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

Co-Director, Critical Languages Program

Specialist Faculty, 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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2024 GIDP Showcase Invitation
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Please join SLAT and all the other GIDPs for an afternoon of connection and conversation with graduate students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Arizona's Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs! SLAT will have two students, Yulia Mikheeva…

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Join SLAT in congratulating Dr. Hayriye Kayi-Aydar for being named one of the recipients of the 2024 Mentoring Future Scholars Award, which is bestowed by the University of Arizona. Dr. Kayi-Aydar is an Associate…

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Oct. 22, 2024

Please join SLAT in congratulating SLAT Ph.D. Candidate Wei Xu, who has received the Andrew C. Comrie Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs Doctoral Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year! This fellowship is awarded to one outstanding GIDP…

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