also send assistants to New Caledonia, but the school year is between March and October so the application process is different.

You can read through my Guide for English Language Assistants in France for more detailed information and my personal experience as an assistant in 2006-2008, as well as download all of the ESL lesson plans I created for my classes.

Applications for many countries are now available, and the deadlines range from December to March. You should be notified between April and June if you have been accepted. Most countries require you to go to the French embassy/consulate to get your visa before leaving for France, so make sure you take that into account because it could be very far from where you live and you will have to pay for your own transportation. All Australians must go to Sydney and all NZers must go to Wellington, for example. The visa is free, however. Assistants are responsible for buying their own plane tickets to France and finding their own housing (though some schools may be able to help with this.) Non-EU citizens are also required to undergo a medical visit upon arrival in France. Since assistants have low incomes, they are eligible to receive money from the state (CAF) to help pay rent, though the amount depends on age, current rent, previous income, etc. Assistants can give private English lessons and baby-sit to earn extra cash.

Links to each country’s French embassy page:

USA (online application available at tapif.org)

Deadline is January 15, 2015, (deadline extended to January 29) and there is an application fee of $40 USD. Dual French-American citizens are not eligible to apply; however, all other dual EU-American citizens may apply. Applicants must have completed three years of higher education by October 1, 2015. Check out the TAPIF USA page on Facebook if you have questions that are not answered on the French Culture site linked above.

Canada (online application available at tapif.org)

Deadline is March 1, 2015, and there is an application fee of $40 USD. Dual French-Canadian citizens are not eligible to apply; however, all other dual EU-Canadian citizens may apply. Applicants must have completed two years of higher education by October 1, 2015.

United Kingdom

Deadline is December 19, 2014.

Ireland

Deadline: February 20, 2015.

Australia

Deadline: December 17, 2014. There are also positions in New Caledonia, but the deadline for teaching March-October 2015 has already passed. Application deadline for New Caledonia is usually in September.

New Zealand

Deadline: February 27, 2015. There are also positions in New Caledonia and Wallis et Futuna, but the deadline for teaching March-October 2015 has already passed. Application deadline for New Caledonia is usually in September and Wallis et Futuna in October.

India

Deadline: December 2, 2014.

Jamaica and the Bahamas

Deadline: January 5, 2015. Also note: “The program is also open to students from the University of the West Indies from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.”

Citizens of South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, and Barbados are also eligible, but I could not find any pages on the assistantship program on the embassy websites. The official CIEP site has applications for these countries, but the deadline dates are not specified.

If you do not qualify for the teaching assistantship program but would like to teach English in France, there are also lecteur d’anglais or lectrice d’anglais positions available at universities for those who have more than a Bachelor’s degree. I will post any open positions for 2015-2016 on this blog as I find them. You can also look at the positions for 2014-2015 to get an idea of what was available last year and the typical deadlines.

English Teaching Positions in France or DOM-TOMs 2014 (Lecteur/Lectrice d’anglais)

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UPDATE: The 2015-2016 job listings are now available.

If you would like to teach English at a university in France or the DOM-TOMs for the 2014-2015 school year, job announcements for lecteur/lectrice and maître de langue positions are starting to appear on university websites. Both positions require native or near-native fluency in English but the lecteur/lectrice position requires completion of only one year of a Master’s degree (some universities may accept a 4 year Bachelor’s degree since it is Bac+4) while the maître de langue position requires a Master’s degree. I will continue to update this post with any new positions I find.

I’ve recently been made aware of the illegal practice of forcing lecteurs to work 200 TD hours per year. As stated in the official décret, lecteurs should only work a maximum of 100 TD hours (the lecteur position can include a maximum of 300 TP hours as well). The maître de langue position requires a maximum of 192 TD hours but pays more than the lecteur position – yet some universities are hiring lecteurs and making them work as much as a maître de langue so they can save money by only paying the lecteur salary (which is around 300€ net less per month). Some of the lecteur jobs below require 200 TD hours, so keep in mind the number of hours they are asking you to work is unfair and illegal. Either the university needs to lower the TD hours to 100, or the position and salary need to be classified as maître de langue and not lecteur. The January 2014 edition of SNESUP (page 17 in the PDF) includes an article about this illegal practice.

