SLAT is pleased to now have an asynchronous open house video for any prospective applicants to the SLAT program. This video will soon be permanently available through the Admissions Information on our website, but for now it can also be found here: https://arizona.app.box.com/s/9knt0zn43xa1m33tjwr5042bphw4xum7 

For any questions about the information in the video, about the SLAT program, or about the admissions process, please contact GIDP-SLAT@arizona.edu. You can also find relevant admissions information here:

• https://slat.arizona.edu/graduate-programs/prospective-students/admissions-criteria-and-faqs
• https://slat.arizona.edu/graduate-programs/prospective-students/how-apply 

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, and alumni who attended the session. We had a great crowd, and the students did a remarkable job!

Call for Proposal Volume 32, 2025-2026

Language 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 publication in Volume 32. Papers may be empirical studies, research in progress, or conceptual/theoretical studies. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Language pedagogy and program administration (e.g., ESL/EFL and foreign language curriculum development, skills development, testing and evaluation, educational technology, current theoretical approaches to second/foreign language curriculum design, program design, language proficiency assessment, study abroad, and program administration)
• Language use (e.g., discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, multimodal communication, semiotics, linguistic anthropology, rhetoric, language policy/language planning, pragmatics, multilingualism, identity, language variation, and sociocultural factors)
• Language analysis (e.g., grammar, contrastive linguistics/interlanguage studies, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, computational linguistics, and historical linguistics)
• Language processes (e.g., psycholinguistics, cognitive studies, language processing, foreign language learning and research, and interlanguage)

JSLAT values linguistic diversity and encourages multilingual scholarship. We accept manuscripts written in English or in other languages (e.g., Spanish, French, Arabic, Mandarin, Turkish, etc.), provided that an English abstract (100–200 words) is included. We especially welcome research that explores multilingualism and translingual practices in applied linguistics.

About the Journal:

JSLAT began publication in 1993 as El Two Talk. In 1995, the journal title changed to Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching. Recognizing the global impact of our authors’ work and intending to remove a perception of a regional focus, in 2019, the journal title was changed again to Journal of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching. As a peer-reviewed, open-access publication of the University of Arizona’s Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), this journal is a venue for scholarly dialogue among the second language community (both practitioners and researchers) at large. Our past issues are available online as open-access publications here, and feature a wide variety of classroom contexts, regions of the world, languages, and language learners.

JSLAT offers an invaluable community for scholars to discuss issues and areas of SLA, both in-and out-of-classroom contexts, from a number of different disciplinary perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach to addressing real-world issues is a hallmark of the SLAT graduate interdisciplinary program. 

Submission Guidelines:

• APA formatting (APA, 7th ed.)
• Times New Roman 12-point font
• 4,500 – 8,000 words (including references and appendices)
• An abstract of 100 – 200 words and 4 – 6 keywords
• No headers or footers except for page numbers
• Endnotes rather than footnotes
• Remove your name(s) from the text and the file properties
• Submit your paper to the online platform
• Undergo a blind review process
• We strongly recommend that all submissions include the ORCID number for all authors
• In case of research including human subjects: Include a statement or disclosure confirming IRB approval or an attestation that the research was conducted in accordance with recognized ethical guidelines. Please complete, sign and submit this template in a PDF document. 

AI Policy 

No AI as author: AI tools cannot be credited as an author because they cannot take responsibility for the work.

Human oversight: For any significant use of AI, human oversight and careful review are essential to check for errors, bias, and plagiarism.

Timeline:

• Feb 27, 2026: Submission deadline.
• March 2026 - May 2026: Double-blind peer review.
• May 15th, 2026: Authors notified of the status.
• July 15th, 2026: Final draft submission.
• August 24th, 2026: Online publication of Volume 32.

For any inquiries or questions about submission, please contact the editorial team at kladieva@arizona.edu, temaat@arizona.edu, and saraleila@arizona.edu. 

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.edu/jslat/issue/846/info/ 

SLAT would like to thank Onur Burns and Dilara Avci, the JSLAT Co-Editors for Volume 31, for all their hard work and dedication. We would further like to thank Dr. M'Balia Thomas, the JSLAT Faculty Advisor, for her guidance.

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Student Association (SLATSA) cordially invites your participation in the 25th SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable at the University of Arizona on February 13 and 14, 2026. The Roundtable will be held fully in-person and will be free for participants. 

The Roundtable is an annual conference organized by and for graduate students and faculty with interests in the linguistics, cognitive, instructional, and socio-cultural dimensions of L2 learning. We also seek projects that demonstrate collaborative research between graduate students and faculty. 

The theme of the 2026 SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable is “Language Education in a Changing World.” 

Within the last year, major shifts in national policy in the U.S. and countries around the world have immediately impacted the day-to-day operations of educational institutions and the lived experiences of students, teachers, and program administrators. In response, SLAT Roundtable 2026 invites graduate students, scholars, and educators to submit proposals for individual presentations, projects-in-progress, panels, posters, and workshops that explore how language education and applied linguistics are being (re)shaped by political, economic, technological, and social shifts, and how language education serves to counteract divisiveness in an ever more connected, yet polarized world. 

Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Education, Language, and Society in a Changing World - Topics at the intersection of language education with pressing sociopolitical issues such as equity, migration, multilingualism, and globalization.
• Beyond the Classroom - Topics that explore the broader impacts of language education on learners’ personal, academic, and social development. May identify areas in which current approaches have not supported learners beyond the classroom or innovative approaches that move beyond traditional spaces and pedagogies.
• Beyond Boundaries - Topics that integrate perspectives from outside of SLA, such as public policy, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, sociolinguistics, education, digital humanities, and other fields to (re)shape our understanding of language and teaching.
• Humanizing Technology in Language Education - Topics that address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI, online learning, and digital tools, with attention to their ethical, relational, and affective dimensions, while reaffirming the centrality of human connection, collaboration, and care in language education.
• Critical Approaches to Language Education -  Topics that take a critical stance on any of the above themes by highlighting inclusive pedagogies, social justice, and work that challenges bias in educational contexts.

All proposals must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. We especially encourage contributions related to ongoing issues around the globe.

Submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/c9WtZHGoRGYJ4Wf99 by November 30, 2025.

For questions, please contact both: Nena Choi (nechoi0202@arizona.edu) and Caroline Scheuer Neves (carolinesn@arizona.edu)

The 2026 SLAT Roundtable Committee looks forward to receiving your proposals!