Applied linguistics, SLA, language pedagogy, teachers // listens to lots of podcasts // @GU_linguistics
Washington, DC
Joined October 2014
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Lara Bryfonski retweeted
Please share this opportunity to participate in a linguistics research study on texting in multilingual romantic relationships! 📲💕 To learn more, fill out the interest form at bit.ly/lovelanguagesstudy Thank you! 📱 #linguistics #research #multilingual #bilingual #language
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Reminder: We are collecting support / interest for a Task-Based Language Teaching Special Interest Group (SIG) to submit to ACTFL -- if you or someone you know is interested, please sign and share! forms.gle/t2Qj99TqVzHNnExs8
Lara Bryfonski retweeted
Looking for something interesting to read? Why not check out my review of @lbryfo and Alison Mackey's The Art and Science of Language Teaching - come find out why you should definitely be reading this book!
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Lara Bryfonski retweeted
🚨Job Alert🚨 Come and work with us! @umdsllc at Maryland is inviting applications for the position of assistant / associate professor of SLA.
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Lara Bryfonski retweeted
Do you speak a fanilect? Linguistics Professor Cynthia Gordon will be telling the story of fanilects and diving into this specific linguistic phenomenon where fandom and language meet in an online event with @PlanetWordDC August 3rd at 6:30 PM planetwordmuseum.org/events/…
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🎹 Calling all #Swifties! Check out this interview from Linguistics Professor Cynthia Gordon on how the language of families relates to the fandom of Taylor Swift!
A lyrical mastermind we know all too well....
We asked Cynthia Gordon, associate professor in @GeorgetownColl, about the linguistics behind @taylorswift13's superstardom and the future of the Swiftie fanbase. bit.ly/46GTvca
Lara Bryfonski retweeted
Cannot wait for the automated TaskGen to come out by Roger Gilabert and colleagues at @UniBarcelona ! Such innovation with use of technology for teachers!
@IATBLT #TBLT2023KKU
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Stanford researchers find "AI-Detectors Biased Against Non-Native English Writers"
"The numbers are grim... [detectors] classified more than half of TOEFL essays (61.22%) written by non-native English students as AI-generated..." hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-det…
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Congrats 👏 to Linguistics Professor Lara Bryfonski (@lbryfo) who was recently awarded the Professor James Slevin Engaged Scholarship Award by the Center for Social Justice @Georgetown. Read more about the award here: instagram.com/p/CsRPjkfOdgy/
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Congrats 👏 to the linguistics doctoral graduates who were hooded yesterday morning: Amelia Becker (@AmeliaABecker), Ho Fai (Viggo) Cheng, Rima Elabdali, Nicholas Mararac, Siyao (Logan) Peng (@Logan_SiyaoPeng), and Ayşenur Sağdıç! 🎓@GSAS_Georgetown
ALT The program of Georgetown's doctoral hooding ceremony is shown open to the page where linguistics students are listed along with there dissertation titles: Amelia Becker, Ho Fai (Viggo) Cheng, Rima Elabdali, Nicholas Mararac, Siyao (Logan) Peng, and Ayşenur Sağdıç. Gaston Hall is shown in the background.
ALT Amelia Becker, Ho Fai (Viggo) Cheng, Rima Elabdali, Nicholas Mararac, Siyao (Logan) Peng, and Ayşenur Sağdıc are seen pictured in their doctoral caps and gowns on Georgetown's campus celebrating after their hooding.
Lara Bryfonski retweeted
✨New OASIS Summary✨
➡️An evaluation of a multidimensional identity measurement instrument: The Heritage Language Speaker Identity Tool (HLS-IT)
🔓Material used in this study are available from @irisdatabase #openscience
@PineaultCaitlyn @lbryfo
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Lara Bryfonski retweeted
This weekend, RULE mentor-mentee pair, Caitlyn Pineault (ALI Ph.D. student) and Nidhi Somineni (GU '25) shared their work on applying task-based language teaching to K-12 world language curriculum with educators at the @GWATFL Spring Conference! @owlanguages #tblt
ALT A group of teachers and researchers pose for a picture together after participating in a conference session together.
ALT Two presenters posing for a picture in the banquet hall in front of the conference welcome slide.
Lara Bryfonski retweeted
Are you a PhD student working on *learning* in one of the following areas: second language, literacy, math? Apply for a Duolingo Research Grant to support your work! Deadline: May 31 duolingo.qualtrics.com/jfe/f… #PhDGrants
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Congratulations to Amir Zeldes and @ctschroeder (University of Oklahoma) who were just awarded a #NEHGrant from @NEHgov Division of Preservation and Access (@NEH_PresAccess) for their project: @copticscript #PresAccessFunded 👏
Lara Bryfonski retweeted
Congratulations Erin Fell @GU_Linguistics who officially is ABD.
We had enlightening discussions over the proposal with @lbryfo and #AlisonMackey.
👏 🎉
#LoveLanguages
Lara Bryfonski retweeted
REMINDER: The Georgetown Initiative for Open Science is hosting a FREE workshop on R for statistical analysis! Everyone is welcome and it will be in-person at Georgetown University and on Zoom. You can sign up using this link: forms.gle/QhXf79M39edqQrxz8
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👏Congrats to Ling PhD candidate Negar Siyari (@negarsiyari ) who was awarded the Wilga Rivers Graduate Student Award at this year's #AAAL2023 conference for her paper "“I don’t wanna be a regular citizen”: Learners’ vs. teachers’ perceptions of Afghan newcomers’ needs" 👏