News

Monday
As you wrap up the semester, here’s a fun short video (less than 3 min) that promotes GIDPs in general but has a lot of SLAT focus. Enjoy!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUqC9HpVWSs
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Nov. 22, 2024
SLAT is pleased to announce that Msafiri Otonya, one of our PhD Candidates, has been awarded a Dissertation Research Grant from the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Research Institute (SBSRI) for his project "Examining Language Attitudes…
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call for proposals
Nov. 15, 2024
Deadline extended! -------- The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Student Association (SLATSA) cordially invites your participation in the 24th SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable at the University of Arizona on February 7 and 8, 2025. The…
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Nov. 8, 2024
Please join SLAT in congratulating Issam Rian, a 4th-year SLAT PhD candidate, on his English Graduate Student Research Fund Award. Issam's award will support his research project "AI-Powered Metacognition: ChatGPT's Influence on L2 Writers' Genre…
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Nov. 7, 2024
Join SLAT in congratulating Asya Gorlova, a SLAT 4th-year PhD candidate, and Onur Burns, a SLAT 5th-year PhD Candidate, who have both received a 2024 Centennial Achievement Graduate Student Award. This award is given by the Division of Student…
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2024 GIDP Showcase Invitation
Nov. 4, 2024
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 and…
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Nov. 4, 2024
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 Professor in SLAT and the Department…
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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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pictures from UNGA
Oct. 8, 2024
SLAT is pleased to share that 4th-year SLAT PhD Candidate, Mourad Abdennebi, was asked to give a speech at the United Nations General Assembly reception in September 2024. The reception was hosted by NGO CorpsAfrica, which Mourad has volunteered for…
Oct. 4, 2024
The Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (JSLAT), which is run by SLAT students and a SLAT faculty advisor, has been invited to be indexed in the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). The ERIC database is an online digital…