Foreign Language Curriculum Writers/ Linguist SMEs

Foreign Language Curriculum Writers/ Linguist SMEs - Remote Contractor

Tipping Point Solutions is seeking initiative-taking, collaborative, and creative professionals for Foreign Language Curriculum Writing / Linguistic Subject Matter Expert (SME) positions. Individuals will work on cross- cultural, fully remote integrated teams with Instructional Designers, DoD client, SMEs, military cultural and policy specialists, and other development team members to design an advanced foreign language course in an eLearning environment to enhance their target language skills and cultural competency. This is a part-time position in Advanced Foreign Language Curriculum / E-learning design. Candidates must be U.S. Citizens and may be located in the U.S. or overseas. 

Languages of interest: Arabic, Chinese, Mandarin, French, Korean, Spanish, and Russian

NOTE: This is NOT an online teaching or foreign language translation position. 

Job Qualifications: 

The qualifications of the subject matter experts must be in compliance with our contract. SMEs shall: 

• be native speakers with applied linguistics background who have curriculum content creation experience for asynchronous advanced foreign language e-learning for adult, highly- educated military personnel and DOD -related linguists who are oftentimes stationed overseas  
• demonstrate a working knowledge of Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR), specifically at Level 2+-3+, and of Blooms Taxonomy, specifically at the Apply and higher levels. 
• possess five (5) years of experience in foreign language curriculum development and two (2) years recent (within the last three years) experience in advanced foreign language curriculum development.  

• possess experience in sourcing authentic text/audio materials at ILR level 2+-4. 
• possess professional and academic experience in online foreign language teaching/ learning, curriculum development, and instructional design.  
• possess basic computer skills applying Web searching skills (e.g., surfing, searching, connecting to Wi-Fi network) for development-related purposes.   

Responsibilities: 

SMEs will be responsible for the following activities: 

• Contribute to writing creative lesson activities and practical exercises relevant to the dialect of the target language. 
• Collaborate with a team of instructional designers (IDs) to support language practice activity design focusing on receptive (reading/listening) as well as some productive (writing) language acquisition skills.   
• Design instructionally sound ILR level 2+-3+ reading and listening activities to support scaffolded content driven language learning with low frequency terminology. 

• Design assessment questions that are instructionally congruent and meet the set learning objectives.  
• Source and analyze text/audio authentic materials to determine linguistic features at an ILR level 2+-3+ (intermediate to upper intermediate level) and design suitable (reading and listening) activities that promote higher order of thinking skills (HOTS) development per Blooms Taxonomy.   
• Design constructive, intrinsic feedback loops to provide contextualized, meaningful language practice experience  
• Ensure compliance with Government specifications and incorporate requested changes from the client. Review authentic materials (reading passages, audio/video clips, articles etc.) for ILR level suitability/content relevancy.