Derrick Said:

High school student looking for motivation to do homework?

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Hate to say this but part of transitioning into an adult is to stop your complaining and to deal with the BS. Do the work, earn your degree, and then you can do whatever the hell you want. Keep going down this path, complaining about something as trivial as homework and essays, and I can see you dropping out of college. How do you get yourself to do homework you can't stand? You just need to sit down and force yourself to do it. Take it one day at a time like everyone else and understand that you're one step closer to getting out of this BS. There are tons of capable people out there. Problem is that they fail to apply themselves...you don't want to be like that.

Alan Said:

Is it possible to get a master's degree online through distance learning?

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Yes you can. English Lit. is one of the subjects that's ideally suited for online/distance study. You spend most of your time reading literature and writing about it - you don't need a classroom for that.

The best distance learning (arguably) is at Oxford and Harvard. Neither offers the full MA online.

Some people won't respect it, as Prof Ranto says. But then, some people don't respect a degree from anywhere less than Harvard, Yale, Oxford, et al and we 'mere mortals' don't care so much what they think. Most people haven't graduated from one of the elite colleges.

Take a look at UMass Linguistics.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.umassonline.net/degrees/MALin… for an MA in Applied Linguistics.

Western New Mexico University http://www.wnmu.edu/VirtualCampus/Interd… Has an MA that can include English as the major field.

Also look at Northern New Mexico, Texas Tech, and East Carolina University (http://core.ecu.edu/engl/tpc/tekkom/tpc.… )

CSU-Dominguez Hills has an MA in Humanities online http://www.csudh.edu/HUX/ that can concentrate in English.

Oxford teaches English Lit. online. http://onlinecourses.conted.ox.ac.uk/sub… not a master's program but Oxford is pretty well respected by most people around the world.

Harvard teaches English Lit online too. http://www.extension.harvard.edu/2008-09… also not a degree (unless you want to visit Boston for a couple courses because these will count in their Master of Liberal Arts degree). Not too many people have a problem with Harvard University - even the extension college.

UC-Berkeley does a certificate program in writing online as does UCLA. http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/online/# http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/ Most people respect these too.

The bottom line is that people who think online/distance education is not reasonably respected are stuck in 1981. The key is to pick a school that is well respected. It's all about the reputation of the school and not whether it was online or classroom.

Eric Said:

Distance Learning BA/S degree in linguistics? (or related studies)?

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you need to explore the on line educational site to gain knowledge about the distance learning degrees i know one of the educational site which can help you to find the on line collage which is http://www.sgpak.com

Isaac Said:

linguistic in the military..advise please?

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I just enlisted in the Army to be a linguist.
http://www.goarmy.com/JobDetail.do?id=37…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-LUKSkLz…

You need to score high enough on the ASVAB for the linguist job, then you'd take the DLAB.
Talk to you recruiter for the best info. usmilitary.about.com is a pretty good site, but it's info isn't always up to date

Air Force
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforcee…
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforcee…

http://www.airforce.com/opportunities/en…
http://www.airforce.com/opportunities/en…

Navy
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedj…
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedj…

http://www.navy.com/careers/enlisted/wor…
http://www.navy.com/about/navylife/ondut…
http://www.navy.com/about/videowebcasts/…


You pretty much need to score 100 or higher on the DLAB. But talk to you recruiter for the best info.
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup…


No matter what branch you go into you will be going to DLI (Defense Language Institute) to learn the language. So, I guess you need to decide which branch will make the most of your language training.
http://www.dliflc.edu/dlilife.aspx
http://www.dliflc.edu/studentlife.html
http://www.dliflc.edu/multilanguagesch.h…
http://www.dliflc.edu/news.aspx?id=1
http://www.dliflc.edu/academicaffairs.ht…
http://www.dliflc.edu/archive/documents/…
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/education…
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/education…
http://www.goarmy.com/life/defense_langu…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOJjp0oo…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIoEKtXZB…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-lYC6n-4…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZsspNRh_…
http://dli.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2009-0…


After you learn your language you'll get stationed and do your job. I know you can go back and learn another language and even go back for intermediate and advance language courses, but I'm not sure when or how you do it.

Erin Said:

Is it normal to feel so much anxiety going into college?

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okay I feel very similar. In my opinion you should study the things you love right now. if you're going away to college as a freshman there may be some time of class schedule specifically for freshmen where you take a few classes with the same people...it really helped my first semester of school at university. You may want to consider community college for your general ed. classes, which is where I ended up my second year of college...it allowed me to get almost all my gen. ed. classes & it was cheap & it was smaller than the university. It's kinda like easing into college. however, I do feel it was lacking academically, and I even felt anxiety living at home (different story) for the most part it was a good experience. Now I'm going away as a 21 year old w/ virtually no experience in the major i think I want (web design) and am more nervous than ever. One thing I going to force myself to do is talk to advisers and counselors...hey you already know what you are passionate about/good at just stay positive, good luck!

Javier Said:

Hi, is it a good idea to take up a distance learning course in English literature? What are the good courses?

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there are many courses in english....u ahve to choose according to ur interest............
ok
just check out this url

http://www.english-literature.org/

For distance learning visit

http://www.careermantra.com/distance-lea…

Sandra Said:

Are there any universities that offers PHD-distance learning in Applied Linguistics in the UK or in the USA?

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do ur research mate. get on the net fo g*dsak*