Positions:

Université de Toulon has a lecteur/lectrice position; no deadline given (PDF uploaded May 15)

Lecteur/Lectrice de langue anglaise position available at Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Campus de Schoelcher, Martinique; deadline June 10, 2014

Université Jean Fourier (Grenoble) is hiring a lecteur/lectrice d’anglais; deadline May 30, 2014

Université de la Réunion recrute un lecteur ou une lectrice d’anglais; rémunération environ 1 865€ net; deadline May 20, 2014

Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1 recrute un/e lecteur/lectrice d’anglais pour l’année 2014-2015; deadline May 19, 2014

Recrutement lecteurs / maître de langue (en anglais)

– Les inscriptions pour la campagne de recrutement pour l’année universitaire 2014/2015 sont ouvertes. Plusieurs postes sont à pourvoir au sein de l’UFR LSHS sur le site de Villetaneuse et au sein de l’IUT de Bobigny.

– Cours dispensés : anglais oral (compréhension orale et expression orale) et transcription phonétique en laboratoire de langues au sein du département d’anglais, et/ou cours d’anglais aux étudiants des autres départements (espagnol, lettres modernes, histoire, psychologie…).

– Les dossiers de candidature doivent comprendre :

– un CV détaillé.

– une lettre de motivation en français, datée, signée et adressée au Président de l’Université de Paris 13.

– la photocopie d’un diplôme équivalent à un Master 1 (bac +4) pour un recrutement en qualité de lecteur ou d’un diplôme équivalent à un Master 2 (bac +5) pour un recrutement en qualité de maître de langue.

– Les dossiers doivent être retournés, accompagnés des pièces justificatives par courrier à l’adresse suivante :
Université Paris 13 A l’attention de Pierre Fournier (UFR LSHS – département d’anglais) 99 Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément 93430 Villetaneuse
ou par mail à l’adresse suivante : pierre.fournier@univ-paris13.fr – Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : le vendredi 11 avril 2014 (le cachet de la poste ou la
date du mail faisant foi).

April 16: Le Service du Département des langues à l‘Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne recrute pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015 3 lecteurs et un maître de langue en anglais. La date limite d’envoi des dossiers est fixée au samedi 3 mai 2014. Demande motivée + CV à adresser à : andre.gorlier@univ-paris1.fr

April 9: Institut du Monde Anglophone at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris is hiring a lecteur/lectrice (deadline April 10, 2014) and a maître de langue (deadline May 4, 2014)

April 9: Université Lille is hiring two English lecteurs/lectrices; deadline April 25, 2014

April 8: Université Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand has two vacancies for a post of Lecturer at the Hypermedia Language Centre of the Faculty of Applied Languages, Commerce & Communication for a 1 year (renewable) position starting in September 2014; no deadline given

The post involves teaching in a state-of-the-art multimedia lab and offers a relatively rare opportunity to gain valuable experience in a developing area. The centre, which earned the European Award for Languages in 2003, aims to foster and develop students’ oral communication and comprehension skills in English by its unique combination of face-to-face group activities and on-computer pair work. See the Guided tour section of our website at http://englishlab.univ-bpclermont.fr

The teaching load averages about 14 hours a week during term time. Work will also include tutoring students’ recorded discussions on our own innovative software platform and working with colleagues to prepare IWB flipcharts and multimedia lesson material. Monthly salary is roughly 1480 euros (gross). Overtime is available.

The applicant should be a university graduate and a native speaker of English with training and experience in TEFL. A qualification such as the CELTA would be particularly appreciated. He or she should be enthusiastic about working with ITC in a communicative approach as part of a dynamic team.

A CV, references and covering letter should be sent by email to: Dacia Dressen-Hammouda (Dacia.Hammouda@univ-bpclermont.fr) and Emily Butler (Emily.Butler@univ-bpclermont.fr)

April 8: IUT de Sceaux (equivalent of a Technical College of Higher Education) is recruiting a lecteur/lectrice d’anglais for the 2014/2015 academic year (September to June); deadline is April 30, 2014

The position can be renewed for a second year. The IUT de Sceaux caters for students doing courses majoring in Commerce and Financial Management, so the classes are oriented towards business English. Other activities include preparing students for oral exams (business schools) or international certificates (TOEIC, for example). Working conditions are good: class sizes are a maximum of 18 students, all classrooms are equipped with audiovisual equipment. There are language laboratories and a multimedia room available for use. Many English-teaching textbooks are at your disposal.

