Are you a Penn State international student wishing to improve your English academic skills?
Welcome to the Department of Applied Linguistics at Penn State University.
The Department of Applied Linguistics at Penn State's University Park campus is part of the College of the Liberal Arts. In teaching, research and service, our mission is to advance understandings of language use and language learning from a range of anthropological, sociological, and psychological perspectives.
Our outstanding faculty are committed to teaching and mentoring students. They are recognized world wide for their topically and geographically diverse research involving a broad spectrum of languages and settings. Areas of specialization include classroom discourse and learning; corpus linguistics; discourse analysis; language and cognition; language, health, and aging; second and foreign language and literacy teaching and learning; sociocultural theory; technology and language learning; teacher education and world Englishes.
Are you an International Teaching Assistant who wishes to improve your speaking and presentation skills?
Individuals who wish to improve their English skills and are not enrolled in a University program may be interested in the Intensive English Communication Program (IECP) offered through University Outreach.
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