Linguistic Training Available in the USA

Once a language-related role is determined for the new member, Wycliffe helps him or her plan their training at one of the training programs offered in the United States.  Accredited programs are available at the certificate, undergraduate and graduate levels, through both public universities and private schools.  In order for you to know which courses at these various programs are the minimum required for your chosen language-related role, contact a recruiter.

The following schools offer the minimum courses required (except where noted) for the following five language-related roles:

         1. Language Surveyor 
         2. Linguistic-Translation Worker 
         3. Linguistic-Translation Assistant 
         4. Linguistics Technician 
         5. Literacy Technician

California

SIL at Biola
Hosting Institution: Biola University
Offers all courses for the above five roles.

Canada

Summer at CanIL
Hosting Institution: Canada Institute of Linguistics, Trinity Western University
Offers some of the courses required for the above five roles.

Illinois

Applied Linguistics Program
Hosting Institution: Moody Bible Institute
Offers all courses for the above five roles except Sociolinguistics, which must be taken at one of these other schools.

New York

Linguistics at Houghton
Hosting Institution: Houghton College
Offers all courses for the above five roles except Sociolinguistics, Language & Culture Acquisition, and Field Methods, which must be taken at one of these other schools.

North Dakota

SIL at University of North Dakota (SIL-UND)
Hosting Institution: University of North Dakota
Offers all courses for the above five roles and Sign-Language--Linguistic-Translation Worker.

Oregon

Oregon SIL (ORSIL)
Merged with CanIL.  Now located at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. No longer meeting in Oregon.

Tennesee

SIL at Bryan
Hosting Institution: Bryan College
Offers some of the courses required for the above five roles.

Texas

Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL)
Hosting Institution: GIAL
Offers all courses for the above five roles and Ethnomusicologist and Initial Exegete.

SIL - Summer Institute of Linguistics 

SIL, in partnership with institutions and organizations worldwide, offers training for applied linguistic fieldwork. Topics for courses include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse, cultural anthropology, language learning, linguistic field methods, sociolinguistics, literacy, language program planning, and translation. In programs in partnership with religious institutions, SIL facilitates the application of linguistic studies to the translation of Christian scriptures.