SLS 150: Learning Languages and Communicating in a Globalized World (usually offered in Fall semesters) Lecture/discussion on strategies for enhancing second language learning in the context of a pluricultural-multilingual globalized world; addresses personal identity as influenced by languages; studies language-related…
SLS Major Promotes Seal of Biliteracy to DOE principals
Reynold Kajiwara, a senior in the Department of Second Language Studies (SLS), was recently invited to speak as a panelist at the Hawai‘i Department of Education (DOE) Principals meeting. As a graduate of the public school system and now double-major…
Congratulations Fall 2018 Graduates!
Congratulations to the graduating class of Fall 2018! We look forward to hearing about your future accomplishments, so keep in touch!
SLS at the Manoa Experience, February 25, 2017
Yi-Hui Kuo (alumna of the BA in SLS and an MEd student in Educational Administration) and Arne Jonas Reiersen (an exchange student in SLS and Linguistics) joined with faculty and staff on a gorgeous day to share information about SLS…
SLS major presents at Hawai`i TESOL and LLL Graduate Student Conference
Congratulations to Akiko Kahue-Burrows, who presented a poster session at the 2014 Hawai`i TESOL Conference! Her poster, “Effect of Explicit Pronunciation Instruction on Japanese Learners of English”, was an extension of a project she and Juno Lee developed and presented…
Want to major in SLS?
SLS is an exciting interdisciplinary field where you can engage with a wide range of theoretical and practical issues related to learning, using, and teaching second and foreign languages. Undergraduate students who are thinking about getting a major in SLS…
Second Language Studies?
Second Language Studies? SLS is an exciting interdisciplinary field where you can engage with a wide range of theoretical and practical issues related to learning, using, and teaching second and foreign languages. Some of the questions we address include: Why…