Title of Colloquium: The dynamics of usage-based L2 development

Dr. Marjolijn Verspoor is a Professor Emerita of English Language and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Groningen, and Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Pannonia in Hungary. Her academic career started out as an ESL teacher in the U.S., and she wrote two textbooks for ESL students. After completing her PhD at Leiden University on a topic in theoretical syntax with a usage-based perspective, she moved to the Netherlands, where she first started teaching English for Academic Purposes at the University of Groningen and eventually moved more to the Linguistics courses in the program. 

About 15 years ago, she helped set up a Masters in Applied Linguistics program in Groningen, where she worked closely with her colleagues on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) and became very interested  in studying L2 development from a Dynamic Usage Based (DUB) perspective. At the same time, she supervised several Masters and Doctoral theses in teaching English, French, Dutch, and German from a DUB perspective. In her work she has always combined the theoretical (Cognitive Linguistics, Usage Based Linguistics, and CDST) with the practical implications for L2 teaching and development.

To register for the colloquium, please go to: https://arizona.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucumsrzIrH9VQ-BIuGMnDdplDnlT4F5k- 

Two of SLAT's 5th-year PhD candidates, Sophie Park and Rachel Floyd, will be hosting weekly SLAT Working Efficiency Sessions (WES) this semester on Wednesday afternoons, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Zoom. Any University of Arizona SLAT major or minor student who is at any point in their doctoral program can attend this low-stakes work session, and focus on achieving academic goals while working with and getting to know other students in the program.  

Sessions will be held each week until the end of the Fall 2022 semester. The recurring Zoom link for the sessions is: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/87230744506 No advance registration necessary – just show up and start writing!

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Facilitated by: Dr. Ken McAllister (Associate Dean for Research - College of Humanities)

Please email GIDP-SLAT@arizona.edu to register for this workshop.

Two of SLAT's 5th-year PhD candidates, Sophie Park and Rachel Floyd, will be hosting weekly SLAT Working Efficiency Sessions (WES) this semester on Wednesday afternoons, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Zoom. Any University of Arizona SLAT major or minor student who is at any point in their doctoral program can attend this low-stakes work session, and focus on achieving academic goals while working with and getting to know other students in the program.  

Sessions will be held each week until the end of the Fall 2022 semester. The recurring Zoom link for the sessions is: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/87230744506 No advance registration necessary – just show up and start writing!

Two of SLAT's 5th-year PhD candidates, Sophie Park and Rachel Floyd, will be hosting weekly SLAT Working Efficiency Sessions (WES) this semester on Wednesday afternoons, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Zoom. Any University of Arizona SLAT major or minor student who is at any point in their doctoral program can attend this low-stakes work session, and focus on achieving academic goals while working with and getting to know other students in the program.  

Sessions will be held each week until the end of the Fall 2022 semester. The recurring Zoom link for the sessions is: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/87230744506 No advance registration necessary – just show up and start writing!

Two of SLAT's 5th-year PhD candidates, Sophie Park and Rachel Floyd, will be hosting weekly SLAT Working Efficiency Sessions (WES) this semester on Wednesday afternoons, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Zoom. Any University of Arizona SLAT major or minor student who is at any point in their doctoral program can attend this low-stakes work session, and focus on achieving academic goals while working with and getting to know other students in the program.  

Sessions will be held each week until the end of the Fall 2022 semester. The recurring Zoom link for the sessions is: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/87230744506 No advance registration necessary – just show up and start writing!

Two of SLAT's 5th-year PhD candidates, Sophie Park and Rachel Floyd, will be hosting weekly SLAT Working Efficiency Sessions (WES) this semester on Wednesday afternoons, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Zoom. Any University of Arizona SLAT major or minor student who is at any point in their doctoral program can attend this low-stakes work session, and focus on achieving academic goals while working with and getting to know other students in the program.  

Sessions will be held each week until the end of the Fall 2022 semester. The recurring Zoom link for the sessions is: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/87230744506 No advance registration necessary – just show up and start writing!

This workshop will cover what to expect from the comprehensive exam process, when to start putting committees together, how to put together reading lists, how to tie in your dissertation proposal topic, and much more. All SLAT students in their 2nd and 3rd years (especially those who are taking comps during 2022-2023) are required to attend, but all SLAT students from any cohort are welcome.

Presenter: Dr. Suzanne Panferov Reese

Two of SLAT's 5th-year PhD candidates, Sophie Park and Rachel Floyd, will be hosting weekly SLAT Working Efficiency Sessions (WES) this semester on Wednesday afternoons, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm on Zoom. Any University of Arizona SLAT major or minor student who is at any point in their doctoral program can attend this low-stakes work session, and focus on achieving academic goals while working with and getting to know other students in the program.  

Sessions will be held each week until the end of the Fall 2022 semester. The recurring Zoom link for the sessions is: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/87230744506 No advance registration necessary – just show up and start writing!

Panelists: Dr. Anna Marie Trester (FrameWorks Institute), Dr. Chelsea Timlin (SLAT Alumna, University of Arizona), Dr. Nicole Schmidt (SLAT Alumna, University of Arizona), and Rachel Floyd (5th-year SLAT PhD Candidate)

Moderator: Nina Conrad, 5th-year SLAT PhD Candidate

Panelist Bios

Dr. Anna Marie Trester was trained as an interactional sociolinguist at Georgetown University, and she illuminates how language can be used to exclude, or conversely how it works in inclusion. She serves as a Senior Associate in the Research Interpretation and Application unit at the FrameWorks Institute, in addition to being the founder of Career Linguist, and the co-founder of PIER Consulting Group. She previously directed the M.A. in Language and Communication program in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University, and she has also taught at Howard University, San Francisco State University, and Stanford University. In her spare time, you can find her storytelling with Tucson Tellers of Tales.

Dr. Chelsea Timlin is a SLAT Alumna, and a Senior Instructional Technologist for the University of Arizona's Center for Assessment, Teaching, and Technology. She is also an experienced instructor of German and Applied Linguistics.

Dr. Nicole Schmidt, a SLAT Alumna, is the Assistant Director of Research, Innovation, and Quality Assurance at the University of Arizona's Center for Assessment, Teaching, and Technology.

Rachel Floyd is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the SLAT Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona, minoring in technology. Her research interests include professional learning, technology-enhanced language learning, and multiliteracies.

Email GIDP-SLAT@arizona.edu for the registration information.