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Upcoming SLA Events

Invited SLA Lecture

Bonny Norton, University of British Columbia, Identity, Investment, and Digital Language Learning
A talk in conjunction with the SLA Graduate Student Symposium in April, 2010.

2010 SLA Graduate Student Symposium: "Who Are We?" SLA in a Global Society"

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

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.

Call for Papers

Language Institute Lecture Series: The Pain of Language: Language and Migration

Martha Bigelow, University of Minnesota, Language, Literacy, and Cultural Hybridity Among Somali Teens in Minnesota
Olga Kagan, University of California, The Heritage Language Learner: Identities, Language Loyalties and Challenges
Mary McGroarty, University of Northern Arizona, Home Language: Refuge, Resistance, Resource
Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University, "In the Name of Language": The Continuous Cost of Language Learning

Previous SLA Events

Fall 2009 SLA Reception

3:00 pm, Tuesday, September 22
1322 Van Hise Hall

Please plan to come to this information reception before the first talk in the 2009-10 Language Institute lecture series, The Pain of Language: Language and Migration

Drinks and light refreshments will be served!

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

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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.