MA English as a Second Language

The Department of Linguistics offers an MA in Teaching English to speakers of other languages which prepares students for careers in teaching English as a second language and/or foreign language and language arts instruction for K-12 (with additional certification and course work from the College of Education). Our MA programs also serve as an excellent foundation for doctoral studies in second language acquisition and the teaching of English as a second language.

Our Master of Arts degrees in Linguistics and English as a Second Language offer broad training in all core areas of the discipline and prepare you for challenging careers in a variety of industries, including:

• Bioinformatics
• Education
• Government
• Law
• Natural language processing

UNT Linguistics is supported by an active linguistics research community at UNT with ties across campus and with local, national, and international communities. Some of the activities from this research network include:

• Linguistics Colloquium
• Linguistics in Motion Film Series
• Linguistics Summer Institute
• Linguistics Circle
• Linguistics Conferences and Symposia
• Student Linguistics Association at North Texas (SLANT)

The M.A. in ESL specifically prepares students for careers in teaching English as a second language and/or foreign language and language arts instruction for K-12 (with additional certification and coursework from the College of Education).

Our programs serve as an excellent foundation for doctoral studies in Linguistics and other language-related fields, such as speech pathology, deaf education, audiology or the teaching of English as a second language.