We strongly encourage applications from individuals seeking to reclaim, revitalize or maintain their ancestral language. Applicants do not need to be currently enrolled in college/university to apply. We welcome candidates from anywhere in the world.
This year, in addition to our open call for global applicants, we are pleased to offer sponsored fellowship opportunities focused on language communities in the following regions:
1) The Americas, with applicants especially encouraged from Belize, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru.
2) California endangered language communities.
3) West/Central Africa, with applicants from Cameroon and Ghana especially encouraged to apply.
Five fellows will be invited to join the Fall 2025 Cohort.
Duties:
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Create online language learning materials
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Work with community and 7000 Languages’ staff to determine the goals, scope & deliverables for language courses
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Manage project and project components, and help keep them on schedule
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Assist communities and engage with your language and/or community through content creation, installing software, designing the courses, writing lessons, and recording audio
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Share best practices for course creation with the community (e.g. ideal recording conditions, file naming conventions, file storing, etc.)
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Maintain course files and keep track of multiple drafts and files
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Use proprietary software and other technology tools to process files for publication
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Share success stories with the 7000 Languages team
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Work on streamlining and developing technology tools and resources for community use
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Work with the 7000 team to build creative marketing content for your assigned language, community and course rollout
Ideal Qualifications:
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Member of a community with an endangered ancestral language (strongly preferred)
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Ability to plan and implement several projects at once while remaining focused and on schedule
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Attention to detail
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Excellent writing and proofreading skills
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Familiarity with Indigenous, endangered language, and language revitalization issues
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Experience learning or studying a second language
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Comfortability using technology tools, coding, app development, etc.
