Department of Linguistics

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Read article: A Look at Linguistics Reading and Discussion Groups Fall 2024
A Look at Linguistics Reading and Discussion Groups Fall 2024
We are excited to welcome several new reading and discussion groups this year, and to welcome back our many long-standing groups! This semester, we have a total of eleven reading and discussion groups.    If you are considering joining a new reading group, please take a...
Read article: Registration Open for MidPhon29!
Registration Open for MidPhon29!
 The Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference is an annual meeting that brings together phonetics and phonology researchers from the Midwestern region of the United States. This year, we are excited to host the conference...
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Read article: Introducing New Faculty Members Fall 2024
Introducing New Faculty Members Fall 2024
  We would like to welcome new faculty members for whom this Fall is their first semester. Let's meet these new additions to the department!     Take a look below to find out more about these exciting new faculty members:            ...
Read article: New Faces and Celebrations: A Welcome Message from Department Head James Yoon
New Faces and Celebrations: A Welcome Message from Department Head James Yoon
Greetings!  To those who are returning, welcome back, and to those who are joining the department officially this fall, welcome and best wishes as you launch an important new chapter of your life as a member of the UIUC linguistics family.  We are joined by 43 new undergraduate...
Read article: PhD Student Amy Atiles Awarded NSF Grant
PhD Student Amy Atiles Awarded NSF Grant
Congratulations to PhD student Amy Atiles for receiving an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant!  This award will support her research: An intervention study on the acquisition of articles by second language learners.  The NSF Doctoral Dissertation...
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Jennifer Zhang

Dr. Jennifer Zhang: Alumni Spotlight

One of the most important skills I developed is essentially project management. With the research goal in mind and the time/budget/resources constraints: What can reasonably be accomplished, and how can I make sure that it happens? This training helped me define my projects and prioritize tasks more effectively.

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Uliana Ovsiannikova

Uliana Ovsiannikova: Grad Student Spotlight

The university's diverse academic community ,which supports interdisciplinary professionals, makes it an ideal environment for aspiring language teachers and researchers. For instance, I am getting my Graduate Minor in Game Design along with my MATESL degree, which allowed me to work on several projects on educational games development.

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Featured Courses Fall 2024

Course Logo for Inner Aspect Course

Inner aspect focuses on how predicates denote events: whether they are linguistically coded as complete or incomplete. This course compares examples from English, Spanish, Turkish, Romanian, Hungarian, Russian, Czech, Malagasy, Tagalog, and more!

Ling 591

Gen SLA course card

This course will bring together the theoretically oriented study of second language acquisition (SLA) with classroom and lab-based intervention research about grammar teaching.

Ling 591

Semantics of Non-Declaratives Course Card

Did you ever wonder how a truth-conditional semantic theory could deal with questions, commands, and other sentences that don’t have truth values? Now is your chance to find out!

Ling 591

Course Advertisement EIL 587

This course explores the intersections between language learning, language teaching, and technology. Learn about a variety of TILT tools including Langcaches, Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and a lot more!

EIL 587

ESL 592 and ESL 593

These advanced ESL courses for visiting scholars enhance professional writing and oral presentation skills in your chosen academic discipline.

ESL 592 and ESL 593