SLA programs that don't require teaching?

Graduate School
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<p>Greetings and salutations.</p>

<p>I'll be applying to graduate school in the fall and I'm looking for programs in second language acquisition that do not require teaching. I am not an aspiring teacher, but I am doing it more so for research purposes. I have studied a few languages but my level of fluency is not at a point in which I would be in any way qualified to give public instruction. Additionally, I just loath it and have no dsire to do it nor is it in my forseeable future anyway.</p>

<p>It appears as though it's impossible to find any such programs. I have read some descriptions that sounded perfect untill I get toward the bottom of the page and see "students expected to teach a language"-CMU for example.</p>

<p>Do any such programs exist?</p>

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<p>yeah, indeed most sla programs don't require teaching. SLA is second language acquisition, but CMU's program is more like second language "learning". And their program is crappy, stay away!!</p>

<p>Go to sla programs within Linguistics departments. Those programs definitely stay away from teaching side, coz otherwise they would be more like education faculties.</p>

<p>If u r qualified enough, choose one of the top sla programs in the world: </p>

<ol>
<li>McGill, Canada</li>
<li>MIT, US</li>
<li>Hawaii, US</li>
<li>Arizona, US (They might require teaching though.)</li>
<li>Edinburgh, Scothland</li>
</ol>

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<p>MIT requires teaching and Arizona and McGill have teaching as part of fin aid but it doesn't look like it's required.</p>

<p>Arizona was never really on my list in the past but I may reconsider since they have Carnie.</p>

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<p>No!!!! U r looking at education programs. What I suggested is that you look at LINGUISTICS programs, not EDUCATION.</p>

<p>At least, I am sure MIT and McGill does not require teaching. Arizona might though, coz their dept. is not Ling.</p>

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<p>I was looking at their Linguistics departments, not their education departments.</p>

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<p>There is something wrong then. Coz I am 100% sure they don't require teaching. At least MIT and McGill. Well, they might require you to teach some Ling. classes though. But they don't require you to be like a teacher of foreign languages. And for McGill, if u want u may not teach, but they will cut a lil bit from your salary. Or they might give you research assistantship. At MIT also, you might get RAship, and not teach.</p>

<p>I would suggest you teach though. I mean Ling and SLA classes. That wud giv ya exp[erience. But I would personally also not like to teach a foerign language, which is stupid for a linguist to do.</p>