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March 19, 2012
Dear Colleagues, Students and Staff members of Applied Linguistics:
With great pleasure, I would like to inform you the decision that I received from the Graduate and Undergraduate Councils of Academic Senate this afternoon (1:28 pm on March 19 to be exact). The memo was sent from the Graduate and Undergraduate Councils to Professor Andrew F. Leuchter, Chair of Academic Senate. According to the memo, the Graduate and Undergraduate Council have jointly and “unanimously” recommended that the suspension of admissions be lifted (undergraduate for Fall 2012, graduate for Fall 2013), and the Appendix V action be withdrawn immediately. I take this moment to thank everyone who has never given up hope and rendered support for the effort tirelessly. We will have a set of new agenda ahead of us to move forward, and I know I can still count on your assistance.
Best regards,
Shoichi Iwasaki, Chair
Department of Applied Linguistics
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The Department of Applied Linguistics is pleased to announce that it will be offering AF LANG 15: Elementary Intensive Swahili during Summer Sessions 2012. This 8-week course meets Monday through Friday from 9:00am-12:50pm, in Rolfe 3120, and provides students with intensive instruction in Swahili, a major language of East Africa. The course is the equivalent of one year (three quarters) of elementary Swahili.
Enrollment in AF LANG 15 is now open. Interested students should contact Professor Katrina Thompson (
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) with questions.
Registration is now open, visit the summer session website for details on how to enroll.
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UCLA's Department of Applied Linguistics seeks to hire a part-time (63% time) lecturer for Swahili during the 2012-13 academic year. Course load will include 5 courses (Beginning and Intermediate in Fall and Winter; Beginning only in Spring). The Beginning course meets five days a week, 9-10 a.m., and the Intermediate course meets four days a week (Mon - Thurs) 10-11 a.m.
Applicants should have substantial Swahili teaching experience and at least an MA in a language-related field.
Please send a cover letter that addresses experience and teaching philosophy, a CV, and a list of three references with contact information, to: Dr. Katrina Daly Thompson, 3320 Rolfe Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 or by email to
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. Review of applications will begin on 21 May 2012.
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UCLA APPLIED LINGUISTICS RANKS IN TOP 5% IN NRC ASSESSMENT!
In the 2011 National Research Council’s (NRC) assessment of U.S. PhD programs, which was revised from the NRC results published in the fall of 2010, the UCLA Applied Linguistics Department ranked in the top 5% among all the programs in the field of linguistics. According to NRC’s definition, the field of linguistics consists of programs in Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Language and Communication Disorders, Linguistics, Modern Languages, Second Language Acquisition, and others. Our PhD program is one of three UCLA Humanities doctoral programs that rank third or higher in their respective fields in the nation. The other two programs are History of Archaeology and Musicology.
For information on the NRC rankings, click here.
UCLA DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
UCLA is a dynamic place to study applied linguistics, a discipline that investigates language with relevance to issues in the everyday world. Situated in discursive and interactional contexts, language is essential to all aspects of life from personal to social. Interdisciplinary in nature, applied linguistics sheds new light on the nature of language and language use.
The UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics is at the forefront of research in the field of applied linguistics and offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Ph.D. degrees, as well as two undergraduate minors and a graduate certificate program. Faculty members, including affiliated members in the Anthropology, Asian Languages and Cultures, Chicana and Chicano Studies, Education, Linguistics, Psychology, and Sociology Departments whose participation reinforces the interdisciplinary nature of applied linguistics research, represent a wide range of expertise and experience in language-related research.
The Applied Linguistics Department also houses the program in African Languages, which allows students to become proficient in an African language as well as the cultures of African language speakers. The African Languages program offers a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as an 8-week summer language intensive course in Swahili, which provides students with one academic year's worth of a foreign language.
Please note : Department of Writing Programs is the new home of English as a Second Language (ESL)
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UCLA Applied Linguistics
3300 Rolfe Hall, Box 951531
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1531
Main Office: (310) 825-4631
Fax: (310) 206-4118
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