The Language Acquisition Reading Group is a research group intended to foster and develop research in first or second language acquisition, as well as related issues such as first language attrition and aphasia. All theoretical approaches are welcome, though there…
SLS Thanks Dr. Thom Hudson for 27+ Years of Service
Article by Lucas Edmond, current MA student in SLS After 27 and a half years serving the Department of Second Language Studies, Dr. Thom Hudson retired this December. While his research interests have evolved over the years, he has primarily…
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’…
Dissertation Defense
Announcing
PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense
Sangki Kim
Stabilization of Idiosyncratic Fixed Expressions in the Wild:
A Longitudinal Conversation Analytic Perspective
Chair: Gabriele Kasper
Wednesday 29 March, 14:00–16:00
Moore Hall, Room 155A
Call for Submissions: Fo Reel! Da Pidgin Film Festival
New Deadline submission: February 26, 2017 Fo Reel! Da Pidgin Film Festival This film festival will be the first annual film festival showcasing existing films produced by University of Hawai‘i System students that are in and/or about Pidgin. The top 10…
SLS BA Program Gains “Established” Status
On December 15, 2016, 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…
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…
2015 Conference Presentations by SLS Graduate Students and Faculty
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver CO, November 18–22, 2015 Kathryn A. Davis Portraits of Engaged Ethnography: Keeping it real (colloquium) Colloquium presentations: Samuel Alejandro Aguirre Promoting Local Language Policies and Practices in an Era of Global Neoliberalism Kathryn A.…
2016 Conference Presentations by SLS Graduate Students and Faculty
Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT), Honolulu, Hawai’i; March 3–5, 2016 Ivan Banov Reddit as a Medium for Foreign Language Learning TESOL International Convention, Baltimore MD, April 5–8, 2016 Betsy Gilliland Learning to teach beyond national borders Postsecondary writing: Reflecting…
Webinar by Dr. Betsy Gilliland
For TESOL Second Language Writing Interest Section
The webinar took place on November 1, 2016, and its recording is now publicly available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2GYlyBQ-8
Title: Theorizing Your Practice: Action Research in L2 Writing
Facilitator: Dr. Betsy Gilliland, Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i