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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Emily Udle to Share Research at TLS Showcase and NCUR

This week, upper-year undergraduate student Emily Udle's research will be on display at Teaching and Learning Services’ (TLS) 2024 SaPP & I-CUREUS Showcase. A few days later, Emily will travel to Long Beach in California to present her research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Emily’s project, “A Systemic... More

Thursday, March 28, 2024

SLaLS Students Host Successful Networking Event

On Friday, March 22, students, staff, and faculty gathered at Mike's Place for a SLaLS networking event. The gathering, organized by the Carleton Applied and Theoretical Linguistics Society (CATL) and co-hosted with the Graduate Student Society of Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies (SALaDS), brought the SLaLS community together once again... More

Friday, March 22, 2024

Beth MacLeod and Tamara Sorenson Duncan Receive SSHRC Insight Development Grants

Congratulations to Professors Beth MacLeod and Tamara Sorenson Duncan on receiving SSHRC Insight Development Grants in the February 2023 competition. Beth’s project “Individual variation in the perception-production link: evidence from phonetic imitation,” with a co-applicant at the University of Ottawa, explores the link between the way an... More

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Summer Course Brings Unique Opportunity to Participate in LPP Conference

With summer registration just around the corner, we wanted to share some information about an exciting graduate course that is among our offerings this year. ALDS 5407 Language Policy and Planning with Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami offers graduate students a unique opportunity to attend and participate in the Multidisciplinary Approaches in... More

Monday, March 11, 2024

3rd Annual Korean Speech Contest

Carleton’s third annual Korean Speech Contest took place Friday, 1 March, 2024 with winners advancing to the national contest held in Toronto. The competition was broken into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Fourteen students competed in the Beginner category with speeches exploring, among other things, their reasons for... More

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Chloë Grace Fogarty-Bourget Receives 2024 Teaching Achievement Award

Carleton University's annual Achievement Awards recipients have been announced, and we are pleased to share that Chloë Grace Fogarty-Bourget has been selected for a 2024 Teaching Achievement Award. The Teaching Achievement awards are administered by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and recognize outstanding teaching... More

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

SLaLS Recognized at Service Excellence Awards

Each year, Service Excellence Awards are presented to recognize the outstanding contributions that faculty and staff make at Carleton University. On February 22, 2024 the 2023 Service Excellence Award nominees and recipients were recognized at the annual celebration. We are excited to share that SLaLS faculty, contract instructors, and staff were... More

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Considering a Degree in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies? Be a University Student for a Day!

Are you considering a degree in Linguistics or Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, and wonder what it's like to be a university student for a day? Spend a day at Carleton University during March break (March 11 - 15, 2024) and experience life as a university student firsthand! Through the Student for a Day... More

Friday, February 16, 2024

Call for Contributions for 2024 SLaLS Graduate Student Symposium

Mark your calendars! On Friday, April 5, 2024, the graduate students’ Society for Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies (SALaDS) will be hosting their annual Graduate Student Symposium. This year, the topic of the symposium is Contemporary Issues in Language Studies. The symposium brings together and showcases graduate student and upper-year... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Call for Papers for Third Annual Linguistics Graduate Student Conference

Mark your calendars! On Thursday, April 11, 2024, we will be hosting our third annual Linguistics Graduate Student Conference. This year, the topic of the conference is linguistics, as well as language documentation and revitalization. Students are invited to submit an abstract to Lev Blumenfeld (Graduate Supervisor, Linguistics) by Sunday, March... More

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Korean Traditions Ring in the Lunar New Year

"Once upon a time" or, as a Korean story teller might have told it, “Back when tigers used to smoke (호랑이 담배 피우던 시절)”, Korean artists painted pictures - "Minhua" - to ward off evil spirits and to invite prosperity.  At the same time, up and down the Korean peninsula, people scoured beaches to... More

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Angel Arias Receives 2024 ILTA/Duolingo Collaboration and Outreach Grant

Professor Angel Arias and Dr. Jamie L. Schissel (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) have received a 2024 joint International Language Testing Association (ILTA) Duolingo Collaboration and Outreach Grant for their proposed work on promoting meaningful assessment in language classrooms in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has... More

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