Dr. Chika Takahashi (PhD SLS Almuna) and Dr. Kotaro Maeda from Ehime University brought 5 students for a short term visit to SLS and Hawaiʻi from February 11-15.
With Dr. Dongping Zheng, they did a presentation focuses on the past, present, and future academic exchanges between the Department of Second Language Studies, UHM, and Ehime University, Japan—one of UHM’s partner universities. In this talk, the presenters will discuss some keys to successful academic exchanges as well as future opportunities for UHM students. Ehime student presenters will introduce Ehime University, reflect on their exchange experiences, and encourage UHM students to participate in future programs.
Our visitors are also observing some of our undergraduate SLS courses such as Learning Languages and Communicating Interculturally in a Global Multilingual World (SLS 150), Bilingualism: Cognition and Culture (SLS 280), and Second Language Learning (SLS 302). They will also attend Hawaiʻi TESOL.
