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…
Susan Proctor and Jonathan Hull Continue Generous Support of SLS Graduate Students
The ‘Oihana Maika’i Endowment was established with a very generous gift made by SLS alumni Ms. Susan Proctor and Dr. Jonathan Hull in 2002.
Earlier this summer, in May 2015, Dr. Hull and Ms. Proctor made yet another generous donation in celebration of the launching of the digital publication of the ESL textbook series Interchange and New Interchange. Their combined $40,000 gift will provide the Department of Second Language Studies with more than $6,500 annually to support SLS students’ professional development.
Multilingual Education Book Presentation
Dr. Christina Higgins presented with Dr. Eva Ponte of the UHM College of Education on their new book, Enriching Practice in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms: A Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators. Caslon Publishers (http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/18/enriching-practice-linguistically-and-culturally-d/) On June 5, 2015,…
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Hanbyul Jung
Evaluation of a professional development program for Korean EFL teachers in focus group interaction
Chair: Gabriele Kasper
Wednesday, 13 May, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 258
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Minyoung Cho
The effects of task design features and learner variables on task performance and task experience
Chair: Richard Schmidt
Monday, 18 May, 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 155A
19th Annual Graduate Student Conference
In a Word
the 19th Annual Graduate Student Conference
of the College of Languages, Linguistics & Literature
Saturday, April 18, 2015
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Spalding Hall 155
Charlene J. Sato Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Fiona Willans
Hem i Broken English nomo:
Interrupting the same old story about pidgins and creoles in school
Fiona Willans
University of the South Pacific
Thursday, April 9
12-1:15 pm
St. John 11