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Course Lecturers - Department of Linguistics
Fall 2026 Term
Course: LING 201 – Introduction to Linguistics (3 credits) section 001
Course details: General introduction to linguistics, the scientific study of human language. Covers the core theoretical subfields of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Also provides background on other subfields including sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, linguistic variation, and language acquisition.
Teaching Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 11:35AM – 12:25PM
Course Start/End Date: August 31, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Contract Dates: August 31, 2026 - January 5, 2027
Location: TBA
Salary (current rate for 3-credit course teaching): $11,479
Salary (rate for 3-credit course teaching as of September 1st, 2026): $11,824
Posting Period: June 1, 2026 – June 12, 2026
Application deadline: June 12th, 2026, 11:59 PM
Position Summary:
A Course assignment includes all or part of the following teaching activities:
a) preparation of the Course and Course plan;
b) delivery of the Course;
c) evaluation of students;
d) submitting to the University a report on student attendance and student grades;
e) supervision of Teaching Assistants or any other teaching support staff;
f) upon request, review of students’ grades;
g) meeting with students, being available to answer questions and give advice concerning Course content and requirements;
Employees shall perform their duties in compliance with the Pedagogical Regulation and as specified in the administrative directives of the Hiring Unit. An Employee shall use appropriate pedagogical methods and material.
Teaching Qualification Requirements (TQRs): Successful completion of at least PhD Evaluation 1 or equivalent experience.
Experience: Classroom teaching experience through previous employment as Teaching Assistant or Course Lecturer for at least 120 hours, or equivalent.
Other: For current graduate students, CGPA of 3.7 or higher.
Required Application Documents:
Applicants must submit the following documents:
1. an updated CV, 2. a letter of introduction stating their teaching philosophy and how they would approach the teaching of a particular course, and 3. a syllabus for the course which must follow the template provided by the McGill course outline guidelines (https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/instructors/course-design/outline).
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language University where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.
Course: LING 210 – Introduction to Speech Science (3 credits) section 001
Course details: The course covers key concepts of speech science, including phonetics (acoustics, speech perception and production), fundamentals in the study of speech processing, speech development, and speech disorders, and introduces some basic methodologies of the field.
Teaching Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays 11:35AM – 12:55PM
Course Start/End Date: August 31, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Contract Dates: August 31, 2026 - January 5, 2027
Location: TBA
Salary (current rate for 3-credit course teaching): $11,479
Salary (rate for 3-credit course teaching as of September 1st, 2026): $11,824
Posting Period: June 1, 2026 – June 12, 2026
Application deadline: June 12th, 2026, 11:59 PM
Position Summary:
A Course assignment includes all or part of the following teaching activities:
a) preparation of the Course and Course plan;
b) delivery of the Course;
c) evaluation of students;
d) submitting to the University a report on student attendance and student grades;
e) supervision of Teaching Assistants or any other teaching support staff;
f) upon request, review of students’ grades;
g) meeting with students, being available to answer questions and give advice concerning Course content and requirements;
Employees shall perform their duties in compliance with the Pedagogical Regulation and as specified in the administrative directives of the Hiring Unit. An Employee shall use appropriate pedagogical methods and material.
Teaching Qualification Requirements (TQRs): Successful completion of at least PhD Evaluation 1 or equivalent experience.
Experience: Classroom teaching experience through previous employment as Teaching Assistant or Course Lecturer for at least 120 hours, or equivalent. Documented research experience in Phonetics.
Other: For current graduate students, CGPA of 3.7 or higher and at least A- in LING 630 Phonetics 3 and LING 635 Phonetics and Phonology 4.
Required Application Documents:
Applicants must submit the following documents:
1. an updated CV, 2. a letter of introduction stating their teaching philosophy and how they would approach the teaching of a particular course, and 3. a syllabus for the course which must follow the template provided by the McGill course outline guidelines (https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/instructors/course-design/outline).
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language University where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.
Course: LING 260 – Meaning in Language (3 credits) section 001
Course details: A hands-on introduction to the strategies that natural languages use to convey meaning. Requiring no previous background in linguistics, the course surveys fundamental properties of word and sentence meaning and their interdependence with context. It provides an overview of the grammatical mechanisms that languages employ to construct the literal meanings of sentences from word meanings, explores how meanings are anchored to real life situations, and analyzes how meanings are routinely enriched in context by language users to convey more than what is literally expressed.
