{"id":36062,"date":"2015-06-24T09:12:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=36062"},"modified":"2021-08-13T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T01:12:00","slug":"uh-west-oahu-to-offer-ilokano-course-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/06\/24\/uh-west-oahu-to-offer-ilokano-course-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> offers Ilokano course this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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This fall, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>–West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> will offer a new Ilokano 101 course. This introductory course increases reading comprehension and develops linguistic skills in Ilokano as well as promotes the appreciation and awareness of Filipino culture. Interested students from other UH<\/abbr> campuses are welcome to take Ilokano 101 that will be offered at the UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> campus.<\/p>\n

“We are excited to be able to offer our first Ilokano language class, which will provide many of our students an opportunity to deepen their connections to their family heritage and ethnic homeland,” said UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> Humanities Division Chair and Associate Professor of History Alan Rosenfeld<\/strong>. “In addition to UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>’s current offerings of language classes in Hawaiian and Samoan, this Ilokano class demonstrates our desire to serve the interests of the greater Leeward Oʻahu<\/span> community and create a more welcoming campus environment. Ad-adu a sao, ad-adu nga ammo<\/em> (More languages, more knowledge).”<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> has the highest population of Filipino students of all the four-year UH<\/abbr> campuses with more than 20 percent of the student body identifying as Filipino. UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> is one of just three UH<\/abbr> campuses that currently offer Ilokano language courses. Ilokano 101 will be taught Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. at UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> beginning this fall.<\/p>\n

To apply to UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>, visit the UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> admissions website<\/a>, contact the admissions office via email<\/a> or call (808) 689-2900. The fall 2015 application deadline is July 1.<\/p>\n

—By Julie Funasaki Yuen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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