Category: Applied Linguistics

Posts related to the Department of English’s TESL-ALT Program.

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Evgeny Chukharev & Emily Dux Speltz received a grant from the National Science Foundation

Evgeny Chukharev (PI) and Emily Dux Speltz (Co-PI) received a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to organize a workshop on how humans and artificial intelligence systems comprehend and generate written language. Workshop participants will discuss their current research, identify key challenges, explore possible solutions, and map future research directions. Through dialogue between the cognitive, … Continue reading Evgeny Chukharev & Emily Dux Speltz received a grant from the National Science Foundation

CATEGORIES: ALT, Applied Linguistics, Department Events

6th LINGUISTICS CHALLENGE

After a 4-year hiatus, brought to us by the pandemic, the ISU Linguistics Challenge is returning on Thursday November 16. The Linguistics Challenge, started by Greta Muller Levis when she served as the advisor for the Linguistics program, is our recruiting event in which high school students from around Iowa visit ISU to learn about … Continue reading 6th LINGUISTICS CHALLENGE

November 16, 2023, 8:30am-2:00pm | Great Hall, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Applied Linguistics, Department Events

Technology for Second Language Learning Conference — Advancing Technologies — Expanding Research

Iowa State University’s Applied Linguistics Program hosts the Technology for Second Language Learning Conference (TSLL) each fall. Each year the conference organizing committee creates a conference theme that reflects emerging areas of research-practice synergies. The 2023 conference will provide a forum for researchers, teachers, and course developers to explore the contributions of research in advancing … Continue reading Technology for Second Language Learning Conference — Advancing Technologies — Expanding Research

October 19-21, 2023, 3:45-6:00pm | Various rooms in Ross Hall and online
CATEGORIES: Applied Linguistics, Department News, Graduate Student News

Agata Guskaroska receives a 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award

Agata Guskaroska is a recipient of the 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award for her project “Exploring educators and students’ technology acceptance through the lenses of the TAM model”. The aim of this study is to explore the factors that influence acceptance of an ASR tool for pronunciation learning by investigating educators’ and students’ perspectives and experiences … Continue reading Agata Guskaroska receives a 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant Award

CATEGORIES: Applied Linguistics, Department News

Ananda Muhammad awarded a Graduate Student Research Grant

Congratulations Ananda Muhammad! Below is her dissertation title and a brief description of the study: Designing an interaction-oriented diagnostic assessment of L2 pragmatic competence: An evidence-centered design approach This dissertation study seeks to develop an empirically based diagnostic assessment of L2 pragmatic competence, the ability to recognize and express communicative functions effectively and appropriately in … Continue reading Ananda Muhammad awarded a Graduate Student Research Grant