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English as a Second Language

Funding, teaching, and research opportunities

Teaching Assistantships
Teaching assistantships are awarded to individuals already admitted into one of the department's graduate programs. After admission into the program, applicants for teaching assistantships will be ranked by the program to which they apply. All students within each program, MA and PhD, domestic and international, currently enrolled and incoming, are evaluated and ranked for preliminary selection.

Various types of assistantships are available to qualified students, including:

Classroom instruction (English 106i and English 002)
Tutorial instruction
Language test administration and rating

PRF Research Grants
The Graduate School makes available a few summer Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) Research Grants to students who are well along in their programs. Recommendation for the summer PRF Research Grant is made by the student's major professor.