On Friday, February 7th, the graduate assistants of the Center for Academic Spoken English (CASE) delivered a workshop on small group debate skills to Grade 10 and 11 English Language Learners at Waipahu High School. The workshop aimed to promote…
Jieun Kim wins Duolingo English Test Dissertation Award
Jieun Kim, PhD candidate, is one of eight recipients of the 2024 Duolingo English Test Doctoral Dissertation Award. Through our annual Doctoral Dissertation Awards, the Duolingo English Test (DET) proudly recognizes and celebrates outstanding doctoral research in the field of…
Wai‘alae Elementary welcomes new group of volunteer tutors
For the past 10 years, the SLS Department has partnered with Wai‘alae Elementary Public Charter School in a volunteer tutor program, in which SLS undergraduate and graduate students assist school staff in tutoring K-5 Multilingual Learners (MLLs) on a weekly…
Ph.D. Students Ann Tai Choe and Hitoshi Nishizawa Receive AAAL Graduate Student Awards
Ph.D. students Ann Tai Choe and Hitoshi Nishizawa have both received AAAL Graduate Student Awards for their presentation proposals. Both students will be practicing their talks on March 9th at the Brown Bag Thursday Lecture Series. Current SLS students, faculty,…
Ph.D. Candidate Hoa Le Hired at Harvard University
Ph.D. Candidate Hoa Le (currently ABD) has been hired at Harvard University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations as Senior Preceptor of Vietnamese and Director of the Vietnamese Language Program. Her primary duties will be teaching in and building…
Congratulations SLS Graduates!Fall 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the traditional Commencement Exercises, we’ve put this slideshow together to celebrate our SLS BA, MA, and Ph.D. graduates. Congratulations!! Dear Graduates, Obviously congratulations on having made it this far under…
Congratulations to Chau Truong!
Congratulations to Chau Truong (SLS MA Summer 2020 graduate) on receiving the Harry Whitten Prize for Scholarly Excellence for her Scholarly Paper titled “EFL Writing Teacher Education and Development in Vietnam.”