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University of Maryland

Focus / Concentrations:                Applied, Second Language Acquisition

Department / College:                   School of Languages, Literatures, and Culture

Of all the SLA programs, the University of Maryland offers a program with the strongest cognitive focus. It offers a interdisciplinary program to its students in four areas of specialization: 1) second language learning, 2) second language instruction, 3) second language assessment, and 4) second language use.

Given the strong theoretical program at the University of Maryland, as an institution, it has to be considered of the top programs in the countries when it comes to linguistics the breadth and depth of linguistics research.