Teaching hours: 200 annually, on average approx.15 per week (plus the possibility of doing extra hours, paid as overtime @ approx.€40 gross/hour).
Monthly salary: €1486 gross (approx. €1200 net), September 2014 to August 2015.

Requirements: Applicants must

§ be native speakers of English
§ have a university degree at BA (Hons) level or higher (i.e. a 4-year degree, comprising 240 ECTS)
§ already have valid working papers for France or have an EU nationality

Applicants will preferably:

§ have already had significant experience in teaching (business) English to students or to adults
§ have some knowledge of new language teaching technologies (the use of language teaching software in the context of a language laboratory or a ‘multimedia room’)

To apply, send your application (CV and letter) by email to:

Kevin Diamond

Coordinateur des langues
IUT de Sceaux
kevin.diamond@u-psud.fr

April 6: Le Centre Inter-Pôles d’Enseignement des Langues (CIEL) de l’Université de La Rochelle cherche à recruter un Maître de Langue en anglais. [No deadline given]

La personne recrutée travaillera à l’UFR Sciences et sera administrativement rattachée au CIEL. Les candidats doivent être de langue maternelle anglaise et avoir au moins un Bac + 5. L’obligation de service est de 192 heures TD mais il y a également des tâches administratives annexes à assumer. Si vous êtes intéressé par ce poste, vous êtes prié d’adresser un CV complet, une copie de votre diplôme, une copie de votre passeport, 4 photos d’identité et une lettre de motivation à Joseph EGWURUBE, Directeur CIEL, 1, Parvis Fernand Braudel (FLLASH), 17042, LA ROCHELLE CEDEX 1. (tél: 05 46 45 68 45/ fax: 05 46 45 68 44 e-mail: contact_ciel@univ-lr.fr)

April 3: L’ENSIAME, Ecole d’Ingénieurs, sur le campus de l’Université de Valenciennes propose un poste de lecteur ou de lectrice à pourvoir pour la rentrée de septembre 2014 à juin 2015. [No deadline given]

PROFIL: Langue maternelle : Anglais
DIPLOME : Universitaire, Bac + 3 minimum
EXPERIENCE : Avoir déjà enseigné l’anglais, de préférence aux étudiants post-bac.

CONTACTER pour plus de renseignements :
Mme Jane LAURO, Tél. : 03. 27. 51. 12. 16
Email : Jane.Lauro@univ-valenciennes.fr

March 28: Université Jean Monnet in Saint-Etienne is hiring a lecteur/lectrice for September 2014; deadline is April 22, 2014

March 21: Université d’Evry is hiring a lecteur/lectrice for September 2014; deadline is April 26, 2014

– must be a native speaker
– this post is for one year, renewable for one further year.
– a Master’s (or at least a first year of Master’s) is necessary
– nationality of a European Union country is required, or if anglophone from outside the EU, residence/work papers must already be established
– English teaching experience is important, especially at secondary school/university level, with medium-sized/large groups
– salary paid monthly. Contract = 200 hours per year – extra hours possible.

Please contact Frederick Goodman at goodman@univ-evry.fr

March 1: Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie is hiring a lecteur/lectrice d’anglais; no deadline given but the academic year in New Caledonia starts in February so they probably need someone right away.

Elle / il doit être de langue maternelle anglaise et justifier d’un niveau bac + 4 minimum. Le contrat est d’un an, renouvelable une fois pour la même période. Le salaire est de 370 000 xpf brut / mois. Le service annuel est de 200 heures TD ou de 300 heures TP. Contact : rene.zimmer@univ-nc.nc ou eleonore.laineforrest@univ-nc.nc

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Université d’Avignon will post any open positions in June 2014

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Deadline passed:

Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon is hiring 5 lecteurs/lectrices d’anglais; deadline is March 7, 2014 (Must have started an MA program; a 4 year Bachelor’s degree is not enough for this position)

La Faculté de Droit, de Sciences Politiques et de Gestion at Université de Strasbourg is hiring a maître de langue; deadline is March 17, 2014

Université Paris Ouest Nanterre is looking to hire 16 lecteurs/lectrices and 2 maîtres de langue to teach English; deadline is March 21, 2014

Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée is hiring a maître de langue for a two year position; deadline is March 31, 2014

Université Paris-Sorbonne has two lecteur/lectrice positions available for la rentrée 2014; deadline is April 4, 2014 (closed early)

Université Paris Est Marne-la-Vallée recrute un lecteur/une lectrice de langue anglaise pour l’année universitaire 2014-2015. Les TD à assurer (en LEA et/ou LLCE anglais ; 200h sur l’année) seront en priorité en civilisation américaine contemporaine, expressions écrite/orale, communication et multimédia. [No deadline given]

If you don’t have the qualifications to teach English at the university level, you can still apply for the Teaching Assistant Program in France if you’d like to work in the public school system. The contract is shorter and the pay is less, but it is good experience to eventually move on to teaching at the university level. Deadline is in January each year with positions starting October 1 and ending April 30 of the following year.

English Teaching Assistant in France 2014-2015

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If you would like to teach English in the public school system in France as an assistant for the 2014-2015 school year (October 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015), use the links below to find out the specific requirements and application process for your country. In general, you must be a native English speaker, have finished two to three years of university & be between 20 and 30 years old by October 1, 2014, and speak French at an intermediate (B1) level. The teaching assistantship program in France is open to citizens of other countries as well, to teach German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, etc. in French public schools. Refer to the official CIEP website for all countries and languages involved in the program.

Assistants work 12 hours a week and are paid about 795€ a month net, with paid vacations in October, December, February, and April. There is only one contract length (7 months) but you can still choose between two levels: primary (elementary school) or secondary (middle school, high school, or both). For the majority of countries, assistants can be assigned to mainland France + Corsica and the overseas départements of Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana and La Réunion. Assistants working in the overseas départements have a slightly higher salary to compensate for the higher cost of living; however, assistants working in Paris or other cities with high costs of living in mainland France do NOT have a higher salary. Australia and New Zealand also send assistants to New Caledonia, but the school year is between March and October so the application process is different.

You can read through my Guide for English Language Assistants in France for more detailed information and my personal experience as an assistant, as well as download all of the ESL lesson plans I created for my classes.

Applications for many Anglophone countries are now available, and the deadlines range from December to March. You should be notified between April and June if you have been accepted. Most countries require you to go to the French embassy/consulate to get your visa before leaving for France, so make sure you take that into account because it could be very far from where you live and you will have to pay for your own transportation. All Australians must go to Sydney and all NZers must go to Wellington, for example. The visa is free, however. Assistants are responsible for buying their own plane tickets to France and finding their own housing (though some schools may be able to help with this.) Non-EU citizens are also required to undergo a medical visit upon arrival in France. Since assistants have low incomes, they are eligible to receive money from the state (CAF) to help pay rent, though the amount depends on age, current rent, previous income, etc. Assistants are allowed to have a second job as long as they get permission from their school and it does not pay more than 30% of the assistant salary.

Links to each country’s French embassy page:

USA

Deadline is January 15, 2014, and there is an application fee of $40. Dual French-American citizens are not eligible to apply; however, all other dual EU-American citizens may apply. Also check out the TAPIF USA page on Facebook if you have questions that are not answered on the French Culture site linked above.

Canada

Deadline is March 1, 2014. Canadians must be enrolled in university at the time of application.

United Kingdom

Deadline is January 31, 2014.

Ireland

Deadline is February 3, 2014.

Australia

Deadline is December 13, 2013. There are also positions in New Caledonia, but the deadline for teaching March-October 2014 has already passed. Application deadline for New Caledonia is usually in September.

New Zealand

Deadline is March 21, 2014. There are also positions in New Caledonia, but the deadline for teaching March-October 2014 has already passed. Application deadline for New Caledonia is usually in August.

India

Deadline is December 2, 2013.

Jamaica and the Bahamas

Deadline is January 3, 2014. Also note: “This year, the program is also open to students from the University of the West Indies from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.”

English Teaching Opportunities in France, Spain and Germany for 2013

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Update: If you’re looking for jobs in France for the 2014-15 school year, go here.

If you’re interested in teaching English in Europe later this year, here are a few jobs:

FRANCE

Added June 12:

English lecteur/lectrice positions at Université Paris Dauphine to begin September 1, 2013.

Requirements:

English must be your mother tongue or a language that you speak with the same proficiency as your mother tongue
You must have successfully completed one year of university studies after receiving your Bachelor’s degree.

