• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

Why study Linguistics BA - Applied Linguistics Concentration at UB?

The Applied Linguistics is intended for students interested in careers in language teaching, whether teaching English abroad or the area of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) within the U.S. The track features a teaching internship. The BA can be a terminal degree, or can prepare the student to enter MA programs in Education and certification programs in TESOL. Majors in this track receive a thorough grounding in the structure of English and also learn about many other languages. They become knowledgeable about the function of language in society and receive practical teaching experience.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge of:

• Core concepts: Students will comprehend the core concepts of linguistics, as well as the basic literature that assumes such concepts.
• Cognitive/social aspects of language: Students will achieve an awareness of language in its broader cognitive and social context.
• Language diversity awareness: Students will develop an awareness of linguistic diversity and variability.
• Critical thinking: Students will master the ability to construct arguments for choosing between alternative analyses of linguistic phenomena and to identify relevant data bearing on the analyses.
• Problem solving: Students will be able to analyze linguistic data from English or other languages and to construct descriptions of particular linguistic phenomena in particular languages.
• Communication skills: Students will attain the skills necessary to prepare written and oral presentations on linguistic topics.

Career Outlook

Students completing a BA have gone on to law school, medical school, speech and hearing sciences, library sciences, as well as done graduate work within theoretical and applied linguistics. They have also found employment teaching English in countries such as France, Thailand, Korea, Japan, and China and in the fields of publishing, literacy development, marketing, public service organizations, and language technology. Careers open to students with linguistics degrees include:

• Computational linguistics
• Editing
• Educational policy
• English as a second language instruction
• Foreign service
• Journalism
• Language teaching
• Law
• Law Enforcement
• Multicultural services
• Translation and interpretation

所属院系

中国学生入学要求

课程信息

学制：全日制(4 年)

学费：US$24,740.00 (¥ 160,164) /年

开学时间：2022八月30日

申请截止日期：预计在November 2022

留学地点：University at Buffalo, The State University Of New York12 Capen Hall,BUFFALO,New York,14260, United States