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.

I invite you to explore this website. For a quick reference, you may download our SLAT PhD Program brochure. 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.

Suzanne Panferov Reese, Ph.D.

Chair, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Associate Specialist Professor, Public and Applied Humanities

Contact our Office


(520) 621-7391

GIDP-SLAT@arizona.edu 

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

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Debbie Shon Buhler
Program Coordinator, Senior

dshon@arizona.edu

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Please join SLAT in congratulating Lincoln Bain, a 3rd-year SLAT PhD candidate, who has been named the 2024 recipient of the Robert A. Fischer Outstanding Graduate Student Award. The Robert A. Fischer Award, a highly competitive…

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Please join SLAT in congratulating Dr. Wenhao Diao on her appointment as Interim Head of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona! Dr. Diao is currently Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, …

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Please join SLAT in congratulating Dr. Chantelle Warner, Professor of SLAT and German Studies, in being appointed the Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona. Dr. Warner's new…

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