Second Language Research Forum - SLRF 2017

We are pleased to announce that the host for SLRF 2018 will be the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)! Congratulations to UQAM! We look forward to seeing everyone in Montreal in 2018!

Thank you for getting in your proposals to host SLRF 2018 today.

We'd like to send out a big thank you to our plenary speakers, workshop facilitators, presenters, and attendees for a wonderfully inspiring SLRF 2017.

Thank you to our many volunteers, and special thanks to
Gina Wrobel
EJ Park
Nicole King
Kirby Childress
for their dedication and commitment to our conference.

Congratulations to Caitlin Rice & Natasha Tokowicz from the University of Pittsburgh on winning the $250 cash award for best poster presentation at SLRF 2017, sponsored by Languages, an open access journal.

Dear SLRF attendees!

Just a heads up: tomorrow is the Columbus Marathon! The marathon course will be going through downtown, in the Short North, and through the campus area (to the west of the Ohio Union). Plan your travel accordingly, and if you need any help finding alternate routes to the airport, please let a SLRF volunteer know.

The SLRF 2017 organizing committee is ready for four exciting days with you all!

Where to eat within walking distance from SLRF?
Consider the following options (5 min. walk)
- Heirloom Café, at the OSU Wexner Center for the Arts, on College Road
- Trism, on Highstreet
- and still on Highstreet, chain restaurants such as Panera, Bibibop, Chipotle, Subway, Starbucks...

Sign up to participate in a Roundtable!
Roundtable sign up will start on Thursday at noon through our SLRF 2017 app. Spots are limited to a total of 25.
Go to "Information" > choose the roundtable you'd like to sign up for > follow the link to enter your name.

For the latest program and a full list of sessions and presenters, use the link that has been sent to you, download our app and sign in.
receive notifications and updates on your mobile device
read abstracts and summaries for each session
create your individual conference schedule so you won't miss out on any of the action
interact and connect with attendees and presenters
provide feedback/ ask questions
and much more ...
Haven't received an email? No problem. Follow the instructions in this document for download and log in.

The full SLRF program is now available online. Don't forget to download the app.

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Dancer and choreographer Bita Bell will perform "Banned: A Tour of Tehran in under 10 minutes" at SLRF reception Friday evening.

Banned: A Tour of Tehran in under 10 minutes Choreographer, Dancer, Sound Editor: Bita Bell Music: Karen Homayounfar With your imagination, intuition, emotion, sensations, and intellect, join me on a sh...

SLRF is just a week away! Posters are ready!