American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver CO, November 18–22, 2015 Kathryn A. Davis Portraits of Engaged Ethnography: Keeping it real (colloquium) Colloquium presentations: Samuel Alejandro Aguirre Promoting Local Language Policies and Practices in an Era of Global Neoliberalism Kathryn A.…
2016 Conference Presentations by SLS Graduate Students and Faculty
Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT), Honolulu, Hawai’i; March 3–5, 2016 Ivan Banov Reddit as a Medium for Foreign Language Learning TESOL International Convention, Baltimore MD, April 5–8, 2016 Betsy Gilliland Learning to teach beyond national borders Postsecondary writing: Reflecting…
Webinar by Dr. Betsy Gilliland
For TESOL Second Language Writing Interest Section
The webinar took place on November 1, 2016, and its recording is now publicly available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2GYlyBQ-8
Title: Theorizing Your Practice: Action Research in L2 Writing
Facilitator: Dr. Betsy Gilliland, Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Information and Q&A Session
Join MA in SLS alumna and English Language Fellow Kasey Larson to learn more about her experience with this this great opportunity. The information and Q&A session will be held on Tuesday, November 1, at 12:00 noon, in Moore Hall 551.
https://elprograms.org/fellow/prospective-applicants/
https://elprograms.org/fellow/prospective-applicants/
ARCHIVE Fall 2016 Brown Bags
September 1 Employment Opportunities That Complement Your Studies Presenters: Ray Allen, International Student Services Advisor, UHM; Priscilla Faucette, English Language Institute Associate Director & SLS Undergraduate Advisor, UHM; Emily Lee, SLS Program Specialist & Employment Officer, UHM What are the employment opportunities…
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Wei-Li Hsu
Constructs of L2 Chinese Reading
and the Influence of Language Background
Chair: Thom Hudson
12 October 2016, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
Moore Hall, Room 155A
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Prem Phyak
‘For our Cho:tlung’: Decolonizing Language Ideologies and
(Re)Imagining Multilingual Education Policies and Practices in Nepal
Chair: Kathryn A. Davis
12 October 2016, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 258
Get Pidgin?
T-shirt and Reusable Bag Giveaway
Friday (October 14), 10AM–1PM
Campus Center Courtyard
Da Pidgin Coup, a language awareness and advocacy group associated with the Charlene J. Sato Center, is giving away free t-shirts and free reusable canvas bags on FRIDAY, October 14 in the Campus Center Courtyard. The event is from 10AM to 1PM, or while supplies last. Stop by, participate in a short activity, and then choose a t-shirt or bag. Das right, free, brah.
For more information: cmhiggin
hawaii.e
@DaPidginCoup
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Jennifer Holdway
Mathematics and Multilingual Learners: Transformative Learning Through In-Service Teacher Professional Development
Chair: Kathryn A. Davis
14 October 2016, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 155A
Congratulations to Spring and Summer Graduates!
It has been busy and productive with 24 MA students completing their scholarly papers and six PhD students defending their dissertations. Of the graduating PhD students, four will continue or begin professorial positions, one will conduct research in a postdoctoral program, and…