Congratulations to our 2020 graduates!- 34 Bachelor of Arts Applied Linguistics majors
- 7 Bachelor of Arts in Applied Linguistics minors
- 11 Certificates in Teaching English as a Second Language
- 11 Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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A toast to our grads! Want to know why a few faculty members are doning tiaras? Find out more below.
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Spring term M.A. theses and projectsAbe Alkhamees, Project: "Siftr Based language games: a tool for learning in the wild."
Brandon Archer. Project: "Multiple Choice Discourse Completion Task - A Pragmatic Politeness Simulator."
Naila Bairamova, Project: "The four Cs of CLIL: A workshop for STEM teachers in Kazakhstan."
Amnah El-Ghariani, Project: "Distinguishing What is Not Passive When Informing What Is: A Corpus Approach."
Elsa Neal, Project: "Bridging the Gap: Facilitating ELL Parent-Teacher Communication."
David Roesler, Thesis: "A Computer Science Academic Vocabulary List."
Amber Sanchez, Thesis: "Variation in Female and Male Dialogue in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Multi-dimensional Analysis."
Rossina Soyan, Project: "Tuvan through Songs: Developing Learning Materials for Tuvan as a Foreign Language."
Ghassan Zamil, Project: "Supplemental materials for teaching modal verbs in ESL classroom based on contexts and authentic examples."
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Racial Justice and Applied Linguistics
This is a crucial time for actions for racial justice. If you haven't already received our letter to the Applied Linguistics community, please read it on our Facebook page.
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From top left: Megan McGill (Speech & Hearing Sciences faculty, Todd Rosenstiel (Associate Dean for Research and Grad Studies), John Hellerman (Applied Linguistics faculty), Steve Thorne (World Languages and Literature faculty)
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| Applied Linguistics faculty member John Hellermann shared data on virtual socializing for @ThisMoment seminar
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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences hosted a series of free webinars highlighting researchers at PSU and the relevance of their work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of the May 28th session - Telehealth, Tele-Happy Hours, Tele-Everything - John Hellerman (Applied Linguistics) and Steve Thorne (World Languages and Literatures) shared their data on virtual socialization during COVID-19. View a recording of the session here.
John described the session: Those of you who know about zoom meetings and what the interaction is like during such meetings, you know that having your image digitally present and your voice transmitted via a digital channel is something you need to get used to. For example, you may have thought to yourself that "this zoom happy hour seems more like a zoom seminar". What we know about how large groups break up into different conversations and how gaze, gesture, intonation, and timing of utterances work during face to face interaction accounts for why our interactions using remote meeting technologies like zoom are something we have to get used to. Steve Thorne and I are interested in investigating zoom interactions, not classes using zoom, but social gatherings that happen on zoom to see how participants change interactional practices and add new ones to organize themselves.
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New This Summer: The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics
At about 400 pages and 26 chapters, the book covers a vast array of topics in applied linguistics. We're especially excited about the personal stories that tell how the authors got involved in applied linguistics, the concrete projects that make applied linguistics come alive, and the hands-on activities that have students doing their own analyses. Because of our department's strong reputation, Cambridge University Press came to us asking if we would be interested in the project. It was a mammoth undertaking with almost all of the department and many other colleagues involved. Susan Conrad, Alissa Hartig, and Lynn Santelmann edited the book and were involved in writing chapters. Contributors included Tanya Sydorenko, Nike Arnold, Tucker Childs, John Hellermann, Steve Thorne, alum Rosie David, Kim Brown, Janet Cowal, Keith Walters, Kathy Harris, Gloria Jacobs, and authors around the world. The book's high quality also owes a lot to our excellent student reviewers, whose feedback was crucial to the quality of the book: Naila Bairamova, Karrie Brothers, Solomon Collins, Janice Deufel, Dana Divine, Melissa Hannen, Danielle Jochums, John Langland, Dustin Lanker, Jeana McClure, Batool Mohammad, Elsa Neal, Jillian Pettit, Erin Pryor, Sasha Reinwald Albrecht, Amber Sanchez, Sima Sokolov, Blake Stephens, and Andrew Utz. You can check out the full contents and author list here.
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The editors, after way too many hours of proofreading
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Hats off to Janet Cowal
Janet Cowal was selected by Applied Linguistics students as the recipient of the John Eliot Allen Award for 2020.
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There's still time: Double your gift to the Nattinger Scholarship
Thanks to the generosity of emeritus faculty member Dr. Beatrice Oshika, any gifts to the scholarship this academic year will be doubled in honor of the 25th anniversary of the passing of Jim Nattinger – beloved teacher, highly respected linguist, and first chair of the PSU Department of Applied Linguistics.
Now more than ever students need scholarship support. If you can, please donate.
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2020/2021 Nattinger Scholarship recipient selected
Congratulations to MA TESOL graduate student Delaney Ybarra, recipient of the 2020/2021 Nattinger Scholarship. Check the Fall 2020 newsletter for more about Delaney's background and interests.
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Upcoming Virtual MA TESOL Information Sessions - Friday, June 12th 1-2:30 pm
- Thursday, July 9th 1-2:30 pm
Email linginfo@pdx.edu to R.S.V.P. if you'd like to attend a session and we'll provide the Zoom address!
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Upcoming Virtual Undergraduate and TESL Certificate Information Sessions - Monday, June 10th 1-2:30 pm
- Thursday, July 9th 1-2:30
- Thursday, August 27th 1-2:30 pm
Email linginfo@pdx.edu to R.S.V.P. if you'd like to attend a session and we'll provide the Zoom address!
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2020/2021 MA TESOL Admissions
Applications to the program will continue to be open until spaces in the program are full.
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Kudos to our faculty whose promotions were approved this year!
Alissa Hartig and Tanya Sydorenko were promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Nike Arnold promoted to Professor
Promotions are effective starting in Fall 2020
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More Applied Linguistics news here
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