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…
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Thursday “Brown Bag”: Dr. Patricia Duff

November 5, 2015

12:00–1:15 p.m.

Researching Chinese as a Global Language: Trends, Issues, and Opportunities

Presenter:
Patricia A. Duff, Professor
Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia

Photo Credit: “Creative Commons Chinesische Mauer” by Bernd Thaller is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Congratulations to Priscilla Faucette and Christina Higgins!

Congratulations to Ms. Priscilla Chen Faucette, Associate Director of the English Language Institute & SLS Undergraduate Advisor, for her promotion to Assistant Specialist. Congratulations to Dr. Christina Higgins for her promotion to Professor and 10 years of service at the University…

Second Chuo-UHM Student Conference on Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Second Language Acquisition

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Held at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Moore Hall 258 & 119

Schedule:
14:00-15:20 Plenary Lecture — Moore 258
Professor Kazue Kanno

15:30-16:50 Poster session — Moore 119
Posters presented by Chuo and UHM students

17:00-18:30 Reception
Networking, with snacks and drinks

We hope many SLSers can come for some or all of the conference! See you there!

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Susan Proctor and Jonathan Hull Continue Generous Support of SLS Graduate Students

The ‘Oihana Maika’i Endowment was established with a very generous gift made by SLS alumni Ms. Susan Proctor and Dr. Jonathan Hull in 2002.

Earlier this summer, in May 2015, Dr. Hull and Ms. Proctor made yet another generous donation in celebration of the launching of the digital publication of the ESL textbook series Interchange and New Interchange. Their combined $40,000 gift will provide the Department of Second Language Studies with more than $6,500 annually to support SLS students’ professional development.

Multilingual Education Book Presentation

Dr. Christina Higgins presented with Dr. Eva Ponte of the UHM College of Education on their new book, Enriching Practice in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms: A Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators. Caslon Publishers (http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/18/enriching-practice-linguistically-and-culturally-d/) On June 5, 2015,…