Department of Linguistics

Xun Yan to be Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Language Learning

We are excited to announce that UIUC's own Xun Yan will serve as the next Editor-in-Chief of Language Learning.According to Wiley Publishing: Language Learning is a...

Xun Yan gives invited plenary talk at Asian Association for Language Assessment

We are excited to share that last month, Professor Xun Yan gave an invited plenary talk at the 12th International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment in Macau.The main theme of the conference was "Humanistic Approach to...

Call for Papers: The 18th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 18th Annual Meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS 18), to be held at the Linguistics Department at University of Illinois...

Project: The Refugee Center – Ultimate Phonics Lessons

We sat down with Assistant Professor Anna Mendoza and Ph.D. student Elif Varlik to discuss a project that provides English and foundational literacy instruction for refugee women with limited prior formal education. Led by the Refugee Center in partnership with the University of Illinois Department...

Join a Reading Group this Fall!

We are excited to welcome back so many of our long-standing groups this semester! This semester, we have a total of ten reading and discussion groups. If you are considering joining a new reading group, please take a look at the groups below, or...

Student Spotlight

Grad Student Spotlight: Melika Rajabi

My research interests center on bilingualism and second and heritage language acquisition, with a particular focus on Persian heritage speakers in the United States. I am interested in how bilingual experience shapes the acquisition and maintenance of grammatical knowledge across generations, and how factors such as language exposure, proficiency, and literacy contribute to individual differences among heritage speakers.

Student Spotlight

Grad Student Spotlight: Anna Stephanov

The Linguistics department builds intellectual growth through its broad interdisciplinary research, as well as its smaller research groups and collaboration across faculty and students. The department also has a very positive and supportive atmosphere, with a strong sense of community.

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