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Message from the Chair | Fall in Gordy, Networking in January

Dr. David Bell in Gordy Hall

By David Bell Associate Professor & Chair of Linguistics Here in Athens, we are fast moving toward the winter break. The leaves are beginning to fall from the trees, affording the third floor of Gordy Hall a great view of the new construction project at Clippinger. Here in Gordy, our […]

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November 27, 2018 at 3:18 pmAnnouncements

Alumni News | Komiyama Teaches at CSU Sacramento, Fondly Recalls Life in Athens

Dr. Reiko Komiyama (center), MA ‘02 with her graduate students. On her shirt is a phonemic transcription of “If you can read this you may have a future in TESOL.”

Dr. Reiko Komiyama, MA ’02 is Associate Professor of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at California State University at Sacramento. As a graduate student at Ohio University, Komiyama lived in a basement studio of a house on Ohio Avenue, right across from East Elementary School. She worked […]

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November 27, 2018 at 9:20 amAlumni

Alumni News | Swartz Reaches Out to Help OHIO Chinese Language Students

Alum Riley Swartz reaches out to help OHIO students

Ohio University alum Riley Swartz—苏锐理 in Chinese—recently sent an email to the Chinese language students through Dr. Liang Tao, the Chinese program coordinator, inviting them to learn more about the U.S. Critical Language Scholarship. “I am always happy to help out Ohio University students, so if any of you current […]

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November 8, 2018 at 12:20 pmAlumni

Career Corner | Linguistics in Action: English Language Internship at East Elementary

Vanessa Torrington, student in M.A. in Applied Linguistics

Linguistics students at Ohio University are poised to have a significant impact on the Athens educational community during spring semester. In a recently redesigned partnership between the Linguistics Department and Athens City Schools, both undergraduate and graduate students—who have some teaching experience or a Teaching English as a Foreign Language […]

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November 6, 2018 at 12:26 pmNews

Students Studying Japanese Take Advantage of Corporate, Exchange Opportunities

Jack Clancy and Dr. Christopher Thompson sharing opportunities in Japan with students.

Fellowships, corporate experience and study abroad are among the exciting opportunities are available for students studying in the Japanese program in the Ohio University Linguistics Department. “I can honestly say the Ohio University Japanese program provided all of the skills needed to enter a niche career market and be seen […]

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October 29, 2018 at 9:32 amNews

Cho Puts Her Passion for Language Intonation into Practice

Dr. Christine Moon Cho

By Sierra Heilman Ohio University’s Linguistics Department welcomes new visiting assistant professor, Dr. Christine Moon Cho.  Cho received her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Oxford, UK, and OHIO is extremely happy to join the Bobcat family. Finding the Beauty at hOUme When asking Cho why she decided […]

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October 27, 2018 at 2:13 pmNews

Teach English in the Cloud Forest: A New Practicum and Internship Opportunity

From left: Dr. David Bell (Linguistics), Dr. Art Trese (Environmental & Plant Biology), and Dr. Theresa Moran (Food Studies) and the schoolchildren of Yunguilla with their Food Studies stickers.

Linguistics and the Food Studies theme announce the addition of undergraduate and graduate internship and practicum opportunities teaching English in Yunguilla, Ecuador. Students can use the Food Studies internship option in Yunguilla for their LING 4920/5920 Practicum in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) or as their LING 4912/5912 […]

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October 24, 2018 at 2:01 pmNews