2026-05-11 - This semester, many students from the UIUC Linguistics department presented their research at conferences near and far. Let’s take the time to congratulate each of them for their dedication to their work and their excellent representation of our department!The new year kicked off with the 2026 meeting of the...
2026-05-08 - Our outstanding UIUC Arabic program has once again been featured in the Daily Illini! Check out the article to learn about how our students are expanding their cultural knowledge and reach through the Arabic language.The link to the article can be found here: UI students connect...
2026-05-07 - On Wednesday May 6th, our department gathered for its annual Year-End Graduation and Awards Celebration. It was a wonderful time to reflect on the past year, and to recognize our amazing students. Congratulations to our awardees! We wish you continued growth and success!AwardsPrestigious Non- Departmental AwardsGraduate College dissertation completion...
2026-05-01 - The capstone of UIUC's Undergraduate Research Week, the Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event showcasing the breadth and scope of student research at UIUC. The Symposium features multiple sessions of student presenters sharing their research in oral and poster presentations throughout the day. ...
2026-04-24 - This past weekend, UIUC had a strong representation at the 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-18). GASLA is a biennial conference where linguists present theoretically informed research on second language acquisition. This year, the conference was held at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom...
2026-04-24 - We are delighted to announce that Linguistics office manager Natalia Sakhartova has received the Marita Romine Distinguished Service Award from the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics.The Marita Romine Distinguished Service Award is awarded to staff members who make outstanding contributions...
2026-04-17 - Our outstanding UIUC Arabic debate team is making waves on the national stage once again! Check out this article highlighting our very own Foziea Garada's recent first place win at the national U.S. Universities Arabic Debating Championship! The link to the article can be found here: Arabic...
2026-04-07 - This past weekend, on April 4th, UIUC hosted the 7th Sociolinguistics Symposium. The event took place in the Lucy Ellis Lounge and was attended by approximately 55 people.This year's theme was Between Languages, Between Worlds: Language, Culture, and Global Communication, and the symposium featured approximately 20 total speakers from a range of institutions, including the University of...
2026-04-03 - We are pleased to announce that Linguistics PhD candidate Martine Gallardo is a recipient of the 2026 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations. Martine received this award for his dissertation research on "Dominant Language Transfer vs. Bilingual Restructuring in Heritage...
2026-03-25 - The 7th Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY), will take place on April 4 at LCLB 1080 (Lucy Ellis Lounge). The event will bring together scholars and students for a full day of presentations and discussions on a range of topics in sociolinguistics.This year's theme is “Between Languages, Between Worlds: Language,...
2026-03-16 - This Spring, the Linguistics Seminar Series included a poster session for current graduate students to highlight ongoing and recent research. Many of these researchers will also be presenting their work later this year at conferences both across the country and abroad. A current list of upcoming student...
2026-03-16 - UIUC's Elif Varlik (Linguistics PhD student) and Eda Yildirimer (MATESOL student) were featured in an interview with the TESOL International Association recently.The two discuss teaching and research through MATESOL's ESL practicum course, how they learned through community and alongside other teachers, as well as how those experiences shape their roles as language educators. You...
2026-03-04 - This past weekend, students and faculty from UIUC made a strong presence at the Fifth International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, hosted by the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA. This quadrennial two-day conference focused on heritage/ community language studies as a multi-disciplinary field. It...
2026-03-03 - University of Illinois faculty and graduate students made a strong showing at the 2026 Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages–Bilingual Education (ITBE) Annual Convention, where this year's theme was Equity, Access, and Innovation: Teaching Multilingual Learners in a Tech-Transformed Landscape. Members of the MATESOL/ESL and Linguistics community of...
2026-02-26 - The UIUC Arabic program was recently featured in an article by the Daily Illini! Check out this great feature highlighting our wonderful language program, our commitment to teaching a variety of dialects and the success of our impressive Arabic Debate Team!The link to the article can be found here:...