  {"id":131318,"date":"2020-11-25T08:52:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=131318"},"modified":"2020-11-25T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:52:29","slug":"uh-hilo-language-lesson-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/25\/uh-hilo-language-lesson-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn a new language from a <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo international student"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_131308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131308\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hilo-international-education.jpg\" alt=\"students\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hilo-international-education.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hilo-international-education-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hilo-international-education-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learn the basics of another language with the help of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In recognition of <a href=\"https:\/\/iew.state.gov\/\">International Education Week<\/a>, students at the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> have produced a series of short 5&#8211;15 minute videos teaching the basics of their languages. The project is sponsored by the <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/international\/\">International Student Services<\/a> and International Student Association.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We invite you to take a few minutes to learn some conversational words and phrases and information about the many languages our students speak,&rdquo; wrote <strong>Jim Mellon<\/strong>, director of international student services and intercultural education in an email to the campus. &ldquo;This project is also aimed at recognizing the United Nations\u2019 upcoming International Decade of Indigenous Languages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mini lessons are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL4p65va3r4BR1gYBZUl3Dr30eJrmG4S_O\">in a playlist<\/a> on the International Student Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UHHISA\/videos?pbjreload=102\">YouTube channel<\/a>. Viewers can learn the basics of Japanese, Kapingamarangi (spoken in Pohnpei State, Micronesia), Korean, Kosraean, Mandarin, Nauruan, Palauan, Serbian, Sonsorolese (spoken in Palau), Swahili, Swedish, Turkmen and Uchinaaguchi (spoken in Okinawa).<\/p>\n<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo currently enrolls about 200 students from 37 countries. These students contribute diverse perspectives and backgrounds to the campus, enriching the educational experience for all. In addition, the financial contribution of international students to the state and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/06\/international-student-hawaii-economy\/\">estimated at $185 million<\/a> and $5.7 million, respectively, for 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/stories\/2020\/11\/16\/short-vids-teaching-languages\/\">Read more at <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Susan Enright<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo students produced a series of short videos teaching the basics of their native languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[134,935,14,907],"class_list":["post-131318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-international","tag-international-student","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131327,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131318\/revisions\/131327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}