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How far will you take your degree?

Graduates of the BA Program in Second Language Studies go on to success in a number of professional and academic arenas. Some go overseas to teach a second language (with English being the most common, …

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Second Language Studies?

Second Language Studies? SLS is an exciting interdisciplinary field where you can engage with a wide range of theoretical and practical issues related to learning, using, and teaching second and foreign languages. Some of the …

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Summer 2013 Course Offerings

TENTATIVE OFFERINGS FOR SUMMER 2013 Summer Session 1 (May 28 – July 5, 2013) SLS 430 Pidgin & Creole English in Hawai`i (‘H’ focus) SLS 490 Second Language Testing Summer Session 2 (July 8 – …

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Want to major in SLS?

SLS is an exciting interdisciplinary field where you can engage with a wide range of theoretical and practical issues related to learning, using, and teaching second and foreign languages. Undergraduate students who are thinking about …

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Introductory SLS Courses in Fall 2013

SLS 150: Learning Languages and Communicating in a Globalized World Lecture/discussion on strategies for enhancing second language learning in the context of a pluricultural-multilingual globalized world; addresses personal identity as influenced by languages; studies language-related …

How far will you take your degree?Second Language Studies?Summer 2013 Course OfferingsWant to major in SLS?Introductory SLS Courses in Fall 2013

The ABCs of SLS — Our Undergraduate Club

The ABCs of SLS is our student organization for undergraduates interested in Second Language Studies.  It performs a variety of academic, social, and administrative functions, and also serves as a way for undergraduate students to interact with SLS graduate students and faculty outside the classroom.

Check us out on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/ABCofSLS

Join Today!

If you’d like to join the SLS Undergraduate Club, or become an officer, contact the current ABCs’ President, Krystyna Arnold <karnold2@hawaii.edu>

SLS Orientation

SLS Department Orientation

August 22, 2013 (Thursday) 2:00-4:00 pm Korean Studies Building, Auditorium The first part of the orientation is for BA, MA, AGC and PhD students (mostly for new students, but continuing students are welcome). After the initial all-department orientation, the BA program orientation will continue in Moore Hall, Room 109.

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Introductory SLS Courses in Fall 2013

SLS 150: Learning Languages and Communicating in a Globalized World Lecture/discussion on strategies for enhancing second language learning in the context of a pluricultural-multilingual globalized world; addresses personal identity as influenced by languages; studies language-related employment, international mobility, and intercultural communication. Fulfills the DS requirement for the General Education Core.   SLS 280: Bilingualism: Cognition …

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