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
Language Ideologies and Linguistic Discrimination talk series
- 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