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BA Program Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Upon graduating from the BA in SLS, students will manifest the skills, understandings, and dispositions necessary to be exceptional language professionals.<\/p>\n

Students will be able to:<\/p>\n

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  1. demonstrate critical thinking and awareness of issues within the context of their professional work and social practice.<\/li>\n
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the value bases of their professional work.<\/li>\n
  3. understand and interpret the history of second and foreign language study and its contemporary issues.<\/li>\n
  4. critically evaluate and make use of research into the learning, use, structure, and pedagogy of second languages.<\/li>\n
  5. develop and apply sound frameworks to the assessment and evaluation of institutions and agents involved in second language instruction, planning, and policy.<\/li>\n
  6. show an understanding of local language issues of Hawai’i and the Pacific in their professional work.<\/li>\n
  7. be able to support minority language students’ development of academic and\/or professional literacies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Additional program goals:\u00a0Upon graduating from the BA in SLS, students will be prepared to:<\/em><\/p>\n