Announcing PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense Munassir Alhamami Using Ajzen’s Theory to Examine Beliefs in EFL Face-to-Face and Online Lessons Chair: James Dean Brown Monday January 25, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Moore Hall, Room 155A This mixed-methods dissertation investigated…
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 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…
Conversation Analysis Data Sessions – Fall 2015
The EMCA (ethnomethodology/conversation analysis) data session is a student-volunteered meeting where a group of students who are interested in interaction meet and engage in analysis of data provided by students. We meet every other Friday in Moore Hall 202, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30…
Thursday “Brown Bag”: Dr. Patricia Duff
November 5, 2015
12:00–1:15 p.m.
Researching Chinese as a Global Language: Trends, Issues, and Opportunities
Presenter:
Patricia A. Duff, Professor
Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia
Photo Credit: “Creative Commons Chinesische Mauer” by Bernd Thaller is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
SLS EFL Practicum at Ubon Rachatani University, Thailand – Summer 2016
Since 2007, SLS students in the MA and PhD programs have taken SLS 690 EFL Practicum at Ubon Rachatani University, Thailand, during June and July. They taught intensive EFL courses to Thai students and gained valuable experience in learning to…
Inviting Applications to the PhD Program in Second Language Studies
Congratulations to Priscilla Faucette and Christina Higgins!
Congratulations to Ms. Priscilla Chen Faucette, Associate Director of the English Language Institute & SLS Undergraduate Advisor, for her promotion to Assistant Specialist. Congratulations to Dr. Christina Higgins for her promotion to Professor and 10 years of service at the University…
Second Chuo-UHM Student Conference on Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Second Language Acquisition
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Held at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Moore Hall 258 & 119
Schedule:
14:00-15:20 Plenary Lecture — Moore 258
Professor Kazue Kanno
15:30-16:50 Poster session — Moore 119
Posters presented by Chuo and UHM students
17:00-18:30 Reception
Networking, with snacks and drinks
We hope many SLSers can come for some or all of the conference! See you there!
ARCHIVE Fall 2015 Brown Bags
August 27: Job Hunting During and After Your Studies Presenters: Ray Allen, ISS Advisor; Priscilla Faucette, ELI Associate Director & SLS Undergraduate Advisor; and Emily Lee, SLS Program Specialist & Employment Officer, UHM What are the employment opportunities within SLS…