Language Education Graduate Student Organization (LEGO)

Purpose
To advance the study of a variety of aspects within the discipline of language education, to provide networking opportunities, and a place to read and discuss seminal works, and conduct colloquia to advance a knowledge base and cross- discipline study.

LLEGO’s Resources and Activities
Listserv (LEGO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU)

The LLEGO listserv is a place where members receive relevant announcements and information. Only members receive emails from the listserv, which means that it can serve as an intra-organization discussion forum.

If you would like to be added to or removed from the LLEGO listserv, please email Susan Nordstrom at susan.nordstrom@gmail.com.

Fridays at Five

Fridays at Five is a series of informative sessions sponsored by LLEGO. These sessions are designed to provide students a place to learn more about various aspects of academic life. The 2005-2006 series featured interactive talks on building an academic career, preparing for comprehensive exams, using the BRIDGE, writing a dissertation, and using the reference software RefWorks. The Fridays at Five series is open to all graduate students in the college.

Social Events

LLEGO sponsors several social events throughout the year. These include socials, end-of-semester gatherings, and graduation celebrations. Dates will be announced via the listserv.

Book Clubs

Sunday Evening – a book club dedicated to reading for pleasure. Novels, poetry, short stories, anything not work related!
“Gee, I need to read that but…” - a book club dedicated to reading academic pieces that a person hasn’t had an opportunity to read but would like to. Information on reading selections will be posted on the website along with meeting times and dates.

More Information on Book Clubs to Come!

Resource Rooms

LLEGO has resources available for members to use as needed. These resources include digital recorders, The Handbook for Qualitative Research, and current editions of style manuals, including APA, MLA, and Chicago. These resources can be found in offices 126-F and 309-N.

Travel Funds

Funding for conference travel is available through LLEGO. Each year, the organization can use up to one-half its budget to support travel for its members. These funds can provide $100 for individual travel and for group travel. Members who are interested in applying for travel funds should contact the organization chief officer or treasurer for the appropriate forms.

Departmental Resources

Department Contact Information
Staff - http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/staff/index.html
Elizabeth A. St.Pierre, LLE Graduate Coordinator-stpierre@uga.edu.

Program Planning and Dissertation Writing:

The Department’s program planning worksheet: http://www.coe.uga.edu/lle/phd/phdplansheet.pdf
More information coming soon!

University of Georgia Research Resources
University of Georgia Library

Library Services for Graduate Students http://www.libs.uga.edu/graduates/index.html
UGA Research Guidehttp://www.libs.uga.edu/researchcentral/index.html

APA Help from UGA Libraryhttp://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/apastyle.html

Organizing your Research with Endnote and Refworks at UGAhttp://www.libs.uga.edu/liaison/endnote/endnote.html

IRB
http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/hso/

IRB Training
The University of Georgia (UGA) Institutional Review Board (IRB or Board) has mandated that effective January 1, 2006, all key personnel performing research with human subjects receive education on the protection of human subjects.
http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/hso/irb101.html

Conferences, Publications, and Funding
Publications

The Department of Language and Literacy encourages students to publish in journals in the field. Below is a list of some of the juried journals in our field. COMING SOON – a hot-linked list of scholarly journals related to our field!

Conferences
Students are also encouraged to attend and present at conferences. Some of the conferences include the list below. Other links are coming soon.

AERA - http://www.aera.net/
IRA - http://www.reading.org/
NCTE - http://www.ncte.org/
NRC - http://www.nrconline.org/
QUIG – http://www.coe.uga.edu/quig/

Travel Funds
Funding for conference travel is available through LLEGO (please see the information above). Funding may also be applied for through the Graduate School at http://www.uga.edu/gradschool/financial/travel.html.

Grant and Grant Writing:

College of Education Grant Writing Information http://www.coe.uga.edu/adresearch/resources/grant_writing/

University of Georgia Library Fast Facts Grants and Financial Aid Guide http://www.libs.uga.edu/researchcentral/fastfacts/grants.html