Program type:

Major
Format:

On Campus
Est. time to complete:

4 years
Credit Hours:

120
Explore the dynamics of human language and empower yourself to teach English anywhere in the world.
A Bachelor of Arts with a major in linguistics ensures that you receive the proper training and knowledge to have a successful career in the field of linguistics. The curriculum allows you to immerse yourself in the study of language and to understand its structure, use, design and application.As students travel, they often support their global exploration by teaching English around the world. This concentration provides students with a set of courses for teaching English in a global context.

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Why Earn a Teaching English in a Global Context Linguistics Degree?

The Department of Linguistics, in close collaboration with Library and Information Science, Learning Technologies and Computer Science, offers a collaborative environment for developing innovative curricula that incorporate research on language with database design and management, text mining, computational and quantitative methods in linguistics and natural language processing.

The unifying philosophy for the linguists is that a broad typological linguistic sample is necessary to understand the extent and limits of human language structure, learning and use. In order to achieve this understanding, it is necessary to use the highest quality of linguistic data, i.e., corpora of naturally occurring language in human interactions.

In the Department of Linguistics, our focus is to ensure you receive the proper training and knowledge to have a successful career or to pursue a graduate education. The curriculum allows you to immerse yourself in the study of language to understand its structure, use, design and application.

UNT Linguistics is supported by an active linguistics research community with ties across campus and with local, national and international communities. Our faculty engage in national and international collaborative research in:

  • Computational linguistics
  • Language acquisition and teaching
  • Language documentation
  • Language variation and change
  • South Asian languages
Marketable Skills
  • Data management and database structure
  • Analyze and annotate language data
  • Project planning and implementation
  • Analytic capabilities
  • Creation/computational analysis of language corpora

Teaching English in a Global Context Linguistics Degree Highlights

The Linguistics Colloquium Series will give you an opportunity to meet top researchers in the field and gain new perspectives.
You can also discuss the latest trends in language as a member of the Student Linguistics Association of North Texas (SLANT).
The department is a pioneer in its area because of our interdisciplinary approach to the study of language. This helps us to develop new solutions for real-world application in local and international community outreach programs.
Students will learn in-demand software and programming skills with state-of-the-art technology.
Students have flexible degree programs and can also choose a concentration in Teaching English in the Global Context or Computational Linguistics.
UNT Linguistics is supported by an active linguistics research community with ties across campus and with local, national and international communities.

What Can You Do With a Teaching English in a Global Context Linguistics Degree?

A degree in Linguistics allows you to explore careers in:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer speech recognition
  • Computer text recognition
  • Education and educational research
  • Preserving native languages
  • Teaching English as a Second Language
  • Translation/interpretation

Positions may also be available in basic and applied research in medicine, law, marketing and government.

Teaching English in a Global Context Linguistics Degree Courses You Could Take

Acquisition of English as a Second Language (3 hrs)
Study of language acquisition, development, production and comprehension focusing on the application of current research findings to the context of learning and teaching English as a second language.
Teaching English as a Second Language (3 hrs)
Theory and method of teaching English as a second language. Study of major approaches with specific attention to methods of teaching, listening, speaking, reading and writing.
World Englishes (3 hrs)
Examines the historical and political reasons for the spread of English around the world and the creation of new varieties of English. Unique formal structures, pragmatic and conversational principles of interaction used in local and global print and broadcast media, creative fiction, and technical writing. Includes a survey of how English is taught around the world.
The Politics of Language (3 hrs)
Study of the inevitable interactions between language use, and the displays and distribution of power among speakers. Course focuses on what constitutes political speech - be it the in the privacy of individuals’ interactions, or in the more public arena of institutions, or group management. It is in the context of the tripartite sub-classification of power, politics, and structure that the course investigates the role of language in producing and reinforcing unequal relations of dominance in society.
Migration and Language Contact (3 hrs)
Study of the linguistic and social patterns resulting from language contact due to migration. Topics include lexical and structural borrowing, code-switching and formation of pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages.
Structure of Modern English (3 hrs)
Modern English grammar, morphology and syntax; principles of analysis and various theories of English structure; relationship between linguistic structure, rhetorical pattern and literary style.

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