Background

The graduate program in Foreign Language Education at The University of Texas is devoted to the preparation of foreign language teachers, teacher educators, the investigation of problems of language teaching and learning, and the preparation of supervisors of foreign language programs. It is also concerned with innovations in teacher education, with the creation of materials to improve teaching, and with research and experimentation in relation to crucial problems facing the foreign language teaching profession, including teaching English as a second language.

The Faculty works closely with the various disciplines related to foreign language teaching and attempts to make the specialist in foreign language teaching a product of the entire university and not simply that of a language department, a department of Linguistics, or a department of the College of Education. In order to implement new methods and ideas and to chart future plans based on projected needs, Foreign Language Education also works with local school districts, educational agencies, and research centers as well as with the U.S. Office of Education and other national professional agencies such as the Modern Language Association (MLA), the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), and the Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).