Congratulations to Dr. Richard Day, who has been awarded the 2018 University of聽Hawai驶i聽at M膩noa Chancellor鈥檚 Citation for Meritorious Teaching. This prestigious award recognizes M膩noa faculty members who have made significant contributions to teaching and student learning. Dr. Day combines cutting-edge…
Associate Professor Dr. Betsy Gilliland Awarded Excellence in Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Betsy Gilliland who was awarded the 2018 Award for Excellence in Teaching from the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature (LLL). She is among a select group of recipients within the College of LLL to receive research,…
SLS Volunteer Tutors Assist Wai驶alae Elementary School
For the 6th year running, BA and MA students from the SLS department are聽volunteering to assist English Language specialists at Wai驶alae聽Elementary School in supporting K鈥�5 English language learners.
9/14: Fourth Chuo-UHM-UTokyo Student Conference on Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Second Language Acquisition
Friday, September 14, 2018 Held at the University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa Center for Korean Studies Schedule 1:30 p.m. Plenary Interpretations of Japanese reflexive pronouns by native and non-native speakers Professor Makiko Hirakawa, Chuo University 2:40 p.m. Poster Session A…
PhD Student Junichi Yagi Wins 2018 AAAL Graduate Student Award
Congratulations to PhD student Junichi Yagi, who was one of six awardees nationwide for the 2018 American Association for Applied Linguistics聽(AAAL) Graduate Student Award. The Graduate Student Award is a merit-based, competitive award that supports attendance of AAAL graduate student…
PhD Student Wenyi Ling Wins 2018 LLL Doctoral Dissertation Research Award
Congratulations to PhD student Wenyi Ling, who was selected to receive a 2018 LLL Award for Excellence in Doctoral Dissertation Research. Wenyi will be a featured speaker at the 22nd Annual Graduate Student Conference, College of Languages, Linguistics & Literature,…
Associate Professor Dr. Betsy Gilliland Selected for Fulbright Award
Congratulations to Dr. Betsy Gilliland who has been selected to receive the coveted Fulbright Award for the Fall 2018 Semester. Dr. Gilliland will travel to the Universidad de Atacama in Chile where she will teach 4th year undergraduate English pedagogy…
ARCHIVE Fall 2018 Brown Bags
August 30 Starting off on the Right Foot: Advising Session for New MA Students Presenter: Christina Higgins, Professor & Graduate Chair, Second Language Studies, UH-M膩noa 1. Navigating your MA progress We will examine the MA advising form together and talk…
PhD Student Huy V. Phung Wins AAAL T-shirt Design Competition
Congratulations to PhD student, Huy V. Phung, who is the聽winner of the first American Association for Applied Linguistics聽(AAAL) T-shirt design competition. 聽Huy will be publicly recognized at the 2018 AAAL Conference, which will be held in Chicago, IL, March 24鈥�27,…
SLS Alumna Jane George Selected as English Language Fellow
Congratulations to SLS Alumna Jane George (MA, ESL 1991) who was recently selected for a U.S. Department of State,聽English Language Fellow project in 2017-2018.聽 Jane聽will be spending the year聽at Tajik State Pedagogical University (TSPU), Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The English Language Fellow…