Linguistics Colloquia & Events

Spring 2026 Colloquia Schedule

Ohio University’s Linguistics Colloquium Series announces its Spring 2026 schedule, which includes several recent alumni of the M.A. in Applied Linguistics program as well as professional development mentoring for current students. Colloquia are Fridays from 12:55-1:50 p.m. in Gordy 313 and via Microsoft TEAMS. All colloquia are accessible via TEAMS.

*Indicates via Microsoft TEAMS only.

• Jan. 23: Languages, Identity, and Antiracism in the Classroom: Toward a Pedagogy of Social Justice in Language Education – Karen Ocampo Marquez, Claudia Toledo Mancha, and Victoria Hidalgo, Ohio University
• Jan 30: GenAI tools for writing in higher education: Foreign language learners – Dr. Matt Kessler, University of South Florida.
• Feb. 6: Technology and Language Learning – Dr. Greg Kessler, Ohio University
• Feb. 13: Classroom Spoken Discourse (CSD) Analysis: Practical Tools to Analyse Verbal Interaction in the TESOL Classroom – Dr. Saloua Mrabet-Abid, University of Carthage, Tunisia.
• Feb. 20: Integrating AI into Teaching: ChatGPT as a Lesson Planning Tool for Future Educators – Amy Khazaal, Ohio University
• Feb. 27: From TikTok to the Classroom: Critical Digital Literacies in Language Teaching – Dr. Francesca Marino.
• Mar. 27: *Artificial Intelligence For Personalized Instruction in Arabic as a Foreign Language Learning – Ayman Elbarbary, Indiana University
• Apr. 3: *Authenticity in Foreign Language Courses: Integrating Original Materials and Culture – Dr. Mohamed Amira, St. Louis University High
• Apr. 10: Comprehension of Ambiguous Relative Clauses in Spanish, English, and Codeswitching – Dr. Matt Anderson, Ohio University

How to Access the Colloquia via Teams

Join the meeting now. For more information, contact Dr. David Bell at belld@ohio.edu.

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