Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Welcome to SLAT

The SLAT Program is recognized nationally as a superior interdisciplinary program. It is designed to provide rigorous advanced training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with second language learning and teaching.

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SLAT has an interdisciplinary focus

5
Colleges

19
Departments

4
Majors

 

Welcome to the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona!  SLAT is home to some of the most innovative and creative work around teaching multiple languages to multiple types of students in multiple contexts.  We hope you will find resources throughout this site to explore opportunities to apply to study with us or to start a collaborative research partnership or engagement initiative with us.

I invite you to explore this website. For a quick reference, you may download our SLAT PhD Program brochure. I encourage you to reach out to us by emailing your questions and ideas to SLAT's Program Coordinator, Debbie Shon Buhler, or to me.

Suzanne Panferov Reese, Ph.D.

Chair, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching

Director, Critical Languages Program

Specialist Faculty, Public and Applied Humanities

Contact our Office


(520) 621-7391

GIDP-SLAT@arizona.edu 

1103 E. 2nd Street, Harvill 241
Tucson, AZ 85721-0076

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Debbie Shon Buhler
Program Coordinator, Senior

dshon@arizona.edu

Recent News

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Thursday

Join us in congratulating SLAT PhD candidate Hui Wang for winning a 2025 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award! The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) supports and promotes the teaching and study of composition,…

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Monday

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Student Association (SLATSA) cordially invites you to attend the 24th SLAT Interdisciplinary Roundtable, held in person…

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Monday

Join us in congratulating SLAT PhD candidate Issam Rian on his recent GPSC Research and Project Grant! The Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) awarded Issam with this grant in December 2024 in support of his dissertation research…

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