Our Mission

• To provide academic support to current and future graduate students in Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Education, and Applied Linguistics at the University of South Florida
• To represent concerns of graduate students in these fields through service, research and advocacy.
• To provide a student voice to the program-related committees.
• To provide students with opportunities for social interactions with peers and scholars in the field.

Top 10 reasons to join SLAQ

• Meet peers and faculty in the field of Second Language Acquisition at our regular SLAQ meetings
• Win a trip to SLA-related conferences
• Find out about upcoming conferences
• Read about past conferences
• Practice conference paper
• Learn how to get funding for conference travel
• Share your research with peers and with other professionals
• Publish your research on our website
• Find out what's hot and what's not
• Find out about guest lectures, video conferences, and online events

Join Now

• Please send an email to hpark@coedu.usf.edu to join SLAQ now. You will receive information about accessing the Portal Community as a full member.

Access the SLAQ Portal Community

• What the SLAQ Portal Community has to offer:
• Post your personal information and CV
• Learn more about fellow students
• Participate in our online discussion group
• Moderate topic of the month
• Minutes of SLAQ meetings

Go there now: https://my.usf.edu

You will need to know your NetID and password