Spoke to advisor today...

Well, I went to my advisor today to get a better understanding of my degree and my casebook (thesis).
to make long story short, I told my advisor that I want to do a dissertation for PHd eventually and I asked him if I can do a PHd from Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT). He said no and told me to switch to Masters of Arts.
He did say that my idea for a dissertation was pretty good.

Anyway, after I talked to him, I went to the Dean's secretary and asked her the same question, and she told me that in order to do a PHd, we need to first get our masters degree and take a language proficiency test. Well, I plan to take the Chinese test, but she said that nobody on campus can grade it... DARN! and on top of it, the ESL advisor (not the one above) is retiring at the end of this semester.

Boy my degree is going to be tough!

Oh so the idea for my dissertation is that I'm going to critize the current standard way they teach phonetics and establish a new system. I still have a year to think about it.