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:19691-869e954d010839d8276dbde1906ec040@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260929T103852Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T113000 SUMMARY:Webinar: Basic Research and Classroom Research - A dialogue between Shaw n Loewen and Robert De Keyser DESCRIPTION:\nIn keeping with its mission to develop insights into proce sses of L2 acquisition and to use that knowledge to inform language teac hing\, the Center for Language Acquisition at The Pennsylvania State Uni versity is pleased to announce a new webinar series: Foundational Dialog ues in Second Language Studies. Featuring distinguished scholars\, the s eries considers key questions pertaining to processes of second language acquisition\, the role of instruction\, the state of knowledge in the f ield\, and how we may move forward\, among other important topics. The a im of the series is that by bringing together scholars with distinct per spectives to examine and interrogate a particular topic from different a ngles\, new insights may emerge as well as new possibilities for future studies and collaborations.\n\nThe first Dialogue will feature Robert De Keyser (Professor Emeritus\, University of Maryland) and Shawn Loewen (P rofessor\, Michigan State University) as they engage with the topic Basi c Research and Classroom Research: Applying Findings.\n\nBiographies\n\n Robert DeKeyser is originally from the Flemish part of Belgium. He recei ved a Ph.D. in education with a minor in linguistics from Stanford Unive rsity\, taught at the University of Pittsburgh for seventeen years\, and at the University of Maryland\, College Park for fourteen years. His re search interests concern various aspects of language teaching and learni ng\, but especially classroom foreign language learning\, language learn ing during education abroad\, age effects on language learning\, other i ndividual differences in language learning\, and the interaction between age\, aptitude\, and teaching contexts/ methodologies. Most of his work draws heavily on psychological theory about implicit/explicit learning\ , skill acquisition theory\, automatization processes\, and age differen ces. He has conducted research on the acquisition of French\, Spanish\, English\, and artificial languages by native speakers of Dutch\, English \, Hungarian\, Russian\, and other languages\, in the laboratory\, the c lassroom\, education abroad programs\, and immigrant communities. He has published in a variety of journals such as Applied Linguistics\, Applie d Psycholinguistics\, Language Learning\, Studies in Second Language Acq uisition\, The Modern Language Journal\, and the TESOL Quarterly. He pub lished an edited book on practice activities in second language learning with Cambridge University Press and a co-edited book on applied linguis tics classroom research with Benjamins. From 2005 to 2010 he was editor of Language Learning\, and from 2013 to 2017 he served as associate edit or of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.\n\nShawn Loewen is professor in applied linguistics at Michigan State University\, where he serves a s director of the Second Language Studies doctoral program. His research interests include instructed second language acquisition (ISLA)\, class room interaction\, technology and ISLA generally\, and mobile-assisted l anguage learning specifically. Recent publications\, in addition to mult iple journal articles (e.g.\, Studies in Second Language Acquisition\, L anguage Learning\, ELT Journal\, System\, and Language Teaching Research ) include The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisiti on (2017\, edited with Sato) and a 2024 co-authored textbook entitled\, A Practical Guide to Second Language Teaching and Learning (with Sato)\, which won the 2025 PROSE award in Languages and Linguistics from the As sociation of American Publishers. The third edition of his book\, Introd uction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition appeared in 2025\, as d id the co-edited volume Technology and Instructed Second Language Acquis ition published by John Benjamins Publishing. He served as the associate editor of The Modern Language Journal from 2017 to 2025.\n\nFor more de tails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/webinar-loewen-and-de-keyser/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In keeping with its mission to develop insights into processes of L2 acquisition and to use that knowledge to inform language teaching, the Center for Language Acquisition at The Pennsylvania State University is pleased to announce a new webinar series: Foundational Dialogues in Second Language Studies . Featuring distinguished scholars, the series considers key questions p ertaining to processes of second language acquisition, the role of instr uction, the state of knowledge in the field, and how we may move forward , among other important topics. The aim of the series is that by bringin g together scholars with distinct perspectives to examine and interrogat e a particular topic from different angles, new insights may emerge as w ell as new possibilities for future studies and collaborations.

Th e first Dialogue will feature Robert DeKeyser (Professor Emeritus, Unive rsity of Maryland) and Shawn Loewen (Professor, Michigan State Universit y) as they engage with the topic Basic Research and Classroom Research: Applying Findings.

Biographies

Robert DeKey ser is originally from the Flemish part of Belgium. He received a Ph.D. in education with a minor in linguistics from Stanford University, taugh t at the University of Pittsburgh for seventeen years, and at the Univer sity of Maryland, College Park for fourteen years. His research interest s concern various aspects of language teaching and learning, but especia lly classroom foreign language learning, language learning during educat ion abroad, age effects on language learning, other individual differenc es in language learning, and the interaction between age, aptitude, and teaching contexts/ methodologies. Most of his work draws heavily on psyc hological theory about implicit/explicit learning, skill acquisition the ory, automatization processes, and age differences. He has conducted res earch on the acquisition of French, Spanish, English, and artificial lan guages by native speakers of Dutch, English, Hungarian, Russian, and oth er languages, in the laboratory, the classroom, education abroad program s, and immigrant communities. He has published in a variety of journals such as Applied Linguistics, Applied Psycholinguistics , Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition , The Modern Language Journal, and the TESOL Quarterly . He published an edited book on practice activities in second lang uage learning with Cambridge University Press and a co-edited book on ap plied linguistics classroom research with Benjamins. From 2005 to 2010 h e was editor of Language Learning, and from 2013 to 2017 he ser ved as associate editor of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition .

Shawn Loewen is professor in applied linguistics at Michigan Sta te University, where he serves as director of the Second Language Studie s doctoral program. His research interests include instructed second lan guage acquisition (ISLA), classroom interaction, technology and ISLA gen erally, and mobile-assisted language learning specifically. Recent publi cations, in addition to multiple journal articles (e.g., Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Learning, ELT Jo urnal, System, and Language Teaching Research) in clude The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition ( 2017, edited with Sato) and a 2024 co-authored textbook entitled, A Practical Guide to Second Language Teaching and Learning (with Sato ), which won the 2025 PROSE award in Languages and Linguistics from the Association of American Publishers. The third edition of his book, I ntroduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition appeared in 2 025, as did the co-edited volume Technology and Instructed Second La nguage Acquisition published by John Benjamins Publishing. He serve d as the associate editor of The Modern Language Journal from 2 017 to 2025.

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