Graduate students in the MA TESOL program of the Department of Applied Linguistics at Portland State University have also participated in the research program at the Lab School. There are a growing number of theses completed using Lab School data. Each thesis project contributes to our growing understanding of the adult second language acquisition and teaching. Many of the theses listed here are available through the link from its reference entry. .

Thesis projects include:
Kratzer, J. (2008). Task orientation practices by pairs of low-level adult immigrant leaners of English.Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Knight, T.L. (2007). Beyond the classroom walls: A study of out of class English use by adult community college ESL students. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Rao, S. I. (2007). Reflections: an inside look into teacher decision-making. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Seutter, D.A. (2007). Negotiating success: Negotiation and interaction in ESL pair activities. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Packer, S. (2006). The magic of teaching: The delicate balance revealed in an experienced teacher's reflections. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Vergun, A. (2006). A longitudinal study of the acquisition of American English vowels. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Davila, E. (2005). Communicative resources in ESL student interaction: Gaze, gesture, text and speech.Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Frehner Mahoney, C. (2005). Teachers' beliefs regarding error correction: The relationship of philosophy and practice. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Irvine, M. (2005).Developmental states in one learner's interlanguage. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Reigel, D. (2005). Positive feedback loops in second language learning. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Saari, D. (2005). Reading choice in beginning adult ESL students. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Canada, S. S. (2004). Distance and negotiation in the low-level ESL classroom. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Disbrow-Chen, R.L.  (2004). Morpheme acquisition in relation to task variation: A case study of a beginning-level ESL learner.  Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Ouellette, S. (2004).  Making the effort: A study of one student's communication strategies in an ESL classroom.  Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Topolski, C.A.  (2004).  Talk time: A study of mixed-gender interaction in an adult ESL classroom.  Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Setzler Simensen, K. (2003). A Study of Inter-transcriber Agreement for Low-Level ESL Classroom Discourse. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

Garland, J. N. (2002). Co-Construction of language and activity in low-level ESL Pair interactions. Unpublished MA Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.