Candidates should include the following in their application file:

Résumé
Photocopy of your university diploma and a French translation of the document
Letter of Motivation
Photocopy of a photo I.D.

All applications must be submitted via email to the following address: recrutement.lecteurs@dauphine.fr

Application deadline: June 27th 2013

Now closed or no deadline was given (but you can always send your CV anyway):

Added May 11:

Maître de langues in English at Université de Lorraine in Nancy, France, to begin in September 2013. Native speaker of English and Master’s degree required. Send lettre de motivation and CV to andre dot pannier at univ-lorraine dot fr before May 31.

Added April 30:

Lecteur/lectrice in English at Université d’Evry, south of Paris, France, to begin in September 2013. Teaching experience of English important, especially at secondary school/university level; a Master’s (or at least a first year of Master’s) is required; nationality of a European Union country is required, or if anglophone from outside Europe, residence/work papers must already be established; contract = 200 hours per year – extra hours possible. Please contact Frederick Goodman, by 21st May at the latest, at goodman at univ-evry dot fr

Added April 7:

Lecteur d’anglais at Université de technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard in Belfort, France, to begin in September 2013. Applicant should be a native speaker or have near-native fluency as well as an MA or equivalent degree. For more information about this position, contact Laurent dot Tourrette at utbm dot fr To apply, send CV and lettre de motivation to bettina dot steffen at utbm dot fr by April 26.

UTBM Website

Added April 4:

English Lecturer position in Hypermedia Language Centre of the Faculté de langues appliqués, commerce et communication at Université Blaise Pascal, in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to begin in September 2013. Applicant should be a university graduate and native speaker of English with training/experience in TEFL. Certification such as CELTA is a plus. CV, references and covering letter should be sent by email to Dacia Dressen-Hammouda at Dacia dot Hammouda at univ-bpclermont dot fr (no application deadline was given)

Hypermedia Language Centre Website

Added March 27:

Lecteur d’anglais in the Centre de Langues Vivantes at Université Pierre Mendès-France in Grenoble, France, to begin September 2013. Applicant should have minimum Bac+4. Send lettre de motivation, CV, copy of ID card/passport and diplomas by April 19.

Official Website

Added March 23:

Lecteur d’anglais at Chimie ParisTech in Paris, France, to begin in September 2013. Applicant should be a native speaker with an MA or a BA. Send CV and lettre de motivation in French to jean-le-bousse at chimie-paristech dot fr by April 30. (2 positions available.)

Added March 20:

Maître de langue in the UFR de Sciences et Technologie at U-PEC in Paris, France, to begin in September 2013. Applicant should be in or have completed at least one year of a doctoral program. Send lettre de motivation in French and CV in English to Monsieur Bernard Frouin [frouin at u-pec dot fr] and Madame Andrée Martin [a.martin at u-pec dot fr] (no application deadline was given)

Maître de langue at IEP in Lille, France, to begin in September 2013. Applicant should be in or have completed at least one year of a doctoral program. Apply between March 4 and 29.

Official Website

Lecteur/Lectrice at ENS in Lyon, France, to begin in September 2013. Applicant should have completed four full years of university study, or equivalent to completion of one year of Master’s degree in France. Applications due by March 25.

Official Website (scroll to the bottom)

For more info about these types of positions at French universities, read my post on How to Become a Lecteur or Maître de Langue.

GERMANY

English teacher for 4 week summer programs (July/August) at Sommerschule in Wust, Germany. MA not required, but some German is. Program usually pays for airfare, housing and offers a small stipend. Apply through their website starting in May of each year.

Official Website

NO LONGER OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS:

For those who do not yet have graduate degrees and are under 30, the teaching assistant program is still open for some nationalities (for October 2013 to April 2014). You can read about my experience in France at my Guide for English Language Assistants in France. Applications for the US, UK and Indian programs are no longer open for 2013 but the applications for 2014 will be available in October. If you have citizenship in other countries, you still have time to apply:

SPAIN

If you’re American or Canadian (under 35) and speak some Spanish instead of French, you can apply for the Spanish teaching assistantship. The deadline for applications is April 2.

North American Language and Culture Assistants in Spain

I’ll continue to update this page if I find any other job listings for 2013.

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