In The Spotlight

My experiences as a lifelong language learner and a foreign language teacher fostered my interest in pursuing a PhD in Second Language Studies, which I completed in summer 2016. I…

It is a great honor to be one of the SLS students in the spotlight. I started my karma with languages as an EFL learner. This has developed into my…

My interest in languages all started when I worked alongside a group of Spanish international students at a summer camp. I was intrigued by the challenge of communicating with second language…

I joined the Second Language Studies Ph.D. Program in fall 2012 after earning an MA in Foreign and Second Language Education at the Ohio State University. I was awarded a…

From a young age, I wanted to become a teacher. A history teacher at first, but in my last year of high school I switched to Germanic Philology, which basically…

My interests in Second Language Acquisition have been evolving throughout the years. I received my initial educational training from Chernivtsi Pedagogical College and Chernivtsi National University, Department of Pedagogy in…

My interest in second language acquisition has its roots in my experiences studying and working in Japan. In particular, I wondered why some of my non-Japanese friends and colleagues seemed…

I am an applied linguistic who is interested in the intersection of language learning and technology. I received a B.A. in Chinese Language and M.A. in Teaching Chinese as a…

I am an applied linguist who is interested in theoretical as well as practical issues of second language reading and bilingual children’s literacy development. I received my PhD in Second…

Like many of us who call ourselves applied linguists, my academic journey has been a blend of carefully premeditated decisions and complete serendipity. Whether I am talking to insiders or…