REIL Certificate

The REIL Certificate is issued to undergraduates only upon completion of the B.A. or B.S. degree. See catalog or Admissions office for deadlines and admission requirements. A maximum of 12 credits taken prior to admission can be counted toward the Certificate. For non-native speakers of English, a TOEFL score of at least 550 is required.

SCOPE OF STUDY:

This certificate will provide fundamental training for language revitalization, so that interested students will understand some main causes for language loss and factors involved in language maintenance; will prepare these students to work with Native communities and organizations on language revitalization; and will teach the critically important skills of the development of language materials and language assessment tools.

CCERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS: *All courses must be approved by an advisor.

[CORE COURSES]

1. NAS 201 Introduction to Native American Studies (4)
2. LING/NAS301 Introduction to Native American Languages (4)
3. LING390 Introduction to Linguistics (4)
4. LING 417/517 & NAS 417 Maintenance and Revitalization of Endangered Languages (4)

[ELECTIVES]

5. NATIVE HISTORY/BACKGROUND

ONE of the following:

HIST 330 Native Americans of Eastern North America (4)
HIST 331 Native Americans of Western North America (4)
HIST 464/564 Indians of the Pacific Northwest (4)
NAS303/PS432 Great Tribal Leaders (4)
ANTH 313 Indian-White Relations (4)
ANTH 314 Native Americans (4)
ANTH 415/515 Applied Anthropology (4)
ANTH 417/517 Advanced Topics in Native American Studies (4)

6. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND BILINGUALISM

ONE of the following:

LING432/532 Sociolinguistics (4)
LING437/537 First Language Acquisition (4)
LING438/538 Second Language Acquisition (4)
LING480/580 Bilingualism (4)

7. LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY

ONE of the following:

FL498/598 Foreign Language Methods (4)
LING477/577 TESOL Methods I (4)
LING439/539 Language Assessment (4)
LING 475/575 Curriculum Design and Materials (4)
LING476/576 Corpus Linguistics (4)
FL493/593 Language Proficiency Testing and Teaching (4)

[REQUIRED FIELD EXPERIENCE]

8. ONE of the following:

NAS404: Cooperative Education/Internship (4)
LING409: Practicum (4)

[CERTIFICATE COMPLETION REQUIREMENT]

PORTFOLIO

Students in the program will develop a portfolio, which includes field notes, journals, feedback from the community and final refection papers (15-20 pages). Certificate Director will be responsible for assessing students’ certificate completion.

TOTAL: 32 credit hours

ADVISING

No later than the end of the first quarter after admission to the program, the student is required to consult with advisor/director to select the appropriate courses and areas of concentration. Students are encouraged to meet regularly with their advisor/director.

SEQUENCING AND SELECTION OF CLASSES

All courses must be approved by an advisor.

For more information, contact the Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, East Hall 122, 503-725-4098.