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08/09/2026

Today, August 9, is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. The Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) is an integral part of the fight for indigenous justice by supporting the documentation and revitalization of many endangered indigenous languages. Support our digital archiving initiatives today by chipping in! Even $5 makes a difference.

08/06/2026

Congrats 🥳 to ASU LAL TESOL PhD student Mohamed Almahdi, winner of the 2026 Robert A. Fischer Outstanding Graduate Student Award from CALICO, a research organization.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/xOAf50ZvVTp

08/06/2026

Do Arizonans have an accent? You might be surprised what linguists say! "Apparently, we mumble. Is the Arizona accent real?"

The Southern or Boston accent is easy to spot. But what about the Arizona accent? Valley 101 finds out more about the "Arizona mumble."

07/30/2026

📖 **New Publication**
Why do so many gay men identify with pop divas?

Linguist and ASU Alumn, Dr. Ekkarat Ruanglertsilp published a new study that explores how U.S. gay men engage with the feminist messages and the cultural significance of female vocalists, revealing that diva fandom extends far beyond entertainment to shape conversations about gender, identity, and empowerment.

Read the publication to discover how pop divas continue to influence understandings of womanhood, feminism, and LGBTQ+ experiences.

06/29/2026

Help keep CoLang's digital resources available for everyone!

Thanks to our amazing community, last year's fundraiser raised $2,667, covering our 2026 expenses and 2027 web subscriptions. Now we're raising $2,000 by December 31, 2026 to support our 2027 Web Committee intern and continue maintaining the CoLang website and digital archives.

Your donation helps keep language documentation and revitalization resources accessible to communities, researchers, and learners around the world. Even $5 or $20 makes a meaningful difference.

If you can't donate, please consider sharing this post to help us reach others who care about collaborative language work and language revitalization.

Thank you for supporting CoLang's digital future!💚

The Institute for Collaborative Language Research is a vital part of the global mission to pursue language justice. Our biennial institutes welcome hundreds of participants to partake in community-based documentation and revitalization efforts. Accessibility is important to us: that’s why our Web ...

06/22/2026

How do qualitative research interviews work as social interaction?

In this chapter, Matthew T. Prior and Steven Talmy draw on Conversation Analysis (CA) to examine interviews as an institutional form of talk-in-interaction. Their discussion highlights key concepts such as recipient design, adjacency pairs, and formulations, offering valuable insights for qualitative researchers and applied linguists.

As a form of institutional talk-in-interaction par excellence, interviews have long featured in conversation analysis (CA) research, both as a data resource and

05/26/2026

I CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: AZCALL 2026 1I
We are excited to announce that the 13th AZCALL Conference will be held at Arizona State University on November 14, 2026!
®* Theme: Technology and the Evolution of Language Research We welcome proposals for 20-minute in-person presentations followed by a 5-minute Q&A focused on technology-enhanced language learning, teaching, and assessment.
AZCALL is a great opportunity to share your work, receive feedback, network with researchers and educators, and engage with the broader CALL community.
17 Submission deadline: July 31, 2026
• Submission link: https://shorturl.at/dPE4g

05/20/2026

The Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) program at ASU equips you to teach English anywhere in the world, on your terms. The 30-credit-hour degree can be completed via ASU Online or on ASU’s beautiful Tempe campus and is available in an accelerated format for students in our BA English (linguistics) program.

The curriculum empowers students with scholarly and professional knowledge in four core areas: language, learning, teaching and research. But: “It’s not just about teaching English,” says program alumnus Narin Loa, Ph.D. (MTESOL ’19), “It’s about understanding multilingualism, thinking about the role of English in global contexts and creating learning environments where students feel encouraged and respected.”

The Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) program at Arizona State University equips you to teach English anywhere in the world,...

04/09/2026

Meet ASU MTESOL Alumna, Theresa Zimm! ASU Department of English

03/24/2026

Attacks on Indigenous rights, public education, and cultural diversity have increased with the rise of fascism in the U.S and Chile. Join us on Wednesday, April 29th, at 5:00 pm (MST) for this hybrid bilingual event, which explores how Mapuche-run schools and language immersion centers challenge assimilationist state policies and offer lessons for educators, students, and activists in the U.S. grappling with parallel struggles over democracy, education, and cultural survival. Dinner provided in Ross-Blakley Hall 196. RSVP here: links.asu.edu/RSVPforo

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Las vulneraciones de derechos humanos, junto con los ataques a la educación pública y la diversidad cultural, han aumentado bajo la nueva derecha en Chile y en el mundo. El miércoles, 29 de abril, a las 20 hrs (Chile) habrá un foro bilingüe que analiza cómo las escuelas mapuche y los centros de inmersión lingüística desafían las políticas públicas asimilacionistas y ofrece estrategias a los educadores que luchan por una educación propia con pertinencia cultural. Inscríbase aquí: links.asu.edu/RSVPforo