पाठ्यक्रम परिवर्तनशीलता

पाठ्यक्रमबारे सारश

This program is designed to produce graduates qualified to serve in specialist cross-cultural roles in Literacy, Sociolinguistics, Language Survey, Scripture Use or Ethnology. Organizations, such as SIL, PBT, LBT, and others recognize graduates of this program as having completed the minimum academic training requirements to serve in these disciplines. To complete a Master of Arts degree with major in Language Development (LD), every student is expected to complete the general core requirements and the requirements specific to his or her chosen concentration. All LD students are expected to complete the general core. Each concentration has a set of common courses, specific to that concentration, that are expected of all students working on a degree in that concentration. In addition, all of the concentrations provide for students to select either a thesis track or a non-thesis track (comprehensive exam) for completing their degree.

कार्यक्रमका खाकाहरू

This program covers the following modules: General Core Requirements - AL5314 Culture, Language and Mind 3; LD5342 Statistical Methods 3; LD5353 Language Development 3; LD5354 Language Contact 3; research LD5340 Ethnographic Research or LD5341 Social Science Research 3; LD5387 Training Across Cultures 3. Scripture Use Concentration Common courses - LD5355 Scripture Use Strategy and Methods 3; LD5356 Current Issues in Scripture Use 3; Non-thesis track - LD5373 Religion and Worldview 3; LD5374 Christianity Across Cultures 3; electives 6; Thesis track - select one: LD5373 Religion and Worldview or LD5374 Christianity Across Cultures 3; elective 3; thesis 6.

अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विद्यार्थीहरू प्रवेशको लागि आवश्यकता

Applicants should submit the following: completed application form, accompanied by a $25 non-refundable application fee, payable to GIAL; official copies of all post-high school transcripts where courses were taken toward a degree or pertaining to an expected GIAL study program; applicants with academic records from outside the United States will usually be required to send official transcripts directly from the educational institution to GIAL and to a credential evaluation service to verify U.S. equivalency; personal or character references from three individuals (non-family members); written statement of purpose; where appropriate for non-native speakers of English, evidence of satisfactory performance on the TOEFL exam (577 paper test; 233 computer test; 90/91 iBT) or on the IELTS test (6.5 overall band, with at least 6.5 on both academic reading and academic writing). They should also have completed an undergraduate degree at an accredited institution of higher education, with a cumulative GPA of 2.80 or better and satisfactory score on the GRE examination, with a combined verbal and quantitative score of at least 1000.

योग्यता

स्नातकोत्तर उपाधि

प्रदान गर्ने निकाय

Graduate Institute Of Applied Linguistics

विभागको नाम

Language Development Department