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<\/a>, helping them to develop as colleagues in applied linguistics.\u00a0 As a result, our Applied Linguistics PhD students\u00a0have an outstanding record of publication and participation in major conferences such as TESOL and AAAL. Graduates of our program<\/a> have also been highly successful at obtaining tenure-track faculty positions at major universities.<\/p>\n Students also have the opportunity to work with our emeritus faculty: Doug Biber, Randi Reppen, Bill Grabe, Fredricka Stoller, Mary McGroarty, and Joan Jamieson.<\/p>\n PhD in Applied Linguistics students are eligible to teach English composition courses in the English Department. Furthermore, a limited number of tuition waivers are available to out-of-state or in-state students who can demonstrate financial need. More information on graduate teaching assistantships and tuition waivers is available on our “Graduate Assistantships” page<\/a> under “Resources.” Non-academic graduate assistantships are available through many university-wide offices. They are awarded with stipends that vary by office, job duties, and degree-level. The NAU Office of Graduate and Professional Studies provides more information about “at-large” graduate assistantships<\/a>. Faculty and student research is supported by our three labs, the Corpus Research Lab, the Global Communications Center, and the Language and Memory Lab, as well as the Program in Intensive English (PIE), all 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\u00a0the\u00a0Corpus Research Lab website<\/a>\u00a0or contact Dr. Randi Reppen<\/a>.\u00a0 Both undergraduate and graduate students actively participate in empirical research through hands-on experience in the Global Communications Center. 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 Global Communications Center is equipped with advanced speech acquisition and processing equipment and software. 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\u00a0lab website<\/a>\u00a0or contact Dr. Vedran Dronjic<\/a>. 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\u2019s curriculum and assessment practices. To find out more, visit the\u00a0PIE research page<\/a>. MA-TESL and PhD in Applied Linguistics Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n
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