News and Events Archives - Department of Second Language Studies

Welcome, New SLS Students!

New incoming students in the Department of Second Language Studies have been participating in various orientations and information sessions, including a general department orientation on Thursday, August 17th, and program-level orientations for our undergraduates, MA students, and PhD students throughout…

Fo Reel! Da Pidgin Film Festival

FO REEL! Da Pidgin Film Festival will showcase new and classic films featuring Pidgin by UH-system students and alumni. This first-time event is a collaboration between the Charlene Junko Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole, and Dialect Studies, and the School for…

Volunteer tutors at Wai‘alae Elementary Public Charter School

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)

Advisors Kenny Harsch & Priscilla Faucette receive Pakela Advising Award

Congratulations to Kenny Harsch & Priscilla Faucette on receiving the 2019 Pakela Advising Award, awarded by the Council of Academic Advisors (CAA)!

Summer 2017 Course Offerings

OFFERINGS FOR SUMMER 2017 (see further below for course descriptions) Summer Session 1 (May 22 – June 30, 2017) SLS 312 Techniques in Second Language Teaching: Reading and Writing (‘O’ focus) SLS 430 Pidgin & Creole English in Hawai`i (‘H’…

BA Program in SLS Gains “Established” Status

On December 15, 2017, the Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee of the Board of Regents approved a change for the BA program in Second Language Studies from “provisional” to “established program” status. It may seem surprising that our BA program…

SLS undergraduate Raquel (Rocky) Reinagel receives $1,500 undergraduate research award

Raquel (Rocky) Reinagel is the first SLS major to receive a research award from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP, http://manoa.hawaii.edu/undergrad/urop) for her project “Study Abroad Students’ View of their L1 Community.” Rocky will conduct this project in the Spring…

SLS Department Orientation

August 17, 2017 (Thursday) 2:00-4:00 pm (plus social time after 4:00 pm) Part 1: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium (across Maile Way from Moore Hall) (for new BA, MA, AGC and PhD students) Part 2: Ag Sci 204 (BA and…

SLS at the Manoa Experience, February 25, 2017

Yi-Hui Kuo (alumna of the BA in SLS and an MEd student in Educational Administration) and Arne Jonas Reiersen (an exchange student in SLS and Linguistics) joined with faculty and staff on a gorgeous day to share information about SLS…

SLS major presents at Hawai`i TESOL and LLL Graduate Student Conference

Congratulations to Akiko Kahue-Burrows, who presented a poster session at the 2014 Hawai`i TESOL Conference! Her poster, “Effect of Explicit Pronunciation Instruction on Japanese Learners of English”, was an extension of a project she and Juno Lee developed and presented…

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