On December 15, 2016, the Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee of the Board of Regents approved a change for the BA program in Second Language Studies from “provisional” to “established” program status. It may seem surprising that our BA program…
BA Program in SLS Gains “Established” Status
On December 15, 2017, the Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee of the Board of Regents approved a change for the BA program in Second Language Studies from “provisional” to “established program” status. It may seem surprising that our BA program…
2015 Conference Presentations by SLS Graduate Students and Faculty
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver CO, November 18–22, 2015 Kathryn A. Davis Portraits of Engaged Ethnography: Keeping it real (colloquium) Colloquium presentations: Samuel Alejandro Aguirre Promoting Local Language Policies and Practices in an Era of Global Neoliberalism Kathryn A.…
2016 Conference Presentations by SLS Graduate Students and Faculty
Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT), Honolulu, Hawai’i; March 3–5, 2016 Ivan Banov Reddit as a Medium for Foreign Language Learning TESOL International Convention, Baltimore MD, April 5–8, 2016 Betsy Gilliland Learning to teach beyond national borders Postsecondary writing: Reflecting…
Webinar by Dr. Betsy Gilliland
For TESOL Second Language Writing Interest Section
The webinar took place on November 1, 2016, and its recording is now publicly available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2GYlyBQ-8
Title: Theorizing Your Practice: Action Research in L2 Writing
Facilitator: Dr. Betsy Gilliland, Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i
Information and Q&A Session
Join MA in SLS alumna and English Language Fellow Kasey Larson to learn more about her experience with this this great opportunity. The information and Q&A session will be held on Tuesday, November 1, at 12:00 noon, in Moore Hall 551.
https://elprograms.org/fellow/prospective-applicants/
https://elprograms.org/fellow/prospective-applicants/
ARCHIVE Fall 2016 Brown Bags
September 1 Employment Opportunities That Complement Your Studies Presenters: Ray Allen, International Student Services Advisor, UHM; Priscilla Faucette, English Language Institute Associate Director & SLS Undergraduate Advisor, UHM; Emily Lee, SLS Program Specialist & Employment Officer, UHM What are the employment opportunities…
Dr. Dongping Zheng Awarded Two-Year Grant from National Natural Sciences Foundation of China
Congratulations to Dr. Dongping Zheng (pictured left), Associate Professor in SLS, and her colleague, Dr. Aitao Lu (pictured right) of South China Normal University, for a two-year grant awarded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (#31571141 and #31628010; $26,000 USD).
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Wei-Li Hsu
Constructs of L2 Chinese Reading
and the Influence of Language Background
Chair: Thom Hudson
12 October 2016, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
Moore Hall, Room 155A
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Prem Phyak
‘For our Cho:tlung’: Decolonizing Language Ideologies and
(Re)Imagining Multilingual Education Policies and Practices in Nepal
Chair: Kathryn A. Davis
12 October 2016, 2:00–5:00 p.m.
Moore Hall, Room 258