| INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS
B1.
Nature and Purpose
The SLAT doctoral degree
program is an interdisciplinary program, designed to provide rigorous
advanced training for researchers, teachers, and administrators
concerned with second language acquisition, learning, and teaching.
Courses for the degree
are offered by graduate faculty in the following departments: Anthropology,
Classics, East Asian Studies, English, French and Italian, German
Studies, Language Reading and Culture, Linguistics, Near Eastern
Studies, Psychology, Russian and Slavic Languages, Spanish and Portuguese,
Special Education Rehabilitation and School Psychology, Speech and
Hearing Sciences, and Teaching and Teacher Education.
B2.
Specializations
Students may choose
from specializations in (1) Second Language Analysis (grammar; contrastive
linguistics/interlanguage studies), (2) Second Language Use (discourse
analysis, sociolinguistics, language policy/planning, rhetoric,
pragmatics), (3) Second Language Processes and Learning (second/foreign
language acquisition: theory and research), or (4) Second Language
Pedagogical Theory and Program Administration (ESL/FL methods, curriculum
development, testing and evaluation, reading and writing, educational
technology). These are further defined in section A3.
B3.
Entrance Requirements
Admission to the program
is based on the following kinds of evidence: (1) excellent prior
academic performance in a related field as indicated by an official
transcript; (2) three letters of recommendation from persons familiar
with the student’s academic performance; (3) an example of
the student’s scholarly writing on a topic related to the
proposed area of study or a critical review of a book which is relevant;
(4) a current GRE Aptitude test (must be within the 5
year limit); and, (5) for international students, a current TOEFL
exam (must be within the two (2) year limit), and
evidence of oral proficiency in the form of TSE scores or a ten
minute tape recording, containing both spontaneous speech samples
(5 minutes) and samples of oral reading from a text (5 minutes).
A recent course in current methods of teaching second/foreign language is prerequisite for admission to the program. With approval of the admissions committee, a strong applicant may be admitted before completing a methods course. Such students must fulfill the methods requirement, generally by the end of their first year in the program.
B4.
Application Procedures
Applicants to SLAT
should follow the procedures as specified by the Graduate College.
The address is:
Graduate Admissions
Office
The University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210066
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0066
E-mail: gradadm@lorax.admin.arizona.edu
URL: http://www.gradadmin.arizona.edu
Required
Documents include:
· A completed
Graduate College application form for admission that must be submitted
by February 1st for domestic applicants, December
1st of the prior year for International Applicants;
· One official transcript from each university/college
attended;
· A $50 application fee.
International
students must also submit:
· A completed
SLAT Program application packet that must be submitted by December
1st of the prior year
· “Supplementary Graduate Application for Admission”
(Financial Guarantee Form), which certifies funds for educational
and living expenses;
· Current Official Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) scores (minimum score 550 or 213 on the computer based
test[CBT]), examination results must be within the two year limit;
· Evidence of oral proficiency in English in the form of
TSE scores or a tape recording, containing both spontaneous speech
samples and samples of oral reading from text.
The following additional supporting application material
should be included with those documents sent directly to the SLAT
Program Director, Transitional Office Bldg., Rm. 211, 1731 East
Second Street, P.O. Box 210014, Tucson, AZ 85721 0014.
· A completed SLAT application form, which includes a
statement of purpose and a summary of teaching experience, second
or foreign language study, and travel or work abroad, along with
any other relevant information. Applicants should indicate which
of the four specializations within SLAT (listed in Section A3
above) they would be most likely to select as a major and which
as a minor (if applicable);
· Current Official test scores from the Graduate Record
Examination (GRE), examination results must be within the five
year limit;
· Three academic letters of reference;
· An example of the applicant’s scholarly writing
on a topic related to the proposed area of study (a substantive
term paper is acceptable), or a critical review of a book that
is relevant.
All supplemental information must be received before February
1 (December 1 of the prior year for
International Applicants), in order for an applicant
to be considered for Fall admission. No new students will be
admitted to SLAT in mid year (January).
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