The East Asian Languages and Literatures Department offers a Master of Arts (MA) program in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Linguistics and Pedagogy. This program is one of a very few in the nation that offers a complete East Asian linguistics program, covering Chinese, Japanese and Korean.<br><br>Students may elect to specialize in Chinese, Japanese or Korean linguistics, in Chinese, Japanese or Korean language pedagogy, or alternatively, they may undertake cross-linguistic studies.<br><br>The forerunner of the current program was launched in 1995, when the late Professor Noriko Fujii developed a highly regarded MA and PhD program with a focus on Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy. The current program builds upon this strong tradition, while expanding to include all three major East Asian languages.<br><br>EALL faculty's expertise covers major sub-fields of linguistics and applied linguistics. In our research and teaching, we emphasize functional and empirical approaches to the study of language structure, use, learning and teaching.