SLS undergraduate and graduate students tutor K-5 Multilingual Language Learners (MLLs) at a local elementary school. Fall 2022 tutors (with Dr. Gilliland and Dr. Grüter; not pictured: Gisella Kahapea and Khyla Rabang)
BAMA Pathway Graduate Lena Petko featured in UH News
University of Hawaiʻi Second Language Studies alumna Lena Petko, found her path to a master’s degree, a new career, and an unexpected ʻohana through an accelerated Combined Bachelor’s & Master’s Degree Pathway (BAMA Pathway) program. BAMA Pathway programs encourage high-performing…
Call for Papers for Special Issue in Honour of JD Brown’s Five-Decade Contribution to Language Testing
PhD Student Alice Zhu awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award
SLS PhD student Alice Zhu has been awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award for her dissertation project titled “Facilitation Effects of Structural Priming on Second Language Learning and Prediction of the Dative Alternation.” To learn more about her…
PhD alumna Mari Miyao’s new position as an Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University
PhD alumna Dr. Mari Miyao is now an Associate Professor in the College of Social Sciences at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. Congratulations to Mari and best of luck to her in her new position!
Spring 2022 Graduation
Congratulations to our Spring 2022 graduates! Please click on the right arrow to view all the pictures.
PhD alumna Haerim Hwang to join the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD alumna Dr. Haerim Hwang will be joining the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in August as an Assistant Professor. Congratulations to Haerim and best of luck to her in her new position!
PhD student Mayuko Yusa receives Center for Japanese Studies fellowship
PhD student Mayuko Yusa has been awarded a graduate fellowship from the Center for Japanese Studies for Fall 2022 to Spring 2023. Congratulations, Mayuko!
Online language learning startup team wins 2022 UH Venture Competition
A startup company helping people learn different languages is the winner of the 2022 University of Hawaiʻi Venture Competition. Great Online Activities for Language Learning (GOALL), led by four of our PhD students, won a prize package of more than $34,000.…
SLS faculty, staff, and students receive UH Mānoa Awards
Today, Kenny Harsch (Director of the English Language Institute and the BA coordinator/advisor) and Hoa Le (PhD student) will be recognized at an in-person ceremony at Kennedy Theatre at 3:30 pm today. Kenny will receive this year’s Presidential Award for…