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
Long-Term Effects of Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
Dissertation Proposal Title: Long-Term Effects of Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Peter Ecke (Chair), Dr. Beatrice Dupuy, Dr. Janice McGregor
Dissertation Abstract: While much research has documented the short-term benefits of study abroad (e.g. Müller, 2021), less is known about the long-term effects of studying abroad (Franklin, 2015). Conclusions drawn through longitudinal studies are relevant and useful for professionals involved in policy making, educational program design and administration, and academic advising, as well as students and parents (Norris & Dwyer, 2005). For these reasons, this dissertation will examine the long-term impacts of study abroad among those who participated in short-term programs between four and eight weeks in length, utilizing a mixed-methods approach. Three articles will delve into various impacts of study abroad with each article focused on one of three different areas: career and academic trajectories, the development of learners' intercultural citizenship, and the personal growth engendered by study abroad.
The study will be based upon the theoretical frameworks of the possible selves theory (Markus & Nurius, 1986) and that of intercultural citizenship (Byram, 2008). It will employ mixed methods, in order to draw tangible, quantifiable, generalizable conclusions mutually supported by detailed, complex, individual accounts. Separate surveys will be administered to study abroad alumni and to a control group of university alumni who did not study abroad, with the results compared and contrasted. In addition, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with the SA alumni. The study should provide evidence as to the value of short-term study abroad programs to students, parents, educators, and administrators as compared to other international travel and demonstrate the factors of SA programs that influence the lives of alumni, which can help guide future directions in program administration.
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 of Black International Students from Tanzania towards Their Own English Before and After Living and Studying in the USA". Msafiri's dissertation advisor is Dr. Chris Tardy (SLAT, Department of English).
Congratulations Msafiri!
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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 Roundtable will be held fully in-person.
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 2025 SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable is “Interdisciplinarity in Language Research, Leadership, and Pedagogical Practices.” We invite proposals that explore diverse topics at the intersection of language education and research, including but not limited to pedagogy, language program administration and leadership, program evaluation, SLA theory and research, curriculum design, teacher education, and the integration of technology in language teaching and learning.
The extended deadline for submissions is Tuesday, December 3, 2024.
Submission guidelines
We welcome:
All proposals must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Submit your proposal here: https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bC2xmbK4741DdBA
For questions, please contact: Sara Matsumura (saramats@arizona.edu) or Bernard Cassie (bbcassie@arizona.edu).
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 Awareness and Self-regulated Learning".
This project explores the impact of AI-generated feedback on the metacognitive judgments of L2 writers. Focusing on how these writers perceive and evaluate their own writing within different genres, his research aims to offer insights into the effectiveness of Large Language Models like ChatGPT in second-language writing classrooms. By examining the interplay between AI feedback and student metacognition, Issam seeks to shed light on the potential of AI tools to enhance language learning and teaching, while also probing the unique human ability of self-reflection in the context of rapidly advancing technologies.
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 Affairs and the Graduate College, and recognizes outstanding achievement and contributions by graduate students who have shown academic achievement despite facing social, economic, or educational obstacles.
Open to all GIDP students, alumni, and faculty!
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 Mukaddes Coban Postaci, showcase their research posters. Come support them and all of the wonderful GIDP students! Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP by December 6, 2024 through this link: https://events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/2024-graduate-interdisci…
Location: North Ballroom, Student Union Memorial Center (third floor), 1303 E University Blvd., Tucson Arizona
This event is free and open to the public.
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 of English, and her research works with discourse, narrative, and ESL pedagogy, at the intersections of poststructural SLA approaches and interactional sociolinguistics. Her specific research interests are identity (re)construction and language learning/teaching, positioning, agency, membership, and power in classroom talk and teacher/learner narratives. Her most recent work investigates how language teachers from different ethnic and racial backgrounds construct professional identities and how they position themselves in relation to others in contexts that include English language learners.
Read more about Dr. Kayi-Aydar's award here: https://universityevents.arizona.edu/person/hayriye-kayi-aydar-phd
SLA in the Digital Wilds: Fandom in a Second Language
Dissertation Title: SLA in the Digital Wilds: Fandom in a Second Language
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Jon Reinhardt (Chair), Dr. Hayriye Kayi-Aydar, Dr. M'Balia Thomas
A student-planned roundtable conference for all SLAT community members, and students and faculty from other universities
The SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable is a student-run annual conference at the University of Arizona. The conference is open to scholars around the world, and the topics that are usually covered fall under the different Second Language Acquisition and Teaching areas of specialization (Instructional Dimensions of L2 Learning, Sociocultural Dimensions of L2 Learning, Cognitive Dimensions of L2 Learning, and Linguistic Dimensions of L2 Learning).
The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Student Association (SLATSA) cordially invites you to attend the 24th SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable, held in person at the University of Arizona on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8, 2025. Registration is free, and the deadline to register is January 21, 2025.
The theme for this year is “Interdisciplinarity in Language Research, Leadership and Pedagogical Practices”. We will be hosting our plenary and keynote talks by Dr. Béatrice Dupuy and Dr. Theresa Catalano, alongside a diverse lineup of individual presentations, projects-in-progress, workshops and a poster session.
All presentations will be held in the Integrated Learning Centre (ILC) at the University of Arizona, Tucson main campus.
The conference program schedule will be finalized soon. Stay tuned, and please regularly check the Roundtable official website for upcoming updates.
Feel free to contact Lorraine Turpault d'Huvé (lorrainetdh@arizona.edu) and Subin Oh (osubin@arizona.edu) with any questions.
Thank you for your participation. We look forward to seeing you in Tucson in February!
