Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Bal Krishna Sharma
The Commodification and Representation of Nepal in International Tourism
Chair: Christina Higgins
Monday May 9, 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 575
Celebrating the Life and Work of Larry E. Smith
The International Association for World Englishes
in partnership with
The East-West Center
presents
A Symposium Celebrating the Life and Work of Larry E. Smith
The Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
The East-West Center, Koi Room, Garden Level
1777 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii
July 8, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
More information available at
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Gerriet Janssen
English Proficiency and Entrance to Doctoral Studies at One Colombian University: A Standard Setting Study
Chair: James Dean Brown
Tuesday April 26, 2:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 155A
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Jung-Ts Lin
Idioms in the bilingual mental lexicon
Chair: Thom Hudson
Friday April 29, 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 155A
Special Presentation: April 27, 2016
English Teaching and Teacher Education in Chile
April 27, 2016
Wednesday
2:45–4:00 p.m.
Moore Hall 155A
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Alfred Rue Burch
Motivation in Interaction: A Conversation-Analytic Perspective
Chair: Gabriele Kasper
Thursday May 5, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 258
Language Learning Small Research Grant Awarded to Dr. Theres Grüter
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr. Theres Grüter, who was recently awarded a Language Learning Small Research Grant for “Processing of Classifiers in L1 and L2 Mandarin Chinese.” Collaborators on this project are PhD in SLS student Wenyi Ling and recent graduate…
Extensive Reading Workshop Sponsored by Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Congratulations to Professor Richard Day, who will be the keynote speaker, and PhD in SLS students Eunseok Ro and Jay Tanaka, who will be presenting at the “Extensive Reading Workshop at the Heart of the ER Frenzy” sponsored by the…
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Jonathan Trace
A validation argument for cloze test item function in second language assessment
Chair: James Dean Brown
Monday March 14, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 155A
ARCHIVE Spring 2016 Brown Bags
January 21. Testing the Teachability Hypothesis: A Systemic Theoretic Instruction Approach to Teach Chinese Word Order Presenter: Dr. Xian Zhang, Guandong University of Foreign Studies According to Pienemann’s (1984, 1987, 1989) Teachability Hypothesis (TH), formal instruction cannot affect the route of…