| Description | We are looking for enthusiastic Russian teachers or translators to help us build our interactive reader tool. This tool helps teach Russian through reading by presenting language learners with richly annotated culturally-relevant leveled passages.In this remote contract position you’ll help us improve the tools we use to develop new Russian passages by automating some of our grammar tagging. Your work will mostly involve basic translation and some identification of grammatical features (e.g. part of speech person/number/gender etc.) with the aid of our guidelines. We will also request that you attend a limited number of meetings to provide feedback and discuss the results with the rest of the team.We expect this phase of the project to involve 5-10 hours of work a week for 2-3 months. However this project will have further phases in future and we would love to recruit someone who would be interested in doing similar contracting work with the Mango interactive reader in the future. ➡ Position requirements ➡ Native speaker/writer of RussianAdvanced proficiency in EnglishAble to identify grammatical features like part of speech person/number/gender aspect case etc. in Russian with the help of guidelines.Good familiarity with google suite (sheets docs filesharing etc.)Able to attend occasional meetings on Google Meets during EST work hoursAbility to learn new technologies Other Desirable Qualities ➡ Experience teaching Russian to English speakersExperience working on natural language processing tagging projects or something similar.Degree in language teaching applied linguistics or similarWriting or editing experience in Russian or in another languageExperience or expertise in teaching writing or reading How to apply ➡ Please submit the following:A resume or CVA brief cover letter explaining how your experience is relevant to the job requirementsCandidates who do not submit both materials will not be considered. After receiving your application we will reach out to suitable candidates with a brief skills test. ➡ Mango was founded to empower deeper human connections through language. We believe that language is an adventure a journey to be embarked on by those of a bold and curious spirit and a passion to connect more deeply with their global friends. Our award-winning language-learning system is powered by proven methodologies and world-class learning content. Available on mobile tablet and web-based platforms our software is designed to establish retention and rapidly build conversation skills through smart adaptive technology. |