CRITERIA FOR GTF AWARDS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Appointments and Reappointments. Graduate students seeking appointment are required to:

1. Fill out a Graduate Award application form
   
   
2. Supply three letters of recommendation and a copy of all college transcripts to the Department
   
   
3. Applicants for a Chinese language GTF must submit a cassette tape with the application (applicants may read a story or essay in Chinese on any subject)
   
   
4. Newly appointed international students whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of Spoken English (TSE, available at TOEFL testing sites) or the SPEAK Test through the University of Oregon's American English Institute in order to determine an appropriate assignment. Scores below 50 will require that the GTF take an additional supporting course or courses in English language proficiency at no additional cost.

Application materials listed above must be received by January 15 for the following academic year.

A faculty committee will discuss qualifications and determine assignments when appointing new GTFs. GTFs seeking reappointment will compete with new applicants for the position. Because teaching experience is one criterion for reappointment, a GTF who has demonstrated satisfactory performance in the past can expect to score highly on that ranking. GTFs are periodically given student evaluations.

Ranking of Applicants. The following criteria will be used:

Applicants whose field of study is Chinese or Japanese literature, language education, or linguistics will be given priority.
Other criteria include:

1. fluency in standard Chinese or Japanese
   
2. teaching experience
   
3. ranking within major department

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