Certificate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences

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Interested in languages? Thought about becoming a language teacher? Want to teach English as a second language in the U.S. (ESL) or as a foreign language abroad (EFL)? There are over 6,000 languages spoken in the world today, and most people live with the daily reality of having to live and work with speakers of more than one language. There is tremendous pressure/desire to learn national and international languages, both in the US and around the world. The Certificate in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching is a great way to begin your training in the following areas: second language acquisition and teaching US elementary, middle and secondary jobs immersion schools teaching more than one language teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language translation international business area studies and linguistics language planning and policy multi-cultural and multi-lingual awareness immigration issues language diversity US residency and citizenship requirements

Participating Departments: Linguistics AEI Romance Languages East Asian Languages and Literatures Germanic Languages and Literatures

Participating Faculty: Susan C. Anderson, Ph.D., Germanic Languages Robert Davis, Ph.D., Romance Languages Thomas Delaney Ph.D. American English Institute Noriko Fujii, Ph.D., East Asian Languages Spike Gildea, Ph.D., Linguistics Susan Guion Anderson, Ph.D., Linguistics (Program Director) Deborah Healey Ph.D. American English Institute Laura Holland, American English Institute Sarah Klinghammer, Ph.D., American English Institute Kaori Idemaru Ph.D. East Asian Languages Alexander Mathäs, Ph.D., Germanic Languages Iris Moye, Senior Instructor, American English Institute Sayo Murcia, Senior Instructor, Romance Languages Dorothee Ostmeier, Ph.D., Germanic Languages Trish Pashby Ph.D., American English Institute Eric Pederson, Ph.D., Linguistics Geraldine Poizat-Newcomb, Instructor, Romance Languages Russell Tomlin, Ph.D., Linguistics Cynthia Vakareliyska, Ph.D., Linguistics Kay Westerfield, Senior Instructor, American English Institute Catherine Wiebe, Senior Instructor, Romance Languages Keli Yerian Ph.D., American English Institute Gloria Zabala, Senior Instructor, Romance Languages