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Advisory Committee

CAL is pleased to acknowledge the members of our Advisory Committee for the CAL Survey of Applied Linguistics Program

Carol Chapelle
Donna Christian
Andrew Cohen
Susan Gass
William Grabe
Joan Kelly Hall
Nancy Hornberger
Alison Mackey
Mary McGroarty
Jeff MacSwan
John Norris
Lourdes Ortega
Cristina Sanz
Richard Schmidt
G. Richard Tucker

CAL Project Staff

Project Director
Dr. Margaret E. Malone

Project Staff
Jacky de la Torre
Francesca Di Silvio
Anne Donovan
Victoria Nier
Mackenzie Price

  

Projects

CAL Survey of Applied Linguistics Programs

What is being taught and learned in applied linguistics programs? While recent work has investigated specific subfields of applied linguistics, no study has investigated the content offered and studied across applied linguistics.

Sponsored by the Center for Applied Linguistics, this project seeks to investigate the current state of applied linguistics graduate programs in the United States. The resulting report will provide information on current applied linguistics programs and may provide a basis for discussion about not only the current state of applied linguistics but also where the field should concentrate its effort in the next half century.

Preliminary focus groups conducted with the project’s advisory board established four primary research questions to be addressed by the study:

  • How does the field define applied linguistics? What are applied linguistics programs called and where within institutions are they housed?

  • What are the core areas of knowledge required to be an applied linguist? What are the courses required and offered within applied linguistics programs?

  • Where do applied linguistics students expect to go at the end of their programs? How prepared do graduates feel to enter the field? What kind of data exists on where graduates go after completing their programs?

  • What are the future directions of the field?

The CAL team is taking two approaches to addressing these research questions.

  • An online analysis of available information about applied linguistics programs was pooled to develop a holistic view on the requirements and offerings of such programs.

  • Online surveys were developed and distributed to faculty and students of applied linguistics. These surveys remain open and can be accessed at the links provided below.

FACULTY

STUDENT

At AAAL 2013 in Dallas, CAL staff will be presenting a roundtable with preliminary data from the online review of programs and the survey data that has been collected to date. Discussion will be held about dissemination of the results and next steps.

Questions? Email info@cal.org