Department of Second Language Studies | University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Junior Specialist, providing student services support and program assessment for the Department of Second Language Studies

Assistant Professor in second language and multilingual learning & development in social settings outside of formal instruction

The center for Second Language Research in DSLS together with Linguistics have signed an agreement with the Tokyo Institute of Technology that will pave the way for collaborative work with specialists at Tokyo Tech involving the use of neuro-imaging technology. This relatively new methodology can be used for understanding the processes that scaffold learning, understanding, and using a language.

aboutSecond Language Studies

Probably the oldest independent department in its field and was originally called the Department of English as a Second Language (ESL)…

aboutSLSSA

Second Language Studies Student Association (SLSSA) is a student organization within the department of SLS at UHM. Its main purpose is to promote professional and social interaction between its members and the SLS faculty…

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Reading in a Foreign Language

A refereed international online journal of issues in foreign language reading and literacy, sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center, the College of Language, Linguistics and Literature at UHM, and the Department of Second Language Studies at UHM…

Welcome

As current Chair, I welcome you to visit our Department virtually through this range of pages.

Graham Crookes

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Faculty & Staff

Obituary: Professor Ken Jackson (DSLS 1968-1989)

On May 17, 2013 By adminsls

Ken Jackson died May 5, 2013, in Honolulu. Ken joined the Department in August 1968, as an assistant professor. Before coming to Honolulu, Ken was a linguistic consultant to the Missionary Orientation Center, in New York, while he was on a sabbatical from Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

Ken received a doctorate in education from Teachers [...]

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Position vacancies

On July 4, 2012 By adminsls

Two position vacancies:

one Assistant Professor,

the other, a Dept. of SLS “support position” (for which, scroll down)

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT 1

Assistant Professor, with specialization in second language and multilingual learning and development in social settings outside of formal instruction (position number 82462), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, College of Languages, Linguistics and [...]