Our innovative PhD in Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University is a nationally recognized program for scholars interested in second language acquisition and production, pragmatics, and teaching English as a second language (TESL). Other areas of interest for our students and faculty include:
Our faculty<\/a>\u00a0work closely with individual students, helping them to develop as colleagues in applied linguistics.\u00a0 As a result, our Applied Linguistics PhD students have an outstanding record of publication and participation in major conferences such as TESOL and AAAL. Graduates of our program have also been highly successful at obtaining tenure-track faculty positions at major universities.<\/p>\n Faculty and student research is supported by our three labs, the\u00a0Corpus Research Lab, the\u00a0Applied Linguistics Speech Lab, and the\u00a0Language and Memory Lab, as well as the\u00a0Program in Intensive English (PIE),\u00a0all of which assist students in developing their applied <\/span>linguistics skills<\/span>. Undergraduate, graduate, and visiting scholars actively participate in cutting-edge corpus research. The lab has an extensive collection of corpus holdings, some of which are only available to NAU researchers and visiting scholars. We also have a suite of corpus tools available. For more information, visit the Corpus Research Lab website<\/a> or contact Dr. Randi Reppen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n Both undergraduate and graduate students actively participate in empirical research through hands-on experience in the ALSL. Using facilities in the speech lab, students have opportunities to analyze speech production and perception data, observe speech signals, and verify their effects on speech perception. The ALSL is equipped with advanced speech acquisition and processing equipment and software. Find more information on the Speech Lab’s website<\/a> or contact Dr. Okim Kang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n The lab is equipped for chronometric, psychometric, and visual-world eye-tracking investigation of language learning and processing. Graduate students, undergraduate students, and visiting scholars can participate in ongoing projects or propose studies of their own. Our psycholinguistics and SLA courses and seminars serve as incubators for student projects. For more information, visit the lab website<\/a> or contact Dr. Vedran Dronjic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n Applied Linguistics and TESL students and faculty are able to propose and carry out research projects at the PIE. Historically, this research has resulted in numerous publications and presentations and has provided valuable evidence-based input into PIE’s curriculum and assessment practices. To find out more, visit the PIE research page<\/a>. <\/p><\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nOutstanding research labs<\/h3>\n
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