<p>I did a search on this but nothing came up.</p>
<p>Does anyone here know of a good MA program in Applied Linguistics? East Coast in particular. Option to get a certificate in TESOL would be nice. I am concerned with MA programs but will consider PhD programs depending on what the school has to offer. I don't really want to be in school for another five years though.</p>
<p>TIA</p>
<p>Does anyone have any kind of suggestions? I spoke to one of my advisors and he mentioned a program at Pitt that is supposed to be ok, but I would prefer another city. Anybody got anything? thanx.</p>
<p>My guess is no one knows. :-/</p>
<p>MIT has a great linguistics program, but it's PhD only. A lot of graduate linguistics programs are the same way.</p>
<p>Thanks Jangel, but I'm looking for applied ling programs and SLA. MIT focuses more on descriptive and theoretical ling.</p>
<p>I was able to find some programs that seem to have what I want, but I don't know much about their quality/reputation in the field. Perhaps someone who knows anything about any of these programs can chime in.</p>
<p>These are all Masters programs: Pitt, Hawaii, Indiana, Penn State, UI-Chicago, and Georgia State.</p>
<p>would sociolinguistics be a part of applied linguistics? if so and you are interested in that, Penn is the place to be. nyu is also top-notch. the ESL certificate shouldn't be that uncommon. some schools offer that for undergrads. do you want to be conducting research in the field?</p>
<p>Research? Ultimately, no. Just teaching.</p>
<p>Queens College of the City University of New York has an excellent applied linguistics program at the graduate level. See the following site: <a href="http://qcpages.qc.edu/LCD/ling_grad.htm%5B/url%5D">http://qcpages.qc.edu/LCD/ling_grad.htm</a></p>
<p>QC looks pretty nice. I have never been to NYC outside of JFK though! I am wondering how safe that area is? I'll keep it in mind though. I'll have to see what kind of aid (if any) they offer. But this is the kind of program I am looking for...thanks for the suggestion :-)</p>
<p>I have not been in the Queens College area in many years. I can tell you, though, that it is located in a residential section of Queens called Flushing - you may want to do a google search on this neighborhood.
A quick question: Are you wanting to teach ESOL? If so, you might be better off with a degree in education (see the M.S. Program in TESOL on the QC web page).</p>
<p>I want to to teach ESOL to adult learners abroad.</p>
<p>if that is all you want to do then an MA program might not be worth it. at my school all you have to do is take 1 course to become certified. maybe you should try to enroll as a part-time student somewhere because you would still receive the certification. </p>
<p>although the course and certificate are sometimes in the linguistics department, it doesn't have much to do with linguistics, and you might end up taking courses that you don't care about in applied linguistics programs.</p>
<p>I'm also interested in learning how to deal with different types of learners and what language teaching methods are most (in)effective then pu twhat I learn to practice.</p>
<p>AppleLinguist, if you are interested only in teaching, Pitt would be the place to go! They have a decent applied linguistics program. Even though they lost some important researchers to other universities, they transferred new people. So they are still quite good! Hawaii, on the other hand, is a name value in applied linguistics. They have really famous researchers including Bonnie Schwartz. I think this link <a href="http://www.lingforum.com/forum/%5B/url%5D">http://www.lingforum.com/forum/</a> might be helpful for you. Go to the part "second language acquisition" and see what other people said there. You can post a poll alternatively and ask people to rank your choices in order of good to bad choices for applied linguistics. There is an article about top sla researchers, which I particularly like.</p>
<p>Also, yes, if you are interested in sociolinguistics, then Georgetown is the place to go as well as Penn. Penn has Labov, the biggest guy in socio while Georgetown has Eckert and a few other good names.</p>
<p>Thanks! I am working on my SOP. I don't have a top choice right now, but I am thinking that my 3 most desirable picks are Indiana, Pitt, and Hawaii. I will check out the forum.</p>
<p>Did you look at Canadian unis? If that interests you, I think a couple may have that program. Of course, I may be talking out my buttocks. But check around.</p>
<p>I forgot, Georgetown has a really good Applied Linguistics program, and I know they do MA's and TESOL certificate type things. I'm actually an undergrad in the Linguistics program here right now and I love it!</p>