2023-24 Events and Programming

Second Language Acquisition lecture series

The Crucial Role of Learner Emotions in the Foreign Language Class, Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck, University of London, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Friday, March 1, 2024, Zoom; Recording here
Time, Space, and Border-Crossing in Youths’ Narratives of Migration and Transnational Relations, Eva Lam, Northwestern University, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, Friday, November 10, 2023, 1418 Van Hise Hall

Book launch

Wisconsin in the World: Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, editor Elise Ahn, International Division, 11am-2pm, Friday, October 20, 2023, Union South, Varsity Hall III

Series on Artificial Intelligence

Translating Google Translate: How Students Actually Use Machine Translation and What That Means for World Language Instruction, Kimberly Vinall and Emily Hellmich, University of California, Berkeley, 3:30 pm, Monday, September 25, Zoom; Recording here
ChatGP-Why: When, if Ever, is Synthetic Text Safe, Appropriate, and Desirable?, Emily Bender, University of Washington, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, Thursday, September 14, 2023, H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building. Reception sponsored by the Data Science Institute immediately following the lecture. Presentation slides here

Committed to Change Initiative

Committed to Change Conversation, brownbag for language educators, Jaerin Ahn, Saylín Álvarez, Erin Paul, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Friday, December 1, 1418 Van Hise
Multiliteracies, Identity, and Second Language Spanish Learning in a Historically Black College, Gabriela Zapata, University of Nottingham, 12:00-1:00 pm, Friday, October 27, 2023, Zoom, Recording here
Building the World We Long for: Disability-Centered Design for World Language Learning, Tammy Berberi, University of Minnesota-Morris, 1:00-3:00 pm, Friday, October 20, 2023, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Supporting Students in Distress: A Conversation with Representatives from the Dean of Students Office and University Health Services, Beth Adamski, University Health Services; and Hope Dymond, Dean of Students Office, 12:00 pm, Tuesday, September 12, 1418 Van Hise Hall

Lessons to Learn: Looking through the Intersectional Lens on the Study of Black ASL in Sign Language Studies, Joseph Hill, Rochester Institute of Technology, 12:00 pm, Friday, March 8, 2024, Zoom; Recording here
Understanding and Addressing Linguistic Bias and Discrimination, Dianna Murphy, Martiniano Etchart, Fernando Tejedo, Dragan Mikulin, 2023 UW-Madison Diversity Forum, 1:00-2:15 pm, Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Verticalization and African American Sociolinguistic Labor, Kelly Wright, Virginia Polytechnic University, 3:00 pm, Friday, September 8, 2023, Zoom (sponsored by Language Sciences and Language Institute), Recording here

Other events

Workshop for secondary and postsecondary language educators, Enacting Inclusive Pedagogy in Teaching Second Language Writing, Heather Willis Allen, UW-Madison, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Saturday, June 1, 2024, Old Madison Room, Memorial Union, Madison
Workshop for language educators, Action Research in Second Language Classrooms, Helen Shen, University of Iowa, 1:00-3:00 pm, Friday, April 5, 2024, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Brownbag for language teaching assistants and other language instructors, Managing Your Language Classroom, facilitated by SLA PhD students Nevin Durmaz and Martiniano Etchart, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Friday, February 16, 2024, 1418 Van Hise Hall
Workshop for UW-Madison language educators, Helping Language Learners Achieve Professional Proficiency (ACTFL Superior/ILR 3), Cynthia Martin, University of Maryland, 9:00 – 11:00 am, Friday, February 9, 2024, Zoom
Information session for UW-Madison language educators, IB Exchange Opportunity to Develop Teaching Resources for International Baccalaureate Language Teachers, 12:00-1:00 pm, Friday, January 26, 2024, Zoom
Interdepartmental Orientation Workshop for New UW-Madison Language Instructors, August 28-29, 2023, Van Hise 114; 3rd floor classrooms in Van Hise Hall
SLA PhD Program and Language Institute Welcome (Back) Social, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Friday, August 25, 2023, 1418 Van Hise Hall