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PhD Student Ayano Kawasaki Published in TESOL Quarterly

We are excited to share that Ayano Kawasaki, a PhD candidate in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has published her article, “GELT vs. ELT: Competing Paradigms in L1-Flavored-English Translanguaging in an ESL…

SLSSA Fall 2025 Retreat

Fall 2025 Second Language Studies Student Association (SLSSA) Retreat ☀️ Mahalo to SLSSA (@uhmslssa) for organizing such a wonderful retreat at Ala Moana Beach Park! The day began with a beach social featuring Human Bingo, the Earn a PhD in…

Picture of new SLS students for Fall 2025. Caption at the top is "Welcome"

Welcome to SLS! Fall 2025

On August 22, 2025 we welcomed new and returning students at the SLS Department Orientation and SLSSA (@uhmslssa) Fall 2025 Welcome Cooler . It was the perfect chance to connect, recharge, and kick off the semester strong. We also hosted…

Photo of Professor Theres Gruter and joined in the photo are our SLS 'Ohana: Tomomi Nishikawa (PhD 2007); Mari Miyao, (PhD 2017); Ken Urano (MA 2000); and Juri Furukawa (incoming MA)!

SLS Professor Dr. Theres Grüter invited to speak at The Japan Second Language Association’s 25th annual international conference!

SLS Professor, Dr. Theres Grüter was the invited speaker at The Japan Second Language Association’s 25th annual international conference! In her talk titled “Why being surprised is a good thing: Prediction error as a form of negative evidence in language…

Photo of Angel Sanchez (SLT Minor Student)

Angel Sanchez featured in the UH News for her UROP Study!

Congratulations to our SLS Teaching Minor student Angel Sanchez for her accomplishment of her Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) study in Venice, Italy in summer 2024 and being featured on UH News! Her project was about comparing European and international…

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