Foreign Language Education
- Master of Arts
- Doctor of Philosophy
Facilities for Graduate Work
Students in foreign language education have access to research facilities in a large number of academic departments in the liberal arts, communication, and education. The Department of Asian Studies, the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies provide opportunities for advanced instruction and research in a variety of areas.
Students have access to extensive print and online resources in the Perry-Castañeda Library and in specialized libraries. In addition to textbooks and pedagogical material, the collection includes titles in most classical and modern languages, translations of many important works, and secondary literature on the works and their social and literary contexts.
Other research sites include language laboratories, the Phonetics Laboratory, the Linguistics Research Center, ESL Services, and the Learning Technology Center Multimedia Laboratory.
Areas of Study
The foreign language education program offers specializations leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees in teaching English as a foreign or a second language, and the teaching of modern and classical foreign languages, including Asian languages. At the doctoral degree level, there is also a specialization in applied linguistics. Each student’s degree program includes courses from relevant disciplines such as anthropology, education, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, communication studies, theatre, music, and comparative literature, as well as language and literature. It may be concerned with foreign language teacher training, research in language teaching and language acquisition, technology in language teaching, and theory and techniques of language materials production. Individual courses of study are arranged within these areas in accordance with the student’s abilities, interests, and career goals.
Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2006–2007.
- Peter F. Abboud
- Zsuzsanna I. Abrams
- Aaron Bar-Adon
- Carl S. Blyth
- Hans C. Boas
- Frank E. Donahue
- Thomas J. Garza
- Mohammad Ghanoonparvar
- Ian F. Hancock
- Jacqueline M. Henkel
- Frederick G. Hensey
- Michael C. Hillmann
- Elaine K. Horwitz
- Orlando Rene Kelm
- Sara E. Kimball
- Robert D. King
- Dale April Koike
- Min Liu
- Carol Hanbery MacKay
- Anna Elizabeth Maloch
- Mohammad A. Mohammad
- Zena T. Moore
- Thomas J. O’Hare
- Deborah K. Palmer
- Maximo R. Salaberry
- Diane L. Schallert
- Carlos A. Solé
- Jürgen K. Streeck
- Marilla D. Svinicki
- Janet Swaffar
- Gary N. Underwood
- Anita L. Vangelisti
- Herman H. van Olphen
- John M. Weinstock
Degree Requirements
Master of Arts
The program leading to the Master of Arts degree may consist of either thirty semester hours of coursework, including a six-hour thesis course, or thirty-three semester hours of coursework, including a three-hour course in which the student must produce a substantial report. Theses and reports are written under the guidance of a supervising professor and a reader. Further information is available from the graduate adviser.
Doctor of Philosophy
The student is expected to achieve admission to candidacy by following the course requirements that have been set by the Graduate Studies Committee in foreign language education and passing such oral and written examinations as the committee specifies. Entering students are assigned to program advisers who assist in planning the Program of Work and the dissertation topic. Most students require three years, including summer sessions, beyond the bachelor’s degree to complete the program; a significant proportion, however, require a longer period of time. Further information is available from the graduate adviser.
For More Information
Campus address: George I. Sánchez Building (SZB) 528, phone (512) 471-4078; campus mail code: D6500
Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program in Foreign Language Education, 1 University Station D6500, Austin TX 78712