Phillips, Sarah | SLAT | Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

sarahfphillips@arizona.edu

Phillips, Sarah

Assistant Professor

Home Department: Linguistics

Affiliated Program: Cognitive Science GIDP

SLAT Areas of Specialization: Cognitive Dimensions of L2 Learning, Linguistic Dimensions of L2 Learning

Dr. Phillips will begin working at the University of Arizona in August 2025, and her bio and office location will be posted here during Summer 2025.

Area of Specialization

Cognitive dimensions of L2 learning

Linguistic dimensions of L2 learning

Currently Teaching

LING 533 – Theories of Language Development

This course focuses on the major theories of language development, including nativism and various forms of learning. Students read and discuss primary source material written by linguists, psychologists, and other cognitive scientists who work in the field of language acquisition.

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