第二语言习得哲学博士

第二语言习得（SLA）是一个多学科领域，其目标是了解构成非母语学习基础的过程。SLA来自各种学科，包括语言学，心理学，语言学，社会学，社会语言学，话语分析，对话分析和教育。FLARE的学生和他们的教授一样，代表了广泛的研究兴趣。从FLARE毕业的学生是独立的思想家，他们能够批判性地探索和研究与第二语言习得（SLA）的过程有关的各种现象。同样，FLARE的学生也可以通过不同的途径进入爱荷华大学。有些人在这里完成硕士学位后就进入了该计划，而另一些人则在开始其在SLA的博士学位课程时开始在爱荷华城的生活。SLA
The PhD in SLA is an interdisciplinary degree offered by FLARE (Foreign Language Acquisition Research and Education). Students interested in the PhD must have completed the MA in an appropriate field (e.g., Linguistics, Foreign Language Education, TESOL / ESL) or have equivalent academic experience. Admission is for the fall semester and students are admitted on a full-time basis only. The PhD in SLA offered by FLARE focuses on languages other than English. Prospective students interested in working with English (EFL / ESL) should investigate University of Iowa PhD programs in Linguistics and Foreign Languages and ESL Education. Students may pursue their interdisciplinary interests in courses offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Departments of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literature, French and Italian, German, Linguistics, Rhetoric, Spanish and Portuguese, and Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the College of Education, Departments of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations and Teaching and Learning. There are more than 20 associated faculty members in these and other departments with whom students may study.