Overview of
training programs at CanIL Undergraduate courses
offered at CanIL Graduate courses
offered at CanIL Master of Arts
in Linguistics Master of Applied
Linguistics and Exegesis Bachelor of Arts
in Linguistics CanIL 1 Summer Session TESL Certificate Faculty


CanIL Summer Session10 month Course setBA degree in LinguisticsMA degree in LinguisticsMaster in Linguistics and Exegesis degreeCertificate in TESLTraining programs at CanIL
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Possible linguistic job opportunities/future steps

Training at CanIL can be used in a number of different job roles or as a stepping stone to future training toward other language-related careers. Here is a sampling of possibilities.
Language-related
field work*		 Language-related
job and educational futures**
  • Anthropology Specialist
  • Ethnomusicologist
  • Intercultural Community Worker
  • Language Surveyor
  • Linguist-Translator
  • Literacy Specialist
  • Scripture Use Worker
  • Vernacular Media Worker
  • Language software development and support
  • Work in the computer industry
  • Teach at the university level
  • Work in education
  • Teach English as a Second Language (ESL) in Canada or abroad
  • Work as a translator or interpreter
  • Work on language documentation or do fieldwork
  • Teach a foreign language
  • Work in the publishing industry, as a technical writer, or a journalist
  • Work for a testing agency
  • Work with dictionaries (lexicography)
  • Become a consultant on language in professions such as law or medicine
  • Work for a product-naming company
  • Work for the government
  • Become an actor or train actors

Linguistics training also provides solid preparation for other graduate and professional programs such as:
  • Law school or library/information science
  • Clinical programs such as speech and language therapy
  • MA and PhD programs in fields such as linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, computer science, anthropology, philosophy, communication sciences, education, and the study of particular language(s)
  • TESOL programs and other programs associated with teaching English or other langauges to nonnative language users
* compiled from SIL International: Training for Roles in Language Work. Available at:http://www.sil.org/training/tracks.htm

** compiled from Macaulay, Monica and Kristen Syrett. 2005. Why major in linguistics (and what does a linguist do)? Linguistic Society of America informational pamphlet. Available at: http://www.lsadc.org/info/ling-faqs-whymajor.cfm