BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11816-269057700671c71ce18a3d44dbd91c0c@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260524T102201Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T170000 SUMMARY:CLA Research Methods for Applied Linguists Workshop DESCRIPTION:\nAbstract:\n\nA growing body of research demonstrates that social network analysis (SNA) is uniquely positioned to predict the cour se of second language (L2) development for diverse populations of learne rs. The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with both the c onceptual background and the necessary methodological tools to carry out research using SNA to examine the relationship between social networks and the development of various aspects of L2 proficiency and use.\n\nThe workshop will first provide an introduction to the evolution of SNA in sociolinguistics\, with a focus on early studies of monolingual communit ies and later applications in bi- and multilingual communities\, both at the macro level of minority language maintenance and the micro level of sociolinguistic variation. The remainder of the workshop will focus spe cifically on the last twenty years of research applying SNA to the L2 co ntext with an emphasis on the contributions of selected model studies de monstrating the innovative ways that scholars have used SNA and related frameworks to better understand the L2 learner\, the influence of the L2 learning context and the participants within that context\, and the pro cess of L2 development.\n\nUsing selected model studies\, workshop parti cipants will consider the diverse populations of L2 learners that have b een examined through the lens of SNA\, such as study abroad learners and others residing temporarily in the target-language environment\, immigr ant student groups in the target-language educational system\, and at-ho me language learners. The model studies will also be used to provide a c omprehensive overview of the varied foci of L2 research employing SNA\, including oral proficiency and fluency\, grammatical and sociolinguistic competence\, learner stance\, identity\, and socialization\, and academ ic language proficiency. Importantly\, the model studies will be leverag ed to demonstrate the data collection methods that have been widely used to gather data related to L2 learners’ social networks and how research ers use this quantitative and qualitative data to measure and depict lea rners’ social networks with target-language speakers\, and others\, and how these measurements may be correlated with specific linguistic outcom es. Finally\, the workshop will discuss current methods of inferential s tatistical analysis used to investigate the relationship between social networks and L2 acquisition as well as the impact of whole and egocentri c network structure and composition on specific linguistic and socioling uistic outcomes among L2 learners.\n\nBio:\n\nKristen Kennedy Terry is a ssistant professor of French linguistics at Arizona State University. He r research focuses on the intersection of second language acquisition an d sociolinguistics\, specifically the acquisition of variation by second language learners. She has published her research on social networks an d study abroad in Studies in Second Language Acquisition\, The Modern La nguage Journal\, The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition a nd sociolinguistics\, Variation in second and heritage languages: Crossl inguistic perspectives\, and the L2 Journal. In 2024\, she published a m onograph with Robert Bayley in the Routledge Second Language Acquisition Research Series entitled Social Network Analysis in Second Language Res earch: Theory and Methods.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.ed u/event/cla-research-methods-for-applied-linguists-2/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

A growing body of research demonstrates that social network analysis (S NA) is uniquely positioned to predict the course of second language (L2) development for diverse populations of learners. The goal of this works hop is to provide participants with both the conceptual background and t he necessary methodological tools to carry out research using SNA to exa mine the relationship between social networks and the development of var ious aspects of L2 proficiency and use.

The workshop will first pr ovide an introduction to the evolution of SNA in sociolinguistics, with a focus on early studies of monolingual communities and later applicatio ns in bi- and multilingual communities, both at the macro level of minor ity language maintenance and the micro level of sociolinguistic variatio n. The remainder of the workshop will focus specifically on the last twe nty years of research applying SNA to the L2 context with an emphasis on the contributions of selected model studies demonstrating the innovativ e ways that scholars have used SNA and related frameworks to better unde rstand the L2 learner, the influence of the L2 learning context and the participants within that context, and the process of L2 development.

Using selected model studies, workshop participants will consider the diverse populations of L2 learners that have been examined through the lens of SNA, such as study abroad learners and others residing temporari ly in the target-language environment, immigrant student groups in the t arget-language educational system, and at-home language learners. The mo del studies will also be used to provide a comprehensive overview of the varied foci of L2 research employing SNA, including oral proficiency an d fluency, grammatical and sociolinguistic competence, learner stance, i dentity, and socialization, and academic language proficiency. Important ly, the model studies will be leveraged to demonstrate the data collecti on methods that have been widely used to gather data related to L2 learn ers’ social networks and how researchers use this quantitative and quali tative data to measure and depict learners’ social networks with target- language speakers, and others, and how these measurements may be correla ted with specific linguistic outcomes. Finally, the workshop will discus s current methods of inferential statistical analysis used to investigat e the relationship between social networks and L2 acquisition as well as the impact of whole and egocentric network structure and composition on specific linguistic and sociolinguistic outcomes among L2 learners.

Bio:

Kristen Kennedy Terry is assistant professor of French lin guistics at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the inters ection of second language acquisition and sociolinguistics, specifically the acquisition of variation by second language learners. She has publi shed her research on social networks and study abroad in Studies in Second Language Acquisition, The Modern Language Journal, The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and sociolingu istics, Variation in second and heritage languages: Crosslingui stic perspectives, and the L2 Journal. In 2024, she publis hed a monograph with Robert Bayley in the Routledge Second Language Acqu isition Research Series entitled Social Network Analysis in Second L anguage Research: Theory and Methods.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cla-research-methods-for-appl ied-linguists-2/

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