Language Teacher – Modern Standard Arabic

The Language Teacher will deliver high-quality Modern Standard Arabic language training online to enhance personnel capacities in the Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa. The role involves teaching listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills, preparing syllabi, and providing progress reports.

Responsibilities

• Perform placement test determining level of knowledge of language taught
• Deliver courses in the target language only – Modern Standard Arabic is essential
• Deliver online group and individual language courses through different platforms as applicable (Zoom, MS Teams, etc.)
• Deliver language courses ensuring listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills are taught at the specific level
• Keep each class folder updated with the syllabus, lesson plans, attendance, and activity logs
• Provide student’s progress reports (next level, pass/fail, and comments) at the end of each group and/or individual class
• Provide syllabus of courses as per Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages and UN Language Framework

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in relevant field of Education, Arabic Language and/or literature, Arabic Language Teaching, etc
• Minimum 3 years of working experience in teaching adults in an international environment (providing reference), language training, evaluation of knowledge of target language, etc
• Working knowledge (level C) of Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic is essential) and intermediate knowledge (level B) of English
• Experience in delivering Modern Standard Arabic courses complying with Arabic Language Proficiency Test (ALPT) which is the global standard for measuring student proficiency levels in Arabic
• Availability to maintain schedules for group and individual online courses
• Knowledge to teach group and/or individual language courses
• Ability to update and present a course syllabus for each course taught during the contract (group and individual)
• Excellent communication skills
• Adherence to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency

Skills

• Modern Standard Arabic Teaching
• Arabic Language Proficiency Test
• Adult Language Training
• Course Syllabus Development
• Online Language Instruction
• Language Evaluation
• Arabic Language Instruction
• Teaching Listening Skills
• Teaching Reading Skills
• Teaching Speaking Skills
• Teaching Writing Skills
• Progress Reporting
• Group Language Instruction
• Individual Language Instruction

Languages

Arabic, English