PhD Student

PhD Student is a PhD program taught at University of Louisiana at Lafeyette, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The PhD student in the Applied Language and Speech Sciences program carries out dissertation research on bilingual children who have a language disorder or disability. The work focuses on children who speak both Spanish and English, examining how they negotiate between the two languages in the school setting. The research also considers strategies the children use to compensate between languages.

The dissertation research includes one semester interviewing teachers and speech language pathologists who work with these children, followed by an additional semester observing the children in their classroom environment. The student received approvals from the Institutional Review Board and the dissertation committee, and is also in the approval process from the elementary school to identify four bilingual children for observation. Data collection supports writing the first three chapters of the dissertation.

The minimum requirements for admission in PhD Student at University of Louisiana at Lafeyette for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by University of Louisiana at Lafeyette.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by University of Louisiana at Lafeyette as pre-requiste for admission in PhD Student.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://louisiana.edu/graduateschool/blog/meet-marissa-young-applied-language-and-speech-sciences-phd-student

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.