Xiaowan Zhang
November 20, 2020
The Second Language Studies Ph.D. Program likes to spotlight the current work of people in the Program and what brought them to that line of work. Today we feature SLS…
Putting Tests to the Test: Assessing High-Stakes Exams for Second Language Learners
September 11, 2020
While earning undergraduate degrees in French and Philosophy, Paula Winke was inspired to blend her interests in language learning, research, and social justice. Today, she’s an applied linguist, researching the ethics and…
Language Teachers Facing a Confidence Conundrum
February 24, 2020
Foreign language teachers play a pivotal role in creating global citizens, but some teachers lack confidence in their ability to speak in their nonnative tongue, which could undermine the quality…
LAE Podcast Hosts Associate Professor of Linguistics Paula Winke
February 24, 2020
Episode two of the Liberal Arts Endeavor Podcast is out! Our host, Dean Christopher P. Long, spoke with Associate Professor of Linguistics Paula Winke in her Wells Hall office about foreign and second language…
Dmitrii (Dima) Pastushenkov
February 6, 2020
Hello everyone,My name is Dmitrii (Dima) Pastushenkov. I am a PhD Candidate in the Second Language Studies Program at Michigan State University. I hold a bachelor’s degree in intercultural communication…
Matt Kessler
January 31, 2020
Hello! My name is Matt Kessler, and I am a PhD Candidate in the Second Language Studies (SLS) program at Michigan State University (MSU). Prior to joining MSU, I received…
In Memoriam: Kimi Nakatsukasa
October 24, 2019
The College of Arts & Letters is saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Dr. Kimi Nakatsukasa, who earned her Ph.D. from the Second Language Studies Program in 2013. In her…
Professor Receives Research Award, Selected to EuroSLA Executive Committee
October 24, 2019
Aline Godfroid, Associate Professor of Second Language Studies and TESOL, is being recognized for her outstanding research in the area of second language acquisition and recently was elected to the Executive Committee of the European Second Language…
Alumnus Reflects on His Time with SLS
October 8, 2019
MSU’s Second Language Studies (SLS) Program welcomed scholars from around the world to present their research at the 42nd annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) September 20-22. One of the…
Professor to Research Language Assessment as a Fulbright Scholar
September 24, 2019
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has selected Paula Winke, Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,…