Global Teaching Institute (GTI) at Tokyo International University Information and Recruitment Session

Information and recruitment session scheduled for Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Moore 551 (SLS Conference Room) For more information about the GTI and its programs, see the following links: GTI Official Website: https://tiugti.com/ GTI Introduction…

SLS PhD students Bethany Schwartz and Fred Zenker awarded Language Learning Dissertation Grant

Bethany Schwartz and Fred Zenker, both PhD students in SLS, have been awarded the Language Learning Dissertation Grant. Bethany will use her $2,000 grant for data collection in Wai‘anae for her dissertation entitled “Patterns and Effects of Style-Shifting in Pidgin…

Presentation by visiting Sookmyung Women’s University students

English Code-switching in Korean Society: Reflection of TESL This presentation is about code-switching between Korean and English in Korean society. This will be specified by data collected and analyzed by Sookmyung TESL major students. The main point that emerges is…

Special Colloquium: Development and Validation of an L2 Korean Pronunciation Diagnostic

Special SLS Colloquium Wednesday, January 15th 12:30pm – 1:20pm BIOMED T211 Development and Validation of an L2 Korean Pronunciation Diagnostic Dr. Daniel R. Isbell PhD, Second Language Studies, Michigan State UniversityAssistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University Abstract: Pronunciation teaching is…

Fifth Chuo-UHM-UTokyo Student Conference on Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Second Language Acquisition: Schedule

Friday, January 17th, 2020Center for Korean StudiesUniversity of Hawai′i at Mānoa Everyone is welcome to attend – no registration required. Refreshments will be provided. 13:30 – 14:40 Plenary Lecture: The Full Transfer/Full Access model and L3 cognitive states by Prof.…

Kenny Harsch & Priscilla Faucette receive 2019 Pakela Advising Award

Congratulations to Kenny Harsch & Priscilla Faucette on receiving the 2019 Pakela Advising Award, awarded by the Council of Academic Advisors (CAA)! The following is quoted from the CAA website: Pakela Award Priscilla Faucette & Kenton (Kenny) Harsch are the Associate Director…