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Welcome to the website for the Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in the Language Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

SLA PhD Program co-directors are Monika Chavez and Sally Magnan.

The Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison prepares students to research and teach in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of SLA. Graduates of the the SLA Program pursue careers in many different fields, including linguistics, language planning and policy, language program direction and administration and foreign language teaching. Many of the Ph.D. degree recipients will seek careers in language education or as coordinators or directors of language programs, especially at the post-secondary level. Graduates will also seek positions in Ph.D. programs with an SLA research emphasis. Learn more >

In the News

Call for Proposals for SLA Graduate Student Symposium, April 16-17, 2010 Symposium co-chairs Margaret Merrill and Carolina Bernales invite proposals from graduate students to present research that reflects the interdisciplinary and globally expanding nature of the field of second language acquisition. Go to Call for Proposals >

Upcoming SLA Events

Teaching by the Book: Spaces for Creativity and Personalization
Hannelore Jarausch, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

4:00 pm, Thursday, November 5, 2009
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Avenue

Language instructors may feel constrained by the pedagogical approach of their program, the syllabus, and most of all, the textbook.  It is challenging to find a balance between  personal teaching style and the materials that instructors work with. learn more>

An invited talk for the 2009-10 Language Institute lecture series, The Pain of Language: Language and Migration.

2010 SLA Graduate Student Symposium: "Who Are We?" SLA in a Global Society
Invited Speaker: Bonny Norton, University of British Columbia

Friday, April 16 - Sturday, April 17, 2010
Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Learn more>

Co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison SLA Graduate Student Organization and the University of Iowa Foreign Language and Acquisition Research and Education students.

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