AAAL 2023 Conference
Join the Department of Modern Languages at the upcoming American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference on March 18-23, 2023!
Special Sessions

Saturday March 18, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Language Assessment for the 21st Century
This new AAAL Symposium Series is focused on language assessment for the 21st Century, emphasizing the blend of theoretical frameworks and technology advances for digital environments, as described in the ecosystem of theoretical frameworks of Burstein et al. (2022). In this series, we explore and showcase research and innovation work in language science, applied linguistics, and language assessment that support all learners and test takers throughout their lifelong journey, from school, to college, and workforce.
Colloquia & Roundtables

Monday March 20, 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Independent learner experiences in online French and Spanish courses: Self-paced versus instructor-led modalities

Tuesday March 21, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Uncovering Standard Language Ideologies in Training Materials: Toward Research-Based Praxis

Tuesday March 21, 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Vocabulary knowledge and morphological awareness in lexical inferencing ability in L2 Russian
Papers & Posters

Tuesday March 21, 2:25 PM - 2:55 PM
Conducting instructed SLA experiments online: A showcase study
Zhe Gao, Seth Wiener, Brian MacWhinney

Monday March 20, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Using Indices of Lexical and Syntactic Complexity to Analyze Writing Development and Proficiency Gains: Evidence from Russian Learner Data

Tuesday March 21, 11:55 AM - 12:25 PM
Co-constructing register as an object of instruction in a Business Chinese classroom
Ding Wang-Bramlett and Rémi A. van Compernolle