Linguistic Training Available in North America

Many of Wycliffe's language-related roles require training from an accredited institution. The level of training and the types of classes depend on which role the worker desires. Five of the most common language roles requiring academic training are:

Most of the schools listed below offer the minimum courses required for these five language roles. To get a list of these required courses, talk with us.

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 the courses for "Sign-Language--Linguistic-Translation Worker."

Oregon

Oregon SIL (ORSIL)
ORSIL merged with CanIL in 2008. The program is now located at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, not 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 for the role of "Ethnomusicologist and Arts Consultant."

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.