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Writing in the Disciplines

Overview

World Languages majors have a wide variety of career options including translation work, teaching, government, business, and more. Use the links below to identify additional career opportunities and think about the types of writing that are prevalent in those fields.

What Can I Do With a Major in Spanish?
Link opens a PDF.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: Using Languages in Your Career
O*NET Online
Provides detailed information about occupations and links to state-level employment projections and wage data.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is the definitive guide to hundreds of types of jobs. Entries include training, education, earnings, working conditions and job outlook. The handbook is updated 4 times a year by the Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Types of writing and examples

We Can All Count to 10 but We Do It in Different Ways: Learner Diversity in the Language Classroom
Scholarly article
Noves Funcions en un Entorn de Canvis: Implicacions de L’Accés Obert per a les Biblioteques
Journal article - translated from English to Catalan
UT's Heritage Spanish Program Course Syllabi
Syllabi
UT's Heritage Spanish Program Classroom Resources
Lesson plans
Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal
Book - translated from English to Spanish
CDC Disaster Resources, Educational Materials by Language
Government publications

Publications

Babel
Scholarly journal
inTRAlinea
Scholarly journal
Language Teaching Research
Scholarly journal
The Modern Language Journal
Scholarly journal

Books about researching and writing in the field

Variable Properties in Language by David W. Lightfoot (Editor); Jonathan Havenhill (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781626166639
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
Research Methods in Language Acquisition by Barbara Lust; María Blume
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9783110415339
Publication Date: 2016-11-07