Teaching Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 1:05PM – 2:25PM
Course Start/End Date: August 31, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Contract Dates: August 31, 2026 - January 5, 2027
Location: TBA
Salary (current rate for 3-credit course teaching): $11,479
Salary (rate for 3-credit course teaching as of September 1st, 2026): $11,824
Posting Period: June 1, 2026 – June 12, 2026
Application deadline: June 12th, 2026, 11:59 PM
Position Summary:
A Course assignment includes all or part of the following teaching activities:
a) preparation of the Course and Course plan;
b) delivery of the Course;
c) evaluation of students;
d) submitting to the University a report on student attendance and student grades;
e) supervision of Teaching Assistants or any other teaching support staff;
f) upon request, review of students’ grades;
g) meeting with students, being available to answer questions and give advice concerning Course content and requirements;
Employees shall perform their duties in compliance with the Pedagogical Regulation and as specified in the administrative directives of the Hiring Unit. An Employee shall use appropriate pedagogical methods and material.
Teaching Qualification Requirements (TQRs): Successful completion of at least PhD Evaluation 1 or equivalent experience.
Experience: Classroom teaching experience through previous employment as Teaching Assistant or Course Lecturer for at least 120 hours, or equivalent. Documented research experience in dialectology or phonetics.
Other: For current graduate students, CGPA of 3.7 or higher and at least A- in LING 630 Phonetics 3 and LING 521 Dialectology or equivalent.
Required Application Documents:
Applicants must submit the following documents:
1. an updated CV, 2. a letter of introduction stating their teaching philosophy and how they would approach the teaching of a particular course, and 3. a syllabus for the course which must follow the template provided by the McGill course outline guidelines (https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/instructors/course-design/outline).
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language University where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.
Course: LING 315 – Languages of the World (3 credits) section 001
Course details: An introduction to the study of linguistics through a look at the world's languages. Topics covered will include linguistic universals and language diversity; language endangerment, death, and revitalization; and the relationship between language and thought.
Teaching Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 2:35PM – 3:55PM
Course Start/End Date: August 31, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Contract Dates: August 31, 2026 - January 5, 2027
Location: TBA
Salary (current rate for 3-credit course teaching): $11,479
Salary (rate for 3-credit course teaching as of September 1st, 2026): $11,824
Posting Period: June 1, 2026 – June 12, 2026
Application deadline: June 12th, 2026, 11:59 PM
Position Summary:
A Course assignment includes all or part of the following teaching activities:
a) preparation of the Course and Course plan;
b) delivery of the Course;
c) evaluation of students;
d) submitting to the University a report on student attendance and student grades;
e) supervision of Teaching Assistants or any other teaching support staff;
f) upon request, review of students’ grades;
g) meeting with students, being available to answer questions and give advice concerning Course content and requirements;
Employees shall perform their duties in compliance with the Pedagogical Regulation and as specified in the administrative directives of the Hiring Unit. An Employee shall use appropriate pedagogical methods and material.
Teaching Qualification Requirements (TQRs): Successful completion of at least PhD Evaluation 1 or equivalent experience.
Experience: Classroom teaching experience through previous employment as Teaching Assistant or Course Lecturer for at least 120 hours, or equivalent. Research experience on typologically diverse languages.
Other: For current graduate students, CGPA of 3.7 or higher.
Required Application Documents:
Applicants must submit the following documents:
1. an updated CV, 2. a letter of introduction stating their teaching philosophy and how they would approach the teaching of a particular course, and 3. a syllabus for the course which must follow the template provided by the McGill course outline guidelines (https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/instructors/course-design/outline).
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language University where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.
Course: LING 330 – Phonetics (3 credits) section 001
Course details: Transcription, identification, and production of speech sounds. Introduction to the acoustic properties of speech sounds, acoustic analysis of speech, and auditory phonetics.
