Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL)

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Description

The mission of the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL), as an institution of higher education, is to provide training and research opportunities leading to graduate degrees in applied linguistics and development of languages. It is located on the campus of the International Linguistics Center (ILC). GIAL offers year-round training within a religious context, including advanced courses in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Literacy, Language Survey, and Anthropology.

The GIAL is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Master's degrees. GIAL offers:

• A Certificate in Applied Linguistics
• A Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Teamwork
• A Master of Arts with a major in Applied Linguistics, with concentrations in Bible Translation, Cross-Cultural Service, and Descriptive Linguistics
• A Master of Arts with a major in Language Development with concentrations in Ethnology, Language Survey, Literacy, Scripture Use, and Sociolinguistics

Programmes

1. Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Teamwork -

   The Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Teamwork is designed to prepare people to lead, advise, and train people from two or more cultures who work together toward a common goal. Spring courses include a nine unit "Literacy Megacourse" for literacy specialists. It is also useful for people who will work with those from other cultures but who will not be in a position of leadership or teaching. As a graduate programme, the included courses study issues in more depth than the short courses in this field.
   
   Goals of this course of study are to enable students to:

   • Identify key features of a social environment that may affect the values and behavioural expectations different partners bring to a partnership.
     
   • Explain how people who follow the same religious tradition can have different patterns of partnership depending on their cultural backgrounds.
   • Evaluate their own views on the relationship between their own religious viewpoint and those patterns.
     
   • Assess their own ways of interacting with others in order to adapt their ways to partner more effectively across cultures.
     
   • Evaluate cultural styles of leadership and develop a plan for working with a variety of styles.
     
   • Pass on knowledge and skills needed for working in partnership with those of other cultural backgrounds.
   • Contribute to the professional literature and ongoing discussions of this topic.

   This is a one-bimester certificate and includes only four courses. It is therefore necessary for a student to take all four courses.
   
   To apply, students should apply for graduate admission. Click here for further information.
   
   

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