Resources

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Faculty (including me), counselors, student tutors, and more are ready to help you reach your educational goals.

- We can help you with your course schedule, choosing classes, finding student aid, study skills, locating and using sources for an essay--you name it, we have someone who can help.
- To locate the service you need, see the services listed below.
- Don’t see what you’re looking for? No problem. Just reach out via Canvas or email.

Let's get to know each other!

As your course instructor, I'm your first contact for help you need in this course.

- If something doesn't make sense, sounds confusing, or you'd just like more information, let me know.
  - Use that Canvas Inbox we talked about.
- During designated office hours, we can meet online via Zoom videoconference (appointments are available for signup on our Canvas course calendar).
- If you're having difficulty using Canvas, let me know.
  - But if Canvas stops working for some reason or you're experiencing technical issues, please see Canvas Assistance below.

- - Got questions? Before sending a message through the Canvas Inbox, check out our Q&A discussion.
  - If you don't see an answer to your question, you may want to add a new post to the page, and check back for a response.

- - Take a look at this Canvas Student Guide for help with adjusting your Notifications, and tips on how to successfully submit assignments and more.
  - There is also a 24/7 Canvas Helpdesk, just call: 844-303-0352.

- - Tutoring is FREE for undergraduate and graduate students!
  - We have a linguistics tutor, Karla Torres, who is available M-Th in Spring 2023.
  - The Toro Learning and Testing Center (TLTC) offers free tutoring services to currently enrolled students. Tutoring in various subjects is available. Visit the center's website for additional information, and to make an appointment: https://www.csudh.edu/tltc/ or call 310-243-3827.

- - Language matters. I will gladly honor your request to address you by a preferred name or gender pronoun(s).
  - Please advise me of your preference early in the semester so we can work together to update course records & support each other in these adjustments.
  - You now have the option of indicating your preferred first name (personal name) and gender pronouns in MyCSUDH. Please see this page for instructions on how to make this change to your MyCSUDH profile.

- - I will make appropriate adjustments for students with special needs.
  - Please share with me any letters of accommodation from the Student disAbility Resource Center (SdRC) as soon as possible.
  - Our Student disAbility Resource Center (SdRC) is located on campus in the Welch Hall building (room D-180), and can be reached by phone: (310) 243-3660, and by email: sdrc@csudh.edu.

This is a great network to follow and subscribe to on LinkedIn, with lots of job postings and tips on how to use linguistics training in a wide range of careers.

- - Subscribe to this *free* international daily (or weekly) listserv that announces scholarships, fellowships, academic and industry jobs, conferences, and more. If possible, I’ll add the RSS feed to Canvas.

- - Great resource (blog & podcast) for popular questions about language and the field of linguistics.

- - Summer school sponsored by the Linguistic Society of America, for undergraduate and graduate students, and designed to provide access to courses and topics that may not be available at your home institution.

- - *Free* listserv for linguistic anthropologists and sociocultural linguists. Annual conference in May.

- - Thinktank and nonprofit research center; also offers internships and free, regular webinars.

- - *Free* overseas, summer language study; fully funded by the U.S. Department of State for languages of strategic importance to the U.S. (e.g., Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Persian, Swahili, Turkish...). Applications due in November.

(this list, in no particular order, is not exhaustive... just a starting point on social media!)

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