LINGUIST List 21.4452 Sat Nov 06 2010 Support: French & Applied Ling, General Ling: PhD Student, U. of Illinois Editor for this issue: Matthew Lahrman <mattlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Annie Tremblay , French & Applied Linguistics, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Illinois, USA Message 1: French & Applied Linguistics, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Illinois, USA Date: 04-Nov-2010 From: Annie Tremblay <atremblaillinois.edu> Subject: French & Applied Linguistics, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition: PhD Student, University of Illinois, USA E-mail this message to a friend Institution/Organization: University of Illinois Department: French Web Address: http://www.french.illinois.edu Level: PhD Duties: Research Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition Required Language(s): French (fra) Description: The Department of French at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign offers highly competitive, personalized research packages to outstanding incoming graduate students. These Departmental financial awards are tailored for highly- qualified prospective students in fields represented in the Department. For applicants of the highest standing, a Departmental financial award may be offered together with a campus-wide Fellowship. Campus-wide Fellowships include: -The Illinois Distinguished Fellowship, which provides $20,000 per 12-month year for three years and includes a waiver of full tuition. -The School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics (SLCL) Fellowship, which provides $20,000 paid over a 12-month period for a period of two years and includes a waiver of full tuition. -The Graduate College Fellowship for Underrepresented Students, which provides doctoral-level students with $17,000 per 12-month period for one, two, or three years. These fellowships include a waiver of full tuition. Qualified applicants need take no action beyond applying to the graduate program. The Department automatically nominates top applicants for all fellowships. In addition to recruitment fellowships, the Department of French offers summer and/or partial fellowships, research assistantships, support for research summer institutes, and conference travel support. About the Department In addition to literature, the Department of French has faculty representing a broad spectrum of fields including theoretical and applied linguistics, second language acquisition and teacher education (SLATE), cinema studies, civilization, cultural studies, gender and women's studies, and post-colonial theory. In French linguistics and SLATE, there is currently a cohort of 15 graduate students and 4 full-time faculty members: Zsuzsanna Fagyal, Peter Golato, Cristina Toharia, and Annie Tremblay. In addition to its degree programs, students in the Department can obtain certificates in SLATE and in Translation Studies. Students in French linguistics and SLATE receive extensive training that enables them to do strong empirical research on the form, use, and acquisition, and teaching of the French language. Areas of specialization include bilingualism and language contact, dialectology, phonetics/phonology, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, second language pragmatics, and second language speech and sentence processing. The French linguistics and SLATE programs are interdisciplinary and have strong ties with the Departments of German, Educational Psychology, Linguistics, Psychology, and Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, as well as with researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science. Students in French linguistics and SLATE have access to research facilities such as the Illinois Phonetics and Phonology Lab, the Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Lab, and other state-of-the-art research labs at the Beckman Institute. The University's world- renowned Library, ranked among the top public libraries in the US, affords online subscription to a large number of academic journals. The Department also offers non-native speakers of French the opportunity to participate in year-long exchange programs with Dijon, Liège, Lyon, Metz, Poitiers, and Quebec. In the past 5 years, the Department has placed 100% of its graduating PhD students in top research institutions (e.g., Indiana University, University of Texas). 85% of these placements were in tenure-track positions. For further information about the Department, including how to apply to the graduate program, go to http://www.french.uiuc.edu/grad/application.html or write to frenchillinois.edu. Applications Deadline: 17-Dec-2010 Web Address for Applications: http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/admissions/apply/ Contact Information:         Prof. Annie Tremblay         atremblaillinois.edu Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 06-Nov-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.