Welcome
Welcome to the website for the Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in the Language Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison prepares students to research and teach in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of SLA. Graduates of the the SLA Program pursue careers in many different fields, including linguistics, language planning and policy, language program direction and administration and foreign language teaching. Many of the Ph.D. degree recipients will seek careers in language education or as coordinators or directors of language programs, especially at the post-secondary level. Graduates will also seek positions in Ph.D. programs with an SLA research emphasis. Learn more >
In the News
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SLA Core Faculty Member Richard Young Publishes Language and Interaction: An Advance Resource Book
Part of the Routledge Applied Linguistics series, Language and Interaction (Routledge: September 2008) explores key concepts in language and social interaction. Learn more>
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SLA Major Peter De Costa Awarded M.A.K. Halliday Scholarship by the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
SLA doctoral student Peter De Costa has been awarded the 2008 M. A. K. Halliday Scholarship by the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) in support of his research. |
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Article by SLA Alumna Jina Lee in Recent Issue of Studies in Second Language Acquisition
SLA alumna Jina Lee (Ph.D., 2006) has published the article Gesture and Private Speech in Second Language Acquisition in a recent issue of the journal Studies in Second Language Acquisition. Dr. Lee is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Education at Sangmung University in Seoul, Korea. Congratulations, Jina! |
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