Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Welcome to SLAT

The SLAT Program is recognized nationally as a superior interdisciplinary program. It is designed to provide rigorous advanced training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with second language learning and teaching.

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SLAT has an interdisciplinary focus

5
Colleges

19
Departments

4
Majors

 

Welcome to the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona!  SLAT is home to some of the most innovative and creative work around teaching multiple languages to multiple types of students in multiple contexts.  We hope you will find resources throughout this site to explore opportunities to apply to study with us or to start a collaborative research partnership or engagement initiative with us.

We invite you to explore this website. I encourage you to reach out to us by emailing your questions and ideas to SLAT's Program Coordinator, Debbie Shon Buhler, or to me.

Ana M. Carvalho, Ph.D.

Chair, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching 

Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Faculty Affiliate, Center for Latin American Studies

Faculty Affiliate, Department of Linguistics

Contact our Office


+1 (520) 621-7391

GIDP-SLAT@arizona.edu 

1103 E. 2nd Street, Harvill 241
Tucson, AZ 85721-0076

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Ana M. Carvalho
SLAT Chair

anac@arizona.edu 

 

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Debbie Shon Buhler
Senior Program Coordinator

dshon@arizona.edu

Recent News

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Picture of the 9 students in the Fall 2025 Proseminar class with Dr. Ana Carvalho
Dec. 5, 2025
Congratulations to the Fall 2025 SLAT Proseminar class on their successful research poster session! Each of the 9 students in the class created a digital poster showcasing their planned research agendas, and presented them to the faculty, students,…
Nov. 18, 2025
Call for Proposal Volume 32, 2025-2026Language in Motion: Research, Practice, and Innovation Across Linguistic Worlds JSLAT invites scholars at any stage of their academic career to submit original full-length manuscripts to be considered for…
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Nov. 13, 2025
On behalf of the 2024-2025 Co-Editors of the Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (JSLAT), we are very pleased to announce that Volume 31 of JSLAT is now live! Volume 31 can be accessed here: https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona…

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Fri, Dec 12 2025, 4 - 6pm
Fri, Dec 19 2025, 1 - 2pm

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