Bilkent University School of English Language, Faculty Academic English Program is seeking highly qualified instructors of credit-bearing first-year English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses for the 2012-2013 academic year. These are non-tenure track positions with an initial contract of two years, renewable annually upon mutual agreement. Successful applicants are expected to use an interactive teaching style that promotes critical thinking.

Instructors are required to teach three classes each semester (15 contact hours per week). In their first semester each instructor teaches English 101. The FAE Program also offers English 102 and other more advanced EAP courses, which instructors may teach in following semesters.

English 101 and 102 aim at building academic English language skills through content-based instruction (CBI). These courses require students to read and analyze academic texts, plan and compose academic essays, engage in independent research projects, plan and deliver oral presentations, participate in academic discussions, develop their language and skills proficiency as learners of a foreign language, and improve their critical thinking ability