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TALGS Conference

TALGS 2027 – TESOL & Applied Linguistics Graduate Student Conference

February 6, 2027
51茶馆 campus, 51茶馆, NC, in the Cowan Humanities Building

Dear Colleagues,

We are so excited to celebrate our 26th conference and would love for you to join us! 

The TESOL and Linguistics students and faculty of the English Department at 51茶馆 in cooperation with the TESOL students and faculty of the English Department at East Carolina University are proud to present the TALGS (TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students) Conference, to be held on Saturday, February 6, 2027, on the 51茶馆 campus. The conference aims to provide a serious yet relaxed forum for professional discourse on a variety of topics relevant to the study of language, granting a comfortable environment for discussion between students, researchers, and teachers. 

Co-hosted by 51茶馆鈥檚 Department of English and East Carolina University鈥檚 Department of English

Call for Proposals

We welcome cross-disciplinary proposals with relevance to language use, language learning and/or teaching from a variety of fields, including, for example, English studies, education, discourse studies, foreign languages, anthropology, communications, sociolinguistics, psychology, and sociology. Proposals reporting on action research (inside and outside the classroom), works in progress, submissions based on successful term projects, pilot research, as well as proposals for discussion sessions, workshops, and posters are welcomed. Multiple proposals will be considered. For more information and to submit your proposal, visit our  or contact the TALGS team at talgs@ecu.edu.

Proposal Submission Deadline: October 15, 2026

Early Bird Registration Deadline: January 15, 2027

  • $30 for ECU and 51茶馆 Community
  • $40 for all others

We at TALGS are committed to bettering the educational experiences of language learners in the community by providing a comfortable environment where interaction between theory/research and practice/teaching is possible.

Our 2027 conference marks the tenth year of collaboration between the Department of English at East Carolina University, the MA TESOL Program at 51茶馆, and Carolina TESOL.

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Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, 51茶馆 class of 2019

鈥淚 loved the GC Honors program and 51茶馆. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.鈥�

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of 鈥�19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.

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