PhD Student Fred Zenker and SLS Affiliate Faculty Dr. Kristopher Kyle published an article in Assessing Writing. The article is titled “Investigating minimum text lengths for lexical diversity indices.” Check it out here!
New Book: Empowering the Community College First-Year Composition TeacherCo-edited by Dr. Meryl Siegal and Dr. Betsy Gilliland
Associate Professor Betsy Gilliland and former SLS visiting colleague Meryl Siegal co-edited the book “Empowering the Community College First-Year Composition Teacher”, which was just released by University of Michigan Press. The book includes practical teaching suggestions and research on first-year…
SLS Faculty Earn Top Spots in Their Fields in New Ranking of Scientific ImpactDr. Graham Crookes and Dr. Gabriele Kasper featured in World’s Top 2% Scholars List
A recent study features 2 current SLS faculty, Dr. Graham Crookes and Dr. Gabriele Kasper, among the world’s top 2% of scholars. The study was conducted by a group of experts led by Professor John P.A. Ioannides at Stanford University,…
Fall 2020 Graduation Cooler
Welcome back to the first day of the Spring 2021 semester! Just wanted to share this picture from our graduation cooler in December where faculty, students, staff, and alumni gathered over Zoom to celebrate the graduates of Fall 2020. Wishing…
New publication in International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL)
Dr. James Dean Brown and Dr. Theres Grüter published an article in the International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL). The article is titled “The same cloze for all occasions? Using the Brown (1980) cloze test for measuring…
New chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testingby Dr. Dustin Crowther and Dr. Dan Isbell
Dr. Dustin Crowther’s and Dr. Dan Isbell’s chapters in the Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing are available now. Dr. Crowther’s chapter is titled “Measuring Phonology”, and Dr. Isbell’s chapter (co-authored with Dr. John Rogers) is titled…
SLSSA Fall 2020 Newsletter
The SLSSA Fall 2020 Newsletter is available now. Please click here to view the full newsletter. A special thank you to the editors, PhD student Micah Mizukami and MA student Victoria Lee.
New publication in Second Language ResearchBy Dr. Bonnie D. Schwartz and Dr. Rex A. Sprouse
SLS faculty member Dr. Bonnie D. Schwartz and Dr. Rex A. Sprouse’s publication in Second Language Research is available now. The article is titled “In defense of ‘copying and restructuring’.” Check it out here!
New publication in International Journal of Learner Corpus Researchby PhD Student George Smith, SLS Affiliate Faculty Dr. Kristopher Kyle, and Dr. Scott A. Crossley
PhD Student George Smith, SLS Affiliate Faculty Dr. Kristopher Kyle, and Dr. Scott A. Crossley published an article in the International Journal of Learner Corpus Research. The article is titled “Word lists and the role of academic vocabulary use in…
New publication in TESL Canada Journalby Dr. Nicole Ziegler, Dr. Kara Moranski, PhD student George Smith, and PhD student Huy Phung
Dr. Nicole Ziegler, Dr. Kara Moranski, PhD student George Smith, and PhD Student Huy Phung published an article in the TESL Canada Journal. The article is titled “Metacognitive Instruction and Interactional Feedback in a Computer-Mediated Environment.” Check it out here!