Well, I'm already in debt with this college thing, and my major is French. That means McDonald's and substitute teaching for a good minute, etc., until I finish a Master's. (No, no no, I'm not leaving the USA or at least this region near Michigan (y'know, Ohio, etc. for 1 or 2 years) Oakland Community College has Linguistics.
Does anybody know more about this degree, and where you could use it?
I'm thinking about going overseas to teach English, I don't think I really need a teaching degree for that, though it could be useful, but what kind of jobs would a linguistic's master's get?
2006-08-08 09:53:23 · 4 answers · asked by bun223 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Well, most people with that degree either want a career in higher ed and go on to a PhD, or else use their Master's to teach ESL (English as a Second Language). This isn't a bad field if you happen to live, or want to live, in an urban area or in a part of the country with a large immigrant population. How lucrative it is varies a lot---an adjunct instructor (a part-timer usually patching a teaching schedule together from several different places) around here (DC area) would be pressed to make $30K a year, but a full time assistant professor job starts around the $40K+ range. The overseas teaching experience would be a plus on a resume', as would being bilingual. Outside of academics, your French or Linguistics M.A. will probably be about the same value (in other words, a glorified liberal arts degree), so if you're not aiming to teach, go with whichever interests you more.
2006-08-10 16:16:40 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Linguistics is an excessively academia-orientated subject of research and despite the fact that it can be flawlessly valuable and relevant for lots of professions, without doubt the ones professions could require you to have further capabilities except simply linguistics. You are proper that tenure monitor jobs are few and some distance among and putting your hopes on getting one could be silly on this financial system. You say your essential hindrance is not cash however happiness. You do discover that if you haven't any cash you're going to be very unsatisfied. The "do what you're keen on" recommendation not applies on this financial system, you have got to make a big sum of money simply to make ends meet and when you've got family you'll love to furnish for, it may be heartbreaking looking them cross with out considering you selected to not care approximately cash whilst since your activity skills. Working for the federal government perhaps a well alternative, they have got sectors wherein linguistics would be very valuable.
2016-08-28 10:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could get a teaching job, but I think you should also get certified for ESL. There is always demand for ESL teachers.
2006-08-08 11:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by cmm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you knew Spanish you could teach ESL just about anywhere.
2006-08-08 11:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Nicky T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