Our Research in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition (ALSLA)
How do people acquire languages beyond their first? What processes and factors impact their abilities to read, write, comprehend, and speak additional languages? What roles do nondominant languages play in societies/cultures around the world?
Key aspects of this research include literacy development in multiple languages, social dimensions of learning a second language (context, identity, culture), instruction and learning of second languages (classroom-based research, program evaluation, impact of instruction on learning and cognitive aspects of learning a second language (processing, memory).
ALSLA Faculty
Uju Anya
Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition
- World language education
- Identity in second language learning
- Critical discourse studies
- Translanguaging in world language pedagogy
- Multilingual education in the metaverse
Katharine E. Burns
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Hispanic Studies
- Language ideologies
- Language policy
- Heritage and minority language speakers
- Discourse analysis
- L2 learner identities
- Spanish in the U.S.
Sébastien Dubreil
Teaching Professor of Global French Studies, Second Language Acquisition and Technology-Enhanced Learning
- Playful approaches to language and culture learning
- Social pedagogies
- Linguistics landscape
- Immersive technologies
- Generative AI
Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies
- Heritage language acquisition
- Minority stress
- Multilingualism
- Language equity in healthcare
- Japanese as a foreign language
Sanghee Kang
Assistant Professor of Second Language Acquisition, English as a Second Language and Korean Studies
- Technology-oriented second language acquisition
- Task-based language teaching
- Digital multimodal composition
- Korean language learning
Rémi Adam van Compernolle
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Global French Studies; Associate Department Head
- Sociocultural theory
- Concept-based language instruction
- Dynamic assessment
- Pragmatics and interaction
Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Chinese Studies; Director of Graduate Studies
- Second language acquisition
- Psycholoinguistics
- Speech perception
- Chinese linguistics
Teaching Professor of Global French Studies; Director of M.A. in Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition Programs
- AI for teaching and learning language & culture
- Blended learning
ALSLA Ph.D. Students
LCAL Research Spaces & Labs
Center for Black European Studies & the Atlantic (CBESA)
CBESA is an interdisciplinary research hub dedicated to the collection, production, restoration, dissemination and promotion of scholarship on people of African descent in Europe.
The Kenner Room is a dynamic space dedicated to fostering immersive learning, innovative teaching and groundbreaking research at Carnegie Mellon University.
Language Acquisition, Processing, and Pedagogy (LAPP) Lab
Our work bridges linguistics, psychology, speech science, and education, and aims to contribute real-world pedagogical innovations that improve language teaching and learning.
LCAL Studio & Humanities Commons
The LCAL Studio serves as a gathering space for student groups and classes and also hosts a multimedia workspace and rental equipment.