Ohio State is in the process of revising websites and program materials to accurately reflect compliance with the law. While this work occurs, language referencing protected class status or other activities prohibited by Ohio Senate Bill 1 may still appear in some places. However, all programs and activities are being administered in compliance with federal and state law.

Past Speakers

  • Giuli Dussias (Penn State University)
    • SLS Lecture: Cross-linguistic interactions during syntactic processing in speakers of two languages
  • Dr. Joe Barcroft (Washington University in St. Louis)
    • Professor of Spanish & Second Language Acquisition: Multilevel input processing for different aspects of language acquisition: The theoretical framework and a focus on vocabulary
  • Sue Gass (Michigan State U)
    • March 30, 2022: Tracking Foreign Language Proficiency: Great (and not so great) Expectations
  • Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
  • Kathleen Bardovi Harlig (Indiana University)
    • L2 Pragmatics Development
  • Bill VanPatten (Michigan State U) 
    • Rethinking Explicit/Implicit Learning: (a.k.a. What if there are no rules?)
  • Judith Kroll (Penn State U)
    • A new hypothesis about late second language learning: What bilingualism teaches us about the mind and the brain.
  • Lourdes Ortega (Georgetown University)
    • Why does SLA need a bilingual turn?
  • Patsy Lightbown (Concordia University)
    • Great expectations in 2012: Revisiting the link between L2 research and L2 teaching.
  • Norman Segalowitz (Concordia University)
    • Cognitive aspects of second language fluency
  • Nick Ellis (U of Michigan)
  • Prof. Diane Larsen-Freeman (University of Michigan) 
    • Language as Complex Dynamic System: A Second Language Studies Perspective