Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics | Graduate Institute Applied Linguistics

The Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL) is a graduate school located in the southwest corner of Dallas, Texas. It provides training for applied linguistics and language development work in minority languages around the world. Courses are currently offered in the areas of sociolinguistics, literacy, language survey, Bible translation, descriptive linguistics, ethnomusicology, and ethnology. GIAL is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award master's degrees.

GIAL offers undergraduate courses to fulfill prerequisites for those who have not had the courses to prepare them for graduate study in linguistics. The student body averages around 120 students. Alumni of GIAL work in over 50 countries.

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