The United States
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Portland State University |
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Portland
State University is Oregon's largest university with a history of strong
community engagement whose motto is "let knowledge serve the
city". The total enrollment is about 23,000 students.
PSU runs on the quarter system with fall classes beginning in late September and finishing in early December. Students are given a 4-day holiday late in November for Thanksgiving. |
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Portland, Oregon Portland is Oregon's largest city with a population of over 2 million. 90 miles from world-class skiing and the Pacific Ocean, Portland touts its livability. A bike and pedestrian-friendly space, Portland also has excellent public transportation and is home to a variety of museums, parks, and its professional basketball team, the Trailblazers. |
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| Kimberley Brown |
Teacher education, intercultural learning and world Englishes |
| Tucker Childs |
African linguistics, phonetics and phonology, sociolinguistics |
| Susan Conrad |
Corpus linguistics, English grammar, SLA, academic writing |
| Thomas Dieterich |
Syntax, English grammar, psycholinguistics |
| Kathryn Harris | SLA, teacher education, sociolinguistics |
| John Hellerman | SLA, pragmatics, conversion analysis |
| Brian Lynch | Language assessment, program evaluation, teacher education |
| Stephen Reder | ESL in the workplace, language planning and policy |
| Lynn Santelmann |
Language acquisition, bilingualism, psycholinguistics, syntax |
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Portland, Oregon Cost of living for Portland State graduate students has been estimated to be about $4,200 per quarter (three months), and housing will run about $600 per month. There are two college links that describe campus housing options and opportunities in more detail at: www.chnw.org and www.intl.pdx.edu/internationaled/index.htm. There are also possibilities for home stays if desired. Quarterly all-zone public transportation passes for students are available for about $125. A campus view of Portland. |
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| Opportunities
for Supplementing Grant Stipend
There may be a possibility for Spanish-speaking students from Mexico to work as teaching assistants in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. If available, students would receive a monthly stipend of roughly $575. There is also a possibility that Canadian students would be eligible for a research assistantship in International Studies/Canadian Studies for about the same stipend described above. |
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further information on the program, contact:
Dr. Kimberley Brown
Also, visit our website: http://www.ling.pdx.edu |
