Graduate Certificate and Ph.D. Minor in Technology in Second Language Teaching

SLAT offers a Ph.D. Minor and a Graduate Certificate in Technology in Second Language Teaching.  This program offers students an introduction to various classroom and language-learning technologies and how they are used to assist second language acquisition and second language teaching. Upon completion, students should have a basic understanding of current technologies available to support second language teaching and

learning, and have gained some practical experience in their use. At completion students are expected to:

• Understand the various technologies available to support foreign language
  teaching and learning, and criteria for their critical assessment;
• learn to evaluate various approaches to computer-assisted language teaching and
  learning on the basis of theories and research in the SLA field;
• be aware of the current and emerging technologies in the field of language pedagogy;
• gain knowledge of and skills in integrating appropriate technologies in
  curriculum and syllabus design and adaptation; and
• show ability to implement a variety of  technologies in the foreign/second language classroom.