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A3. Established Areas of Emphasis
The SLAT
Ph.D. Program has established the following four areas of specialization:
(1) L2
Analysis(grammar; contrastive linguistics/interlanguage studies;
phonology; morphology; syntax)
Focuses
on the development of theory and the formal analysis of linguistic
and textual aspects of second language acquisition; includes relationships
between second language acquisition processes and language change.
(2) L2
Use(discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, language policy and
language planning, rhetoric, pragmatics, variation, socio-cultural
factors)
Focuses
on the analyses of sociolinguistic, socio-political, and socio-cultural
factors in the use and acquisition of a second language.
(3) L2
Processes and Learning(second language acquisition--theory and
research, foreign language learning and research, interlanguage)
Focuses
on cognitive, linguistic, and social processes involved in second
language learning and second language processing from a theoretical
or applied point of view.
(4) L2
Pedagogical Theory and Program Administration (ESL/FL
methods, ESL/FL curriculum development, ESL/FL testing and evaluation,
teaching ESL/FL reading and writing, educational technology)
Focuses
on current theoretical approaches to second/foreign language curriculum
design, program design and pedagogy, and language proficiency
assessment.
SLAT does
not include a specialization in literature, but students may select
a literature minor within English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese,
or other language departments. The possibility of other compatible
minors, including the minor in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching
of English (RCTE) is also available.
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