Justin Kanda, Author at Department of Second Language Studies

[Event] Moʻolelo of Mānoa: A Campus Huakaʻi (tour)

To be held every second Friday of the month starting January 2020 (tent.) 9-10:30 am Meeting point: Kamakakūokalani Building, next to the library and Rainbow Shuttle stop (Hawaiian Studies)Alakaʻi (tour guides): Punihei Lipe and Christina Higgins Please join us on this huakaʻi (tour), where we orient ourselves to UHM…

[Event] Dr. Betsy Gilliland: Russian Department Talk Story on Nov 6

Join the Russian Department this week Wednesday, November 6, 3:30p, in Moore 252, to hear Dr. Betsy Gilliland of the SLS Department speak about her own experiences studying Russian abroad and how you can study Russian outside Russia too! This…

[Current Students] Mandatory advising for Spring 2020: Ongoing

Current students continuing on to Spring 2020 must schedule a mandatory advising session with Priscilla or Kenny before registering for classes. SLS Requirements (website)

Summer 2017 Course Offerings

OFFERINGS FOR SUMMER 2017 (see further below for course descriptions) Summer Session 1 (May 22 – June 30, 2017) SLS 312 Techniques in Second Language Teaching: Reading and Writing (‘O’ focus) SLS 430 Pidgin & Creole English in Hawai`i (‘H’…

BA Program in SLS Gains “Established” Status

On December 15, 2017, the Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee of the Board of Regents approved a change for the BA program in Second Language Studies from “provisional” to “established program” status. It may seem surprising that our BA program…

SLS undergraduate Raquel (Rocky) Reinagel receives $1,500 undergraduate research award

Raquel (Rocky) Reinagel is the first SLS major to receive a research award from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP, http://manoa.hawaii.edu/undergrad/urop) for her project “Study Abroad Students’ View of their L1 Community.” Rocky will conduct this project in the Spring…

SLS Department Orientation

August 17, 2017 (Thursday) 2:00-4:00 pm (plus social time after 4:00 pm) Part 1: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium (across Maile Way from Moore Hall) (for new BA, MA, AGC and PhD students) Part 2: Ag Sci 204 (BA and…

Introductory SLS Courses (for freshmen, sophomores, or anyone else who might be interested)

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!

Author: Justin Kanda (page 4)