• Responsible for administering the degree programs with emphases in ethnology, literacy, language survey, Scripture use or sociolinguistics.

• Basic interdisciplinary courses in language and culture acquisition, teaching cross-culturally, social science research, and statistical methods.

These study programs are based on a modular concept taught in 20-week terms.

Stephen L. Walter, Ph.D., Chair

The Language Development Department at GIAL—what's in it for you?

A Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Teamwork.

A Master of Arts degree with a major in Language Development. Graduates of this advanced program will be qualified to serve in such roles as literacy specialist, sociolinguist, language surveyer, Scripture Use specialist or anthropologist (depending on the concentration selected). Concentrations include:

• Ethnology
• Language Survey
• Literacy
• Scripture Use
• Sociolinguistics
• Student-Crafted

This program consists of three components, and requires successful completion of all three:

1. Undergraduate courses in the Certificate in Applied Linguistics (or their equivalent)

2. General Core courses for the Master of Arts degree with a major in Language Development.

3. Concentration courses required by one of the concentration options
    

Language Development Faculty

Stephen L. Walter, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington, Chair
Robert Douglas, Ph.D., University of Southern California
T. Wayne Dye, Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary
M. Lynn Landweer, Ph.D., University of Essex, Essex, England
Peter E. Unseth, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington
Rob G. McKee, Ph. D., University of Rochester

Click here for Course List of Language Development.