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Joseph Ritch selected for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program

Congratulations to Joseph Ritch who has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Tajikistan for the 2021-22 academic year! We congratulate him on this outstanding accomplishment and in joining previous departmental recipients. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is…
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New publication in Second Language ResearchBy Dr. Holger Hopp and SLS Faculty Dr. Theres Gr眉ter

Dr. Holger Hopp and Dr. Theres Gr眉ter’s publication in Second Language Research is available now. The article is titled 鈥淭he time-course of competition from the L1 grammar in L2 sentence processing: Evidence from cross-linguistic structural priming.鈥 Check it out here!

PhD in SLS Dissertation Defense on Monday, May 10 at 10:00 am HSTParvaneh Rezaee

Parvaneh Rezaee will be defending her dissertation on Monday, May 10 at 10:00 am HST over Zoom. Zoom meeting link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97578052588 Passcode: sls Title: The Persian particle dige聽in professional-client interaction Abstract: An extensive body of pragmatic and linguistic research deals…

New chapter in the Linguistic Discrimination in US Higher Education: Power, Prejudice, Impacts, and Remediesby SLS Faculty Dr. Christina Higgins

Dr. Christina Higgins’ chapter in the Routledge Linguistic Discrimination in US Higher Education: Power, Prejudice, Impacts, and Remedies is now available. The chapter is titled 鈥淧romoting Pidgin at the University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa.鈥 Check it out here! See podcasts…

Mery Diez Ortega receives AAAL Graduate Student Award and CALICO Robert A. Fischer Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Congratulations to our PhD student, Mery Diez Ortega, for receiving the AAAL 2021 Graduate Student Award and the CALICO 2021 Robert A. Fischer Outstanding Graduate Student Award this year!

New publication in Language Assessment Quarterlyby SLS Faculty Dr. Daniel R. Isbell

SLS Faculty Dr. Daniel R. Isbell published an article in Language Assessment Quarterly. The article is titled 鈥淐an the Test Support Student Learning? Validating the Use of a Second Language Pronunciation Diagnostic. (鞁滍棙鞚 頃欖姷鞛愳潣 頃欖姷鞚 霃勳檧 欷 靾 鞛堧姅臧? 鞝2鞏胳柎…

PhD in SLS Dissertation Defense on Tuesday, April 13 at 8:00 am HSTWenyi Ling

Wenyi Ling will be defending her dissertation on Tuesday, April 13 at 8:00 am HST over Zoom. Zoom meeting link: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/96049001788 (no registration required) Title: The perception, processing, and learning of Mandarin lexical tone by second language speakers Abstract: This…

New chapter in the Routledge Storytelling in Multilingual Interaction: A Conversation Analysis Perspectiveby Dr. Gabriele Kasper and PhD alumna Elham Monfaredi

Dr. Gabriele Kasper’s and PhD alumna Elham Monfaredi’s chapter in the Routledge Storytelling in Multilingual Interaction: A Conversation Analysis Perspective will be available soon. The chapter is titled 鈥淪torytelling as Instructional Practice in Persian Language Classrooms.鈥 Check it out here!