Dr. Suzanne Franks

Associate Professor

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Biography

Suzanne Carla Franks is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Illinois University. Her research focuses on applied linguistics, particularly in the areas of second language acquisition, phonetics, phonology, and language teaching methods. She is particularly interested in how phonetics and phonology inform the teaching of language pronunciation. Her work involves analyzing the interface between linguistics and language pedagogy, emphasizing the relationship between fluency and measurable phenomena such as speech rate, pausing, and word boundary features. Dr. Franks holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Georgia (2014) and an MA in TESL from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1991).

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE is optional for admission to all graduate programs in Statistics. Full status admission requires higher language scores than limited status.