To be held every second Friday of the month starting January 2020 (tent.) 9-10:30 am Meeting point: Kamakakūokalani Building, next to the library and Rainbow Shuttle stop (Hawaiian Studies)Alakaʻi (tour guides): Punihei Lipe and Christina Higgins Please join us on this huakaʻi (tour), where we orient ourselves to UHM…
[Event] Dr. Betsy Gilliland: Russian Department Talk Story on Nov 6
Join the Russian Department this week Wednesday, November 6, 3:30p, in Moore 252, to hear Dr. Betsy Gilliland of the SLS Department speak about her own experiences studying Russian abroad and how you can study Russian outside Russia too! This…
[Current Students] Mandatory advising for Spring 2020: Ongoing
Current students continuing on to Spring 2020 must schedule a mandatory advising session with Priscilla or Kenny before registering for classes. SLS Requirements (website)
ARCHIVE Brown Bag Spring 2024
The Thursday “Brown Bag” Lecture Series takes place on Thursdays from 12:00pm to 1:15pm. Presentation slots for Spring 2024 are still available: those interested in presenting should contact Brown Bag Coordinator Daniel Isbell at disbell(at)hawaii(dot)edu. Unless otherwise noted, all talks…
SLS 2019 Faculty and Student Conference Presentations
93rd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (Jan 3rd – 6th; New York, USA) Fred ZenkerTesting for adjunct island effects using topic structures in L1 Chinese and L1/L2 English Fulbright Spain Mid-year Conference (Feb 7th; Valencia, Spain) Kristin…
SLS Newsletters
The Second Language Studies Student Association (SLSSA) puts together an outstanding newsletter for the department – see the latest issues below. Click on the links to read the latest news from SLSSA! SLS Newsletter #5: Spring 2019 SLSSA Newsletter #4:…
Archive Fall 2019 Brown Bags
August 29 Starting off on the Right Foot: Advising Session for New MA Students Presenter: Christina Higgins, Professor & Graduate Chair, Second Language Studies, UH-Mānoa 1. Navigating your MA progress We will examine the MA advising form together and talk…
SLS BAMA Student Victoria Lee Presents at Spring 2019 Undergraduate Showcase
Victoria Lee, a student in the BAMA pathway program in SLS, presented her research in the Spring 2019 Undergraduate Showcase (Undergraduate Research and Creative Work) on May 3, 2019 at the East-West Center. Victoria’s presentation, “Tracking Potential Attrition in a…
SLS PhD Graduate Hyunwoo Kim accepts position at Yonsei University
Congratulations to PhD graduate Hyunwoo Kim, who has accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of English Language and Literature at Yonsei University, Korea! Hyunwoo Kim completed his dissertation on “Cross-linguistic activation in Korean L2 learners’ processing of remention bias…
Possibly Coming Soon!
The SLS BA Committe is currently investigating the possibility of adding the following two minors to our undergraduate program. ============================================================== Minor in Language Teaching The Minor in Language Teaching would provide instruction in fundamental concepts related to second language learning…
