Congratulations to SLS Alumna Peggy Kang, who recently completed an English Language Fellowship in Cameroon with the U.S. Department of State, from 2016-2018.聽 Peggy鈥檚 primary job during her fellowship was to provide English language instruction to university students in medicine,…
November 9: Dissertation Defense – Hyunwoo Kim
Announcing PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense Hyunwoo Kim Cross-linguistic activation in Korean L2 learners’ processing of remention bias in English Chair: Theres Gr眉ter Friday November 9, 11:00 a.m.鈥�2:00 p.m. Moore Hall, Room 258 Abstract Effects of cross-linguistic…
MA Student R. L. Hughes Awarded FLAS Fellowship to Study Indonesian
Congratulations to MA student R. L. Hughes, who was recently granted a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship to study Indonesian in Yogyakarta, Central Java this past summer (2018). Hughes attended language classes full-time in her pursuit to attain…
Professor & Graduate Chair Dr. Higgins Named Co-Editor of Applied Linguistics
Congratulations to Dr. Christina Higgins, who was appointed to serve as co-editor of Applied Linguistics, a prestigious peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Higgins joins co-editor Dr. Anna Mauranen (University of Helsinki), for a five-year term. Applied…
PhD Student Wenyi Ling Awarded NSF Grant to Study Learners’ Processing and Use of Tones in Mandarin Chinese
Congratulations to PhD student Wenyi Ling, who has received a prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her project 鈥淭he Perception, Processing and Learning of Mandarin Tone by Second Language Speakers鈥�! Additional details about Wenyi鈥檚…
MA Student Uy-Di Nancy Le Selected for Fulbright Award
Congratulations to MA student Uy-Di Nancy Le who was recently granted the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award. Nancy will travel to Germany to assist in teaching American studies and English language to German students. As a Fulbright recipient, Nancy will…
Recent Graduate Student Publications
2018 Choe, A. T. (2018). ‘Can anyone help her?’: Managing student embarrassment in the adult ESL classroom.聽Hacettepe University Journal of Education,聽33聽(Special Issue), 16-35. DOI: 10.16986/HUJE.2018038794 Kim, H. & Gru虉ter, T. (in press). Crosslinguistic activation of implicit causality biases in Korean…
October 25: Hawaiian-Pidgin Summit
The Charlene Junko Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole, and Dialect Studies presents: Try come! Welina me ke aloha! Register at:聽https://hawaiian-pidgin-summit.eventbrite.com聽 Many teachers and students of 艑lelo Hawai驶i make regular use of Pidgin in the classroom. In addition, residents of…
Remembering Professor Emeritus in Linguistics Dr. Roderick “Ricky” Jacobs
Professor Emeritus in Linguistics, Dr. Roderick “Ricky” Jacobs, passed away in his home in Decatur, Georgia, on June 22, 2018. He was 84. Dr. Jacobs served as Professor of Linguistics and ESL from 1973, and chaired the Department of ESL…
Professor Dr. Richard Day Awarded Chancellor鈥檚 Citation for Meritorious Teaching
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…