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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Grad student’s research takes flight

ALDS graduate student Angela Garcia is investigating how best to test and ensure pilots' listening comprehension.  Building on her experience with the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency, she hopes her PhD research "...will contribute to more appropriate and effective pilot training and testing and, consequently, to safer skies for not only the crew,... More

Monday, September 14, 2020

Discover Korean cinema with Hyoun Jeong Yoo

Congratulations to Korean instructor Hyoun Jeong Yoo on the release of her book The Hidden Gems: The Undiscovered Best in Korean Cinema.  Click here to learn more about this "...guide to Western audiences who are interested in Korean movies but are unsure where to... More

Thursday, September 10, 2020

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: COVID-19 Effects on Experiences of Autistic University Students

There have been considerable changes in post-secondary environments due to COVID-19 over the past several months. As a result, students have had to rapidly adjust to new online modes of academic instruction and unexpected isolation measures. In an impactful new project, researchers in Carleton’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies are... More

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Writing & research across the globe

Congratulations to PhD Candidate (ALDS) Codie Fortin, Adjunct Research Professor Dr. Katie Bryant, and collaboration partners on the publication of their article “Writing and research across the globe: An innovative North-North-South-South collaboration” in the Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie. This article... More

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Grad student wins academic excellence award

Congratulations to Hesam Farahani on receiving a GSA Full-time Student Academic Excellence Award for the second successive year.  This award is awarded annually in the Winter term to a returning, full-time graduate student, at either the Master’s or Doctoral level, who has demonstrated academic excellence while studying at Carleton, but who... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

SLaLS well-recognized at CASDW awards

The following from Dr. Natasha Artemeva: It's is my pleasure to announce fresh from the AGM of the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing (CASDW): The John Pavelich Award for Best PhD Dissertation in Writing and Discourse Studies awarded to Matt Falconer (ALDS PhD 2019) for his dissertation "Providing Science Advice:... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Eastcree.org turns 20 years old

Intended as a resource for Cree language teachers, literacy instructors, translators, linguists, and anyone with an interest in the nuts and bolts of the East Cree language, the site has fostered many simliar sites since it was first established. What began as the dream of Carleton's Dr. Marie-Odile... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Dr. Janna Fox retires

It is time to celebrate the retirement and career of one of the great overachievers of SLALS. Janna Fox has been a remarkable researcher, a gifted teacher, and an inspiring colleague for decades, and the School will not be the same without her. Over the course of her career at Carleton University, Janna has... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Congratulations Spring 2020 Graduates

Congratulations to all Spring 2020 graduates in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies, as well as Modern Language Minors, and new Certificate holders in Teaching English as a Second Language and American Sign Language. Congratulations videos  Meet the Graduates PhD Muftah Mohamed MA Fatima Ady Hiba Fazl Ullah Brandon Hoto... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Online language conversation sessions offered

The Language Learning Resource Centre is now offering regularly-scheduled online conversation groups.  Sessions are for Carleton language students and are hosted on cuLearn. At the moment, we offer ASL, German, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Russian, as well as ESL. We know it’s summer and the world is a little bit turned upside down... More

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Special Topics courses announced (Fall 2020/Winter 2021)

SLaLS is excited to offer the following courses in the upcoming Fall and Winter terms: ALDS 3903 A: Forensic Linguistics (Winter 2021) ALDS 3903 B: Beyond the BA (Fall 2020) ALDS 3903 C: Indigenous Languages in Canada (Winter 2021) ALDS 4906 A: Affordances of Digital Technologies (Winter... More

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