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Second Language Acquisition Directors: L. Kathy Heilenman (French and Italian/Teaching and Learning), Judith Liskin-Gasparro (Spanish and Portuguese)
Affiliated faculty: Stephen M. Alessi (Psychological and Quantitative Foundations), William D. Davies (Linguistics), Michael E. Everson (Teaching and Learning), Elena Gavruseva (Linguistics), Yukiko Abe Hatasa (Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures), L. Kathy Heilenman (French and Italian/Teaching and Learning), Richard Hurtig (Speech Pathology and Audiology), Chuanren Ke (Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures), Paula Kempchinsky (Spanish and Portuguese), Judith E. Liskin-Gasparro (Spanish and Portuguese), Sue K. Otto (Spanish and Portuguese), Carlos-Eduardo Piñeros (Spanish and Portuguese), James P. Pusack (German), Jason Rothman (Spanish and Portuguese), Leslie Schrier (Teaching and Learning/Spanish and Portuguese), Kathy L. Schuh (Psychological and Quantitative Foundations), Carol Severino (Rhetoric), Helen Shen (Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures), Roumyana Slabakova (Linguistics), Bruce H. Spencer (German), Ikuko Yuasa (Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Graduate degree: Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition
Web site: http://intl-programs.uiowa.edu/academic/flare/index.htm Second language acquisition (SLA) is a multidisciplinary field whose goal is to understand the processes that underlie non-native language learning. The Second Language Acquisition Program draws from varied academic disciplines, among them linguistics, psychology, psycholinguistics, sociology, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, and education. Graduate Program Doctor of Philosophy The Doctor of Philosophy in second language acquisition is interdisciplinary. Students interested in pursuing the Ph.D. must hold an M.A. in an appropriate field (e.g., linguistics, foreign language education, English as a second language), or they must have equivalent academic experience. Doctoral students may specialize in one of three areas: linguistics, language program direction, or technology. Students may pursue their interdisciplinary interests in courses offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Departments of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures, French and Italian, German, Linguistics, Rhetoric, Spanish and Portuguese, and Speech Pathology and Audiology, and the College of Education Departments of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, and Teaching and Learning. The Ph.D. in second language acquisition requires 72 s.h., including a maximum of 33 s.h. earned in work toward the master's degree. The program is divided into foundation courses (13 courses, or 39 s.h.); specialization courses (5 courses, or 15 s.h.), and dissertation work (18 s.h.). A course may be used to fulfill only one requirement course. FOUNDATION COURSES All of these:
| 164:201 Second Language Acquisition Research and Theory I |
3 s.h. |
| 164:202 Second Language Acquisition Research and Theory II |
3 s.h. |
| 164:211 Multimedia and Second Language Acquisition |
3 s.h. |
Two of these:
| 07S:184 Reading in a Second Language (or 164:226, but not both) |
3 s.h. |
| 164:221 Topics in Second Language Acquisition: Speaking |
3 s.h. |
| 164:223 Topics in Second Language Acquisition: Listening |
3 s.h. |
| 164:225 Grammar in Second Language Teaching and Learning |
3 s.h. |
| 164:226 Reading in the Non-Roman Scripts (or 07S:184, but not both) |
3 s.h. |
| 164:227 Topics in Second Language Acquisition: Writing |
3 s.h. |
To complete the foundation requirement, students select one course from each of the following eight areas, in consultation with their advisor. With the advisor's approval, students may use courses not listed here to fulfill the requirement. Curriculum
| 07E:300 Design and Organization of Curriculum |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:186 Curriculum Foundations |
2-3 s.h. |
| 07S:197 Principles of Course Design for Second Language Instruction |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:208 Designing Materials for Second Language Instruction |
3 s.h. |
Quantitative Research Tools
| 07P:220 Quantitative Educational Research Methodologies |
3 s.h. |
| 07P:243 Intermediate Statistical Methods |
4 s.h. |
| 07P:244 Correlation and Regression |
4 s.h. |
| 07P:246 Design of Experiments |
4 s.h. |
| 039:209 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language V |
3 s.h. |
Qualitative Research Tools
| 07B:373 Qualitative Research Design and Methods |
3 s.h. |
| 07E:370 Methods in Literacy Research (qualitative studies in classroom settings) |
3 s.h. |
| 164:205 Analysis of L1 and L2 Data |
3 s.h. |
Testing, Evaluation, Measurement
| 07P:150 Introduction to Educational Measurement |
3-4 s.h. |
| 07P:165 Introduction to Program and Project Evaluation |
3 s.h. |
| 07P:255 Construction and Use of Evaluation Instruments |
3 s.h. |
| 07P:257 Educational Measurement and Evaluation |
3 s.h. |
| 07P:258 Theory and Technique in Educational Measurement |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:200 Fundamentals of Second Language Assessment |
3 s.h. |
Methodology
| 035:200 Foreign Language Teaching Methods |
3 s.h. |
| 039:202 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language I: Theories and Research |
3 s.h. |
| 039:203 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language II |
3 s.h. |
| 039J:202 Japanese as a Foreign Language: Practical Applications |
3 s.h. |
| 103:145 Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language |
3 s.h. |
| 164:222 Advanced Japanese Pedagogy |
3 s.h. |
Phonetics, Phonology
| 013:258 Modern German Phonetics and Phonology |
3 s.h. |
| 035:189 Introduction to Spanish Phonology |
3 s.h. |
| 103:110 Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics |
3 s.h. |
| 103:112 Phonological Analysis |
3 s.h. |
| 103:203 Introduction to Phonology |
3 s.h. |
| 103:214 Advanced Phonological Theory |
3 s.h. |
Morphology, Syntax
| 013:256 Modern German Syntax |
3 s.h. |
