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Fall SLA Reception

1418 Van Hise Hall
5:00 pm, Thursday, August 31

Join us for an informal gathering to kick off the beginning of the 2006-07 academic year and to welcome new SLA doctoral majors Carolina Bailey, Betsy Tremmel, and Liu Yang. Refreshments will be served!

SLA Colloquium Series
Second Language Socialization as Sociocultural Theory: Insights and Issues

Patricia Duff, University of British Columbia 254 Van Hise Hall
4:00 pm, Friday, September 22

This presentation examines some of the main contributions and insights of second language (L2) socialization research to date, reflecting its roots in linguistic anthropology (e.g., examining indexicality) and in sociocultural approaches to learning and community membership (e.g., examining communities of practice). More >

Language Institute 2006-07 Lecture Series:
National Standards and Instructional Strategies for Foreign Language Teaching

The Language Institute's invited lecture series in 2006-07 will bring to the UW-Madison campus leaders in foreign language education, applied linguistics and second language acquisition to give talks on the five "C's" of the National Standards for Foreign Language Education. Speakers will include Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University; Richard Kern, University of California, Berkeley; June Phillips, Weber State University; Dr. Joan Rubin, Joan Rubin Associates; and Steven Thorne, Pennsylvania State University. Learn more >