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The M.A. in Second Language Education consists of a 45-credit thesis or non-thesis program. It provides an overview of the state of the art in second language acquisition, assessment and evaluation, and research methods, including quantitative and qualitative approaches. The program covers a wide range of current topics in applied linguistics and offers opportunities to specialize in educational sociolinguistics, curricular/methods and program planning areas (for example, content-based second language teaching or “immersion”), language testing, language policy and planning, and critical applied linguistics. Graduates may go on to doctoral work in applied linguistics. They may also seek employment at ministry, school board, or other sites of active research on second languages. Many graduates also continue active careers in school contexts as second language teaching practitioners, program administrators or evaluators.
Education in Second Languages : Submission of a thesis proposal.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Lyster, Roy; Sarkar, Mekhala; Riches, Caroline Joan; Turner, Carolyn E (Fall)
Fall, Winter
Education in Second Languages : Presentation of thesis proposal.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Lyster, Roy; Sarkar, Mekhala; Riches, Caroline Joan; Turner, Carolyn E (Fall)
Fall, Winter
Education in Second Languages : Master's thesis.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Lyster, Roy; Sarkar, Mekhala; Riches, Caroline Joan; Turner, Carolyn E (Winter)
Fall, Winter
Education in Second Languages : Master's thesis.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Lyster, Roy (Fall) Lyster, Roy; Riches, Caroline Joan; Turner, Carolyn E; Sarkar, Mekhala (Winter)
Fall, Winter
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Overview of the epistemological foundations of a range of research methods, including but not limited to quantitative, philosophical, qualitative, arts-based, and mixed methods.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015
Instructors: Boyle, Dale; Mahbub, Tahiya (Fall) Choudry, Abdul Aziz (Winter) Boyle, Dale; Veissière, Samuel (Summer)
Fall, Winter
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Statistical measurements in education, graphs, charts, frequency distributions, central tendencies, dispersion, correlation, and sampling errors.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Birlean, Camelia; Gomez-Garibello, Carlos (Fall)
Offered through Continuing Education and Summer Studies.
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language acquisition theory and research and their relevance to teaching a second language.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Sarkar, Mekhala (Fall)
Fall
9 credits selected from the following courses:
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Critical exploration of contemporary issues in educational theory and research, in terms of current scholarship in the field, current educational contexts, and student research. Educational issues as expressions of social, political, economic, epistemological and cultural reconfigurations.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Veissière, Samuel (Fall) Trimble, Lisa; Shariff, Shaheen (Winter)
Fall, Winter
Education in Second Languages : Independent study of an approved topic with the guidance of individual instructor and permission of Graduate Program Director.
Terms: Fall 2014, Summer 2015
Instructors: Trimble, Lisa (Fall) Sarkar, Mekhala (Summer)
Education in Second Languages : Independent study of an approved topic with the guidance of individual instructor and permission of Graduate Program Director.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015
Instructors: Baker, Beverly Anne (Fall) Crump, Alison; Lyster, Roy; Sarkar, Mekhala (Winter) Sarkar, Mekhala (Summer)
Fall, Winter
Education in Second Languages : In-depth study of a current topic in Second Language Education. In conjunction with EDSL 630.)
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Education in Second Languages : An examination of social identity, first language maintenance, and power relations, and their impact on the nature of second language teaching, from the perspective of critical applied linguistics. Topics range from the micro level of the individual to the macro level of language planning and policy-making.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in the social, cultural and political dimensions of English second language learning and teaching.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Crump, Alison (Winter)
Fall
Education in Second Languages : Seminar in second language classroom-centred research focusing on instructional procedures and practices in relationship to learning outcomes.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Lyster, Roy (Winter)
Education in Second Languages : Research, theory, issues and practices in second language assessment in relationship to learners, teachers, and programs.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Education in Second Languages : An examination of theoretical and applied issues in qualitative and ethnographic studies in second language education.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Winter
Education in Second Languages : Theory and research related to the teaching and learning of second language literacy. The orientation is on reading and writing as a socio-cognitive activity.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Maguire, Mary H (Fall)
Fall
Education in Second Languages : Theoretical research underpinnings of learning a second language through content-based approaches and analysis of empirical studies undertaken in a wide range of immersion and other content-based L2 classrooms.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Winter
3 credits at the 500, 600, or 700 level chosen in consultation with the Graduate Program Director.