Departments
Literacy, Culture & Language Education
Language and Culture Education Program Area
The Language and Culture Education program is an interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary program, offering several key areas of research in language teaching and learning; current and historical language teaching methodologies; and language teacher education. The program provides multiple opportunities for the practice of and research into the processes of teaching and learning foreign and second languages—Foreign Languages (FL), English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English as a Second Language (ESL), and English Language Teaching (ELT), including biliteracy, bilingualism and multilingualism.
The master’s and doctoral programs take sociocultural, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic anthropological, applied linguistic and ethnographic perspectives that emphasize the close interconnectedness between language and culture through the study of how language education and broader social, historical, cultural, and geopolitical contexts intersect.Language and Culture Education Program Faculty The following are the areas of specialization and research interests of faculty members in the Language and Culture program area.
Faculty
Projects and Initiatives
- Books & Beyond Project
- Bridges: Children, Languages, World
- ESL Professionals in Collaborative Communities (EPICC)
- ESL/EFL Professional Development Certificate Program (EPDE)
- Peace Corps EFL/ESL Master's International
- STARTALK Grant Project
- Working Papers in LCLE
Current Doctoral Students
Topics of inquiry by our doctoral students include a wide spectrum of research areas such as language policy, language and conflict, language attitudes in Southern Thailand; impact of Western-based professional development on non-native speaker teachers (NNEST) of English; exploring biliteracy developments among Asian women in diaspora: The case of Taiwan; trust and collaboration between secondary ESL and Content Area Teachers in Indiana; and integration of online peer reviews in college-level writing classes.
The career choices of our graduates extend far beyond strictly academic settings to a wide variety of applied areas. Our graduates hold positions in the U.S. and internationally in universities, institutions of higher education, and governmental and non-governmental organizations around the world as language and culture educators, language program supervisors/ coordinators/consultants, language and culture curriculum developers and teacher educators.
Professional Development and Internship Opportunities
For doctoral students who meet the department’s criteria and receive faculty approval, internships are available. These include internships with:
- Working Papers in LCLE
- STARTALK Grant Project
- Books & Beyond Project
- Association for Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America (ATLILLA)
- Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin American (STLILLA)
Related Units
The Language and Culture Education Program Area promotes an atmosphere of inquiry, intellectual rigor, and continuous student-faculty relationships. Other units where students can carry out professional activities to strengthen their academic development are:
