Dylan Burton explores how language learners’ non-verbal behaviors during speaking tests might influence the scores the evaluators assign them

Dylan Burton joined Michigan State University’s Second Language Studies (SLS) program in May of 2019 after 15 years working in the field of language teaching and assessment in Europe and…

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Yingzhao Chen explores how language learners use interactive tools to best learn new vocabulary when reading online

Yingzhao Chen joined Michigan State University’s Second Language Studies (SLS) program in Fall 2018 with a focus on interdisciplinary research centered around second language learning and processing, as well as…

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Robert Randez’s research focuses on the learning of languages and the development of agency and identity by neurodivergent multilingual children

Robert Randez, a fourth-year student in Michigan State University’s Second Language Studies (SLS) PhD program, is an educational linguist interested in the experiences of neurodivergent multilinguals and those who teach…

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Curtis Green-Eneix researches how society’s views on languages and education shape pre-service, K-12 teachers’ beliefs on how to best support linguistically diverse students in their classrooms

Curtis Green-Eneix is a Ph.D. candidate in the Second Language Studies (SLS) program at Michigan State University (MSU). Before joining MSU, he received his BA in English Linguistics with a…

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