Teaching Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 1:35PM – 2:25PM
Course Start/End Date: August 31, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Contract Dates: August 31, 2026 - January 5, 2027
Location: TBA
Salary (current rate for 3-credit course teaching): $11,479
Salary (rate for 3-credit course teaching as of September 1st, 2026): $11,824
Posting Period: June 1, 2026 – June 12, 2026
Application deadline: June 12th, 2026, 11:59 PM
Position Summary:
A Course assignment includes all or part of the following teaching activities:
a) preparation of the Course and Course plan;
b) delivery of the Course;
c) evaluation of students;
d) submitting to the University a report on student attendance and student grades;
e) supervision of Teaching Assistants or any other teaching support staff;
f) upon request, review of students’ grades;
g) meeting with students, being available to answer questions and give advice concerning Course content and requirements;
Employees shall perform their duties in compliance with the Pedagogical Regulation and as specified in the administrative directives of the Hiring Unit. An Employee shall use appropriate pedagogical methods and material.
Teaching Qualification Requirements (TQRs): Successful completion of at least PhD Evaluation 1 or equivalent.
Experience: Classroom teaching experience through previous employment as Teaching Assistant or Course Lecturer for at least 120 hours.
Other: For current graduate students a CGPA of 3.7 or higher and at least A- in LING 631 Phonology 3 and LING 635 Phonetics and Phonology 4.
Required Application Documents:
Applicants must submit the following documents:
1. an updated CV, 2. a letter of introduction stating their teaching philosophy and how they would approach the teaching of a particular course, and 3. a syllabus for the course which must follow the template provided by the McGill course outline guidelines (https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/instructors/course-design/outline).
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language University where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.
Course: LING 445 – Computational Linguistics (3 credits) section 001
Please note this course is cross listed with COMP 445.
This course is also cross listed with LING 645: Computational Research on Language
Course details: Introduction to foundational ideas in computational linguistics and natural language processing. Topics include formal language theory, probability theory, estimation and inference, and recursively defined models of language structure. Emphasis on both the mathematical foundations of the field as well as how to use these tools to understand human language.
Teaching Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 1:05PM – 2:25PM
Course Start/End Date: August 31, 2026 - December 4, 2026
Contract Dates: August 31, 2026 - January 5, 2027
Location: TBA
Salary (current rate for 3-credit course teaching): $11,479
Salary (rate for 3-credit course teaching as of September 1st, 2026): $11,824
Posting Period: June 1, 2026 – June 12, 2026
Application deadline: June 12th, 2026, 11:59 PM
Position Summary:
A Course assignment includes all or part of the following teaching activities:
a) preparation of the Course and Course plan;
b) delivery of the Course;
c) evaluation of students;
d) submitting to the University a report on student attendance and student grades;
e) supervision of Teaching Assistants or any other teaching support staff;
f) upon request, review of students’ grades;
g) meeting with students, being available to answer questions and give advice concerning Course content and requirements;
Employees shall perform their duties in compliance with the Pedagogical Regulation and as specified in the administrative directives of the Hiring Unit. An Employee shall use appropriate pedagogical methods and material.
Teaching Qualification Requirements (TQRs): Successful completion of at least PhD Evaluation 1 or equivalent experience.
Experience: Classroom teaching experience through previous employment as Teaching Assistant or Course Lecturer for at least 120 hours, or equivalent.
Other: For current graduate students, CGPA of 3.7 or higher.
Required Application Documents:
Applicants must submit the following documents:
1. an updated CV, 2. a letter of introduction stating their teaching philosophy and how they would approach the teaching of a particular course, and 3. a syllabus for the course which must follow the template provided by the McGill course outline guidelines (https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/instructors/course-design/outline).
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language University where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.
McGill University is committed to equity and diversity within its community and values academic rigour and excellence. We welcome and encourage applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities.
At McGill, research that reflects diverse intellectual traditions, methodologies, and modes of dissemination and translation is valued and encouraged. Candidates are invited to demonstrate their research impact both within and across academic disciplines and in other sectors, such as government, communities, or industry.
McGill further recognizes and fairly considers the impact of leaves (e.g., family care or health-related) that may contribute to career interruptions or slowdowns. Candidates are encouraged to signal any leave that affected productivity, or that may have had an effect on their career path. This information will be considered to ensure the equitable assessment of the candidate’s record.
McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated equity groups to self-identify. It further seeks to ensure the equitable treatment and full inclusion of persons with disabilities by striving for the implementation of universal design principles transversally, across all facets of the University community, and through accommodation policies and procedures. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, [email protected].
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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