Lyndonhuang

I am the student who got the admission form University of Pittsburgh with the MA program of Applied Linguistics....Could you tell me how is the program and the department of Pitts?

Hi everyone! I am the student who is going to learn linguistcis this Fall in the US, but the result of my 2014 application is not that satisfactory. So far I got some admissions from Applied lingsuitcs. The reason why I applied to AL is that my undergraduate major is Teaching Chinsese as a second language, which is a major that focuses more on SLA or even teachng pedagogy , however acutually my goal is to get a PhD degree in linguistics and therefore I can start my research in the relevant field. Or put it in this way, to some degree my undergradute major has confined my possibility in application to linguistics. I have been haunted by this problem, I'd like to know about th possibility of going on to the PhD study with a degree in Applied Linguistcs, I am really looking foward to getting you advice!! I still have another question, is there any of you have heard about the linguistics department of University of Pittsburgh? What do yo think of this department because I got the admission fron this program(M.A in Applied linguisticss) Here are the courses provided by Pitts: Required Core courses : Phonetics and Phonemics/ Syntax/Phonology/SLA/Teaching pedogagy/sociolinguistics/Psycholinguistics/And four electives. Is it even possible for me to continue to PhD study(theoretical linguisics) with a MA from this school? I would really appreciate your help and advice!!!Thank you all!!!!