Teaching Asian Languages

A total of nine courses (or a total of 36 units) are required for the degree. Students can fulfill the course requirements by completing four core courses (200-level) on Asian Language Pedagogy, by completing three courses (Asian 206A-B-C) on Teaching Practicum at local schools, and by supplementing two elective courses (upper division or 200-level). The two electives can be taken from the ALC Department and/or other department (e.g., School of Education). Specific courses are to be negotiated with adviser/committee. Two upper division courses are applied toward the University’s nine-course minimum requirement for the Master’s degrees. No 500-level courses may count toward degree requirements.

A sample program for each field is listed below:

Chinese

Asian 204A Teaching Asian Language

Asian 206A Instructional Apprenticeship

Asian 206B Instructional Apprenticeship

Chinese 220 Structure of Chinese

Elective (1)

Elective (2)

Japanese

Asian 204A Teaching Asian Language

Asian 206A Instructional Apprenticeship

Asian 206B Instructional Apprenticeship

Japanese 223 Structure of Japanese

Elective (1)

Elective (2)

Korean

Asian 204A Teaching Asian Language

Asian 206A Instructional Apprenticeship

Asian 206B Instructional Apprenticeship

Korean 220 Structure of Korean

Elective (1)

Elective (2)

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Three courses (Asian 206A-B-C) on Teaching Practicum at local schools are required.

Capstone Plan

Students, in consultation with their faculty adviser, must determine their three comprehensive examination fields (e.g., acquisition of grammar as opposed to phonological development of L2 speakers and use of pragmatic markers). The comprehensive examination, which emphasizes diverse areas of study, consists of the submission of three research papers (at least one language pedagogy paper and two seminar papers) to be evaluated by the ad hoc committee chaired by the student’s principal adviser. One of the three papers can be written in the target language, but this is optional.

The committee must be formally approved by the Director of Graduate Studies or the chair before the circulation of the research papers and the oral examination.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Students who are admitted to graduate status with no deficiencies in prior course work and who carry a standard course load should be able to obtain the degree after three quarters. The maximum time to degree is six quarters.

MAXIMUM TTD

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

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