on Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Second Language Acquisition Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Plenary: 14:00-15:00 Professor Theres Grüter, Second Language Studies at UHM “Do L2 learners think ahead? The role of prediction in…
ARCHIVE Fall 2014 Brown Bags
September 4: Employment Opportunities While You Are a Student Presenters: Dr. Ray Allen, ISS Advisor; Priscilla Faucette, ELI Associate Director & SLS BA Advisor; Emily Lee, SLS Program Specialist & Job Officer What are the employment opportunities within SLS and…
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!
SLS at the Manoa Experience, February 25, 2017
Yi-Hui Kuo (alumna of the BA in SLS and an MEd student in Educational Administration) and Arne Jonas Reiersen (an exchange student in SLS and Linguistics) joined with faculty and staff on a gorgeous day to share information about SLS…
Special Invited Lecture
The Charlene J. Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole, and Dialect Studies presents “Respeta mi idioma”: Promoting Linguistic Diversity and Sociolinguistic Justice through Youth Research and Activism Dr. Mary Bucholtz Department of Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara Thursday, March 20, 12-1:15…
SLS major presents at Hawai`i TESOL and LLL Graduate Student Conference
Congratulations to Akiko Kahue-Burrows, who presented a poster session at the 2014 Hawai`i TESOL Conference! Her poster, “Effect of Explicit Pronunciation Instruction on Japanese Learners of English”, was an extension of a project she and Juno Lee developed and presented…
Want to major in SLS?
SLS is an exciting interdisciplinary field where you can engage with a wide range of theoretical and practical issues related to learning, using, and teaching second and foreign languages. Undergraduate students who are thinking about getting a major in SLS…