Most speakers worldwide speak more than one language. Second Language Studies investigates how people use, learn or lose another language, be it a second, third, heritage, or foreign language, or a pidgin or creole. Second Language Studies is the study of multilingualism in all of its diversity. The Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is an internationally leading institution in its field. SLS faculty and students examine second language use and learning from educational, linguistic, psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives. Faculty expertise in a wide range of research approaches and practice domains offers students exceptional opportunities to pursue their career goals as language professionals and researchers worldwide.
SLS BAMA Student Victoria Lee Presents at Spring 2019 Undergraduate Showcase
Victoria Lee presenting at Spring 2019 Undergraduate Showcase at East-West Center Victoria Lee, a student in the BAMA pathway program in SLS, presented her research in the Spring 2019 Undergraduate Showcase (Undergraduate Research and Creative …
Congratulations to SLS Spring and Summer Graduates!
Congratulations to all Spring and Summer 2018 SLS BA, MA and PhD Graduates! We look forward to hearing about your future accomplishments, so keep in touch! 2019 Spring/Summer SLS BA graduates 2019 Spring/Summer SLS MA …
SLS Volunteer Tutors Assist Waiʻalae Elementary School
For the 6th year running, BA and MA students from the SLS department are volunteering to assist English Language specialists at Waiʻalae Elementary School in supporting K–5 English language learners.
Develop Your Expertise as a Language Teacher
Do you want to become a highly qualified language teacher? Earn a Specialization in Language Education. Click title to learn more…
Learn Cutting Edge Research Methods
MA in SLS students working with Dr. Dongping Zheng study English language learners as they play an immersive 3-D, place-based, mobile assisted language learning (MALL) game. Click title to learn more…
Learn a New Language While You Earn Your Degree
Study beginning to advanced level Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, and more! Click title to learn more…
Charlene Junko Sato Memorial Scholarship
Scholarships of up to $1,500 are available for students at any University of Hawai‘i campus to engage in research or outreach. Click title to learn more…
Dissertation Fellowships Available – Bilinski Foundation
Doctoral student Gavin Lamb’s research on O‘ahu’s North Shore investigates how tourists, conservationists, and residents communicate in the native habitat of endangered Hawaiian green sea turtles. Click title to learn more…
Dissertation Fellowships Available – Bilinski Foundation
Awardee Jay Tanaka (front, far right) with practicum English teachers and professor in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Click title to learn more about his research and the Bilinski Foundation Dissertation Fellowships…
Take a Course Online
If you are interested in taking one or more of our graduate classes as an online, distance student, you can enroll as a UH Outreach Extension student, and register for SLS classes listed on their …
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Announcements
- Thursday “Brown Bag” Lecture Series
- SLS BAMA Student Victoria Lee Presents at Spring 2019 Undergraduate Showcase
- SLS PhD Graduate Hyunwoo Kim accepts position at Yonsei University
- Second Language Studies Student Association (SLSSA) Newsletters
- Congratulations to SLS Spring and Summer Graduates!
- Possibly Coming Soon!
- May 8: Dissertation Defense – Elham Monfaredi
- Reading in a Foreign Language
- April 3: Dissertation Defense – Gavin Lamb