Become an expert literacy educator-scholar in your field with our flexible, challenging Ph.D. program in Language and Literacy Education. This emphasis aligns with the Georgia Performance Standards requirements for certification upgrade.
The TESOL and World Language Education community includes faculty and students with interests in several areas, including: Second-language acquisition Language assessment Teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) Bilingual and world language education Heritage language education Less commonly taught languages Bi/multiliteracies Spanish children’s literature Multilingual poetry and memoir School-university partnerships Multicultural education Computer assisted language learning Language policy Bilingual cognition
We focus on a range of language education research methodologies including qualitative and quantitative analysis, arts-based inquiry, corpus analysis, discourse analysis, systemic functional linguistics, narrative inquiry, and ethnography. We bring these areas together to better address the needs of all learners in increasingly global and local (“glocal”) communities.
Director of Graduate Studies Jennifer M. Graff, Professor jgraff@uga.edu Graduate Program Administrator Kadianne Francis kadianne.francis@uga.edu 706.583.8130
Minimum of 46 hours
Apply to the UGA Graduate School and include the following: To be considered for our doctoral program, We recommend that applicants’ undergraduate GPA be at least a 3.0 and that applicants have at least two years of teaching. We require all applicants to have a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in an area of language and/or literacy education, or a related field. Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in at least two languages including English as evidenced by prior academic degrees, language proficiency test scores, or job experience. International applicants must also have a score of at least 100 on the TOEFL test, with a minimum score of 26 in speaking and 25 in writing, or a score of at least 7.5 on the IELTS test, with a minimum score of 8 in speaking and 7.0 in writing.
While completing your Graduate School application, include the required documents listed below. For anyone applying for Fall 2024 matriculation, GRE scores are no longer required. Statement of Purpose that includes the emphasis area of your doctoral studies (English Education, Literacies and Children’s Literature, or TESOL or World Language Education) Current resume or CV TOEFL or IELTS scores (required for international applicants) Unofficial transcripts from all institutions attended Three (3) letters of recommendation Writing sample of no more than 20 pages
Application Deadlines Applications for fall are due April 15th (April 1st for international applicants). Applications for spring are due November 15th. (October 15th for international applicants). Applications for summer are due April 1st. (February 15th for international applicants). Applicants requesting funding must apply by January 1 for fall semester admission.
| GRSC 7001 | GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar | 1 |
| GRSC 7770 *For students selected for a teaching assistantship | Graduate Teaching Seminar | 1-3 |
For doctoral students seeking a teacher certification upgrade in GA, the following courses are also required:
| LLED 7500 | Curriculum Planning in TESOL and World Language Education, Grades P-16 | 3 |
Choose 2 course(s) from the following:
| LLED 8030 | Critical Discourse Analysis and Linguistic Ethnography | 3 |
| LLED 8590 | Arts-Based Inquiry in Diverse Learning Communities | 3 |
| LLED 8600 | Research on Second Language Acquisition | 3 |
| QUAL 8590 | Arts-Based Inquiry in Diverse Learning Communities | 3 |
Choose 3 course(s) from the following:
| LLED 5040/7040 | Language and Culture in the Classroom | 3 |
| LLED 5077/7077 | Language and Globalization | 3 |
| LLED 5502/7502 | ESOL and World Language Assessment | 3 |
| LLED 5505/7505 | Immigration Policies and Culturally Sustaining Teaching Practices | 3 |
| LLED 5710/7710 | Writing Cultures: A Poetry Workshop for Creative Educators | 3 |
| LLED 5730/7730 | First and Second Language Acquisition and Development | 3 |
| LLED 5732/7732 | Classroom Discourse | 3 |
| LLED 6631 | Bilingualism and Bilingual Education | 3 |
| LLED 7070 | Research Methods in Language Education | 1-6 |
| LLED 7500 | Curriculum Planning in TESOL and World Language Education, Grades P-16 | 3 |
| LLED 7503 | Disciplinary Languages and Literacies | 3 |
| LLED 7504 | Reflective Practices and Performances in the TESOL and WLE Classroom | 3 |
| LLED 7602 | Non-native Language Literacy: Secondary to Adult | 3 |
| LLED 7603 | Sociocultural Contexts of Linguistic Minority Education | 3 |
| LLED 8055 | Youth Participatory Action Research | 3 |
| LLED 8710 | An Advanced Poetry Workshop for Interdisciplinary Understanding | 3 |
| LLED 8750 | Qualitative Research Writing Workshop | 3 |
| QUAL 8055 | Youth Participatory Action Research | 3 |
| QUAL 8750 | Qualitative Research Writing Workshop | 3 |
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.