在比较文学中，学生需要用两种外语展示能力。核心知识领域的两个学习成果包括，我们的研究生具有“展示与其专业相关的高级外语写作和口语流利能力”，以及阅读外语学术著作的能力。 ）与他们的第二个主要领域和/或次要领域相关”，并“证明了他们对跨文化的相互了解以及跨时空的文学和文化多样性的知情鉴赏。”此外，该领域的学习成果之一教育学领域包括研究生的能力，即“培养学生批判性思考的能力以及用外语和英语写作的能力。”应用语言学培训是其中一种严格的方法。帮助实现这些学习目标。完成“应用语言重点”课程的学习后，学生可以严格地满
In Comparative Literature, students need to demonstrate competency in two foreign languages. Two of the learning outcomes in the area of core knowledge include the ability of our graduate students to demonstrate advanced written and oral fluency of a foreign language relevant to their major field, and the ability to read scholarly works in the foreign language(s) relevant to their second major field and/or minor field as well as demonstrate an informed appreciation of cross-cultural interconnections and diversity of literatures and cultures across time and space. In addition, one of the learning outcomes in the area of pedagogy includes the ability of graduate students to foster in their students the ability to think critically and construct cogent arguments in their writing, in a foreign language as well as English. Training in applied linguistics is one of the rigorous ways to help fulfill these learning objectives. Completing the curriculum in the Applied Linguistic Emphasis allows students to satisfy in a rigorous manner some of their learning objectives and demonstrate competence in important areas that are all related to their teaching and research, such as language education, bilingualism, biliteracy, language assessment, translation as well as rhetoric and composition. Such competencies have become absolutely crucial for employment. Moreover, given the ever-increasing number of second language learners at the K-12 levels, teachers need to enhance their understanding of language learning and teaching theories and practices.