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Doctoral Minor in Second Language Acquisition
(For students in other, not SLA, programs)
About the SLA PhD Minor
The Option A Minor in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) offers graduate
students both a theoretical and a practical background in the increasingly
important area of SLA. After completing the minor, students will
be prepared to understand research in SLA and to develop teaching
curricula based on principles of second language learning and teaching.
Student must come to the SLA minor with a minimal background in
second language acquisition and learning methodology, and in linguistics,
obtained through the listed prerequisite courses or their equivalents.
For all students, the minor includes English 711, a course in theory which explains
the research process in second language acquisition and introduces
students to current research paradigms. Students also
choose three courses from the approved SLA list below.
The courses
for the SLA minor may be taken in any appropriate sequence. The Chair of the SLA Minor Committee will assist students in registering for English 711.
The total for the minor is thus the prerequisites plus four courses
(12 credits). In order to help students apply general principles of SLA
to the specific foreign language(s) they are studying and/or teaching,
one of the four required minor courses beyond the prerequisite may
be in the home department.
Students wishing to minor in SLA should first contact the relevant
SLA committee member in their department who will refer them to the
chair of the SLA minor program. Students declaring the minor are
required to meet with Professor Catherine Stafford, Chair of the SLA Minor Committee, before
registering for SLA minor courses.
For more information on the minor for doctoral students, see the Graduate School Academic Guidelines.
Prerequisite Courses for the SLA PhD Minor
At least one in methodology and one in
linguistics.
A. Courses Fulfilling the Prerequisite in Methodology:
- 575 Methods of Teaching African Languages
- 622 Teaching of Chinese
- 623 Teaching of Japanese as a Foreign Language
- 334 Introduction to TESOL Methods
- 820 College Teaching of French
- 720 and 722 College Teaching of German and Theory of
Teaching German
- 818 Methods of Teaching Slavic Languages
- 545 College Teaching of Spanish
B. Courses Fulfilling the Prerequisite in Linguistics
- 301 Introduction to Linguistics: Descriptive and Theoretical
C. Or Any One of the Following Courses
- 501 Structure and Analysis of African Languages
- 571 Structure of and African Language
- 431-432 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics
- 434 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
- 340 Structures of Italian
- 650 History of the German Language
- 309 Grammatical Variability
- 704 The Structure of Russian
- 340 Portuguese Phonetics
- 543 Spanish Phonology
Required Course for the SLA PhD Minor
The required course, which provides an introduction to the research
process in second language acquisition, is English 711 - Research
Methods in Applied Linguistics. Students declaring the SLA minor are encouraged
to notify the SLA Minor Chair of their intention to take English
711 as early as possible so that a slot in the course may be reserved.
Electives
Students are required to take three courses
from the following list. (English 333, Second Language Acquisition, is highly recommended for one of these courses.)
Students select courses for a balanced program
according to individual interest. All courses must be approved by
the SLA Minor Chair who will monitor the overall coherence of each
student's minor program, with input from the student's departmental
SLA advisor. To be approved for the minor, courses must contain a foreign language or second language component as evidenced by course material (such as: syllabus, reading list, or final paper), provided by the student to the SLA Advisor.
Other courses can be considered, but require preapproval
by the SLA Executive Committee.
- 630* Workshop in
School Program Development
- 715 Design of Research and
Curriculum and Instruction
- 917* Seminar: Design of Research & Evaluation
in C & I
- 700 Rehabilitation Psychology Research
- 760 OR 761 Statistical Methods
Applied to Education I OR II
- 763 The Design and Analysis of Research
in Educational Psychology
- 332 Global Spread of English (Instructor
and SLA advisor consent required.)
- 333 Second Language Acquisition
- 710 Discourse Analysis
- 713* Topics in Contemporary English Linguistics
- 715 Advanced Second Language Acquisition
- 905* Seminar in Applied English Linguistics
- 821 * /** Issues in Methods of Teaching French
and Italian
- 727* Topics in German Applied German Linguistics
- 960* Seminar in German Linguistics
- 970* Advanced Seminar in German Linguistics
- 544 Introduction to Survey Research
- 544 Applied Spanish Linguistics for Teachers
- 815* Seminar in Language: Modern Spanish
*Topics courses. Students should see the chair of the SLA Minor
Committee for approval of topics appropriate for the minor.
**Courses must be taken for a total of 3 credits, in one or multiple
enrollments.
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