पाठ्यक्रम परिवर्तनशीलता

पाठ्यक्रमबारे सारश

This program is designed to produce graduates qualified to serve in specialist cross-cultural roles in Bible translation, descriptive linguistics or in general cross-cultural service. Some organizations, such as SIL, recognize graduates of this program as having completed the minimum academic training requirements to serve in the specialist roles of Bible translation or descriptive linguistics. Students are required to take, or have taken elsewhere, the following courses: AL4302 Principles of Phonetics; AL4303 Principles of Phonological Analysis; AL4410 Principles of Grammatical Analysis; LD4350 Language and Society; LD4370 Cultural Anthropology; LD4505 Second Language and Culture Acquisition.

कार्यक्रमका खाकाहरू

This program covers the following modules: General core requirements - AL5406 Field Methods and Linguistic Analysis 4; AL5207 Field Data Management 2; AL5312 Discourse Analysis 3; LD5151 Cross Cultural Teaching Seminar 1; semantics AL5314 Culture, Language and Mind or AL5315 Semantics and Pragmatics 3. Descriptive Linguistics Concentration - AL5304 Applied Phonology 3; AL5313 Advanced Grammatical Analysis 3; AL5395 Current Issues in Descriptive Linguistics 3; adv. ling. Other advanced linguistics courses 6; Non-thesis track - electives 9; Thesis track - elective 3; thesis 6. Approved advanced linguistics courses for Applied Linguistics major, Descriptive Linguistics concentration: AL5314 Culture, Language and Mind; AL5315 Semantics and Pragmatics; AL5323 Discourse Features of NT Greek; AL5328 Discourse Features of Biblical Hebrew; AL5394 Readings in Applied Linguistics; AL5396 Conference Course in Applied Linguistics; AL5398 Seminar in Applied Linguistics.

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

Applied Linguistics Department