| 035:186 Introduction to Spanish Syntax |
3 s.h. |
| 035:207 Topics in Comparative Romance Linguistics |
3 s.h. |
| 103:201 Introduction to Syntax |
3 s.h. |
| 103:212 Advanced Syntactic Theory |
3 s.h. |
Linguistics
| 013:299 Special Topics in German Linguistics |
3 s.h. |
| 035:206 Spanish Language Acquisition |
3 s.h. |
| 039:202 Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language I: Theories and Research |
3 s.h. |
| 039:144 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics |
3 s.h. |
| 103:176 Language Development |
1-3 s.h. |
| 103:206 First Language Acquisition |
3 s.h. |
| 103:211 Generative Second Language Acquisition |
3 s.h. |
| 103:216 Topics in Second Language Acquisition |
3 s.h. |
| 103:312 Seminar: Problems in Linguistics |
2-3 s.h. |
| 164:224 Second Language Acquisition of Japanese |
3 s.h. |
| 164:228 Special Topics in Japanese Linguistics |
3 s.h. |
SPECIALIZATION COURSES Each student selects one of three specialization areas--linguistics, language program direction, or technology--and takes five courses (total of 15 s.h.) in that area. Linguistics Specialization Requirements for the linguistics specialization are as follows. One of the following three-course sequences (Group 1 or Group 2): Group 1
| 103:203 Introduction to Phonology |
3 s.h. |
| 103:214 Advanced Phonological Theory |
3 s.h. |
Group 2
| 103:201 Introduction to Syntax |
3 s.h. |
| 103:212 Advanced Syntactic Theory |
3 s.h. |
One of these:
| 103:211 Generative Second Language Acquisition |
3 s.h. |
| An alternate course on linguistic theory and second language acquisition |
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One of these:
| 031:122 Language Development |
3 s.h. |
| 031:218 Cognitive Development |
3 s.h. |
| An alternate course on parsing/psycholinguistic mechanisms |
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Language Program Direction Specialization Students who choose the language program direction specialization take five of the following courses (chosen from those not taken to satisfy the foundation requirements).
| 07S:180 Issues in Foreign Language Education |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:183 Second Language Classroom Learning |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:184 Reading in a Second Language |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:197 Principles of Course Design for Second Language Instruction |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:202 Second Language Program Management |
3 s.h. |
| 07S:208 Designing Materials for Second Language Instruction |
3 s.h. |
| 39J:258 Second Language Acquisition of Japanese |
3 s.h. |
| 164:205 Analysis of L1 and L2 Data |
3 s.h. |
| 164:221 Topics in Second Language Acquisition: Speaking |
3 s.h. |
| 164:222 Advanced Japanese Pedagogy |
3 s.h. |
| 164:223 Topics in Second Language Acquisition: Listening |
3 s.h. |
| 164:224 Second Language Acquisition of Japanese |
3 s.h. |
| 164:225 Grammar in Second Language Teaching and Learning |
3 s.h. |
| 164:226 Reading in the Non-Roman Scripts |
3 s.h. |
| 164:227 Topics in Second Language Acquisition: Writing |
3 s.h. |
| 164:228 Special Topics in Japanese Linguistics |
3 s.h. |
Some students may include an internship experience as part of the specialization.
Technology Specialization Requirements for the technology specialization are as follows. A three-course sequence in psychological and quantitative foundations: One of these:
| 07P:205 Design of Instruction |
3 s.h. |
| 07P:275 Constructivism and Design of Instruction |
3 s.h. |
Both of these:
| 07P:208 Designing Educational Multimedia |
3 s.h. |
Students choose their remaining specialization course work from the following (others may be approved by the student's advisor).
| 07P:203 Learning, Technology, and Effective Teaching |
3 s.h. |
| 021:120 Computing Foundations |
3 s.h. |
| 021:220 Programming for Text Manipulation |
3 s.h. |
| 22C:104 Introduction to Informatics |
3 s.h. |
| 103:157 Electronic Corpora and Linguistic Analysis |
3 s.h. |
| 164:212 Practicum in CALL Software Development |
1-4 s.h. |
| 164:214 Advanced CALL Curriculum Development |
3 s.h. |
| A practicum course |
3 s.h. |
Either of these (if not taken for the three-course sequence in psychological and quantitative foundations, above):
| 07P:205 Design of Instruction |
3 s.h. |
| 07P:275 Constructivism and Design of Instruction |
3 s.h. |
*Either of these:
| 07P:293 Independent Instruction in Psychological and Quantitative Foundations |
3 s.h. |
| 164:302 Special Projects in Language Acquisition |
3 s.h. |
*May be taken after students have completed the core design and technology courses (07P:205 or 07P:275, 07P:208, 07P:215). THESIS All candidates must complete a thesis (164:303 Ph.D. Thesis), for which they may earn up to 18 s.h. OPTIONAL COURSE WORK Students may include the following optional course work in their degree programs.
| 164:300 Special Topics in Second Language Acquisition |
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| 164:301 Readings in Second Language Acquisition |
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| 164:302 Special Projects in Second Language Acquisition |
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Admission Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College; see the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College or the Graduate College section of the Catalog. Strong applicants hold a master's degree in a related area, have a cumulative g.p.a. of at least 3.50 in master's degree work, and speak and write English and another language at a professional level. Applicants must submit a writing sample that demonstrates their ability to synthesize and analyze information using standard academic English. Financial Support Teaching assistantships are available through the Foreign Language Acquisition Research and Education Program (FLARE). Assistantships usually involve teaching elementary or intermediate language courses. FLARE also offers a limited number of research assistantships. Contact the Second Language Acquisition Program for details.
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