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Dissertation Defense

Announcing

PhD in Second Language Studies Dissertation Defense

Sangki Kim

Stabilization of Idiosyncratic Fixed Expressions in the Wild:
A Longitudinal Conversation Analytic Perspective

Chair: Gabriele Kasper

Wednesday 29 March, 14:00鈥�16:00
Moore Hall, Room 155A

Call for Submissions: Fo Reel! Da Pidgin Film Festival

New Deadline submission: February 26, 2017 Fo Reel! Da Pidgin Film Festival This film festival will be the聽first annual film festival showcasing existing films produced by University of Hawai鈥榠 System students that are in and/or about Pidgin. The top 10…

SLS BA Program Gains 鈥淓stablished鈥� Status

On December 15, 2016, the Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee of the Board of Regents approved a change for the BA program in Second Language Studies from 鈥減rovisional鈥� to 鈥渆stablished鈥� program status. It may seem surprising that our BA program…

BA Program in SLS Gains 鈥淓stablished鈥� Status

On December 15, 2017, the Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee of the Board of Regents approved a change for the BA program in Second Language Studies from 鈥減rovisional鈥� to 鈥渆stablished program鈥� status. It may seem surprising that our BA program…

2015 Conference Presentations by SLS Graduate Students and Faculty

American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Denver CO, November 18鈥�22, 2015 Kathryn A. Davis Portraits of Engaged Ethnography: Keeping it real (colloquium) Colloquium presentations: Samuel Alejandro Aguirre Promoting Local Language Policies and Practices in an Era of Global Neoliberalism Kathryn A.…

2016 Conference Presentations by SLS Graduate Students and Faculty

Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT), Honolulu, Hawai’i; March 3鈥�5, 2016 Ivan Banov Reddit as a Medium for Foreign Language Learning TESOL International Convention, Baltimore MD, April 5鈥�8, 2016 Betsy Gilliland Learning to teach beyond national borders Postsecondary writing: Reflecting…

Webinar by Dr. Betsy Gilliland

For TESOL Second Language Writing Interest Section

The webinar took place on November 1, 2016, and its recording is now publicly available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2GYlyBQ-8

Title: Theorizing Your Practice: Action Research in L2 Writing
Facilitator: Dr. Betsy Gilliland, Assistant Professor of Second Language Studies, University of Hawai鈥榠

Information and Q&A Session

Join MA in SLS alumna and English Language Fellow Kasey Larson to learn more about her experience with this this great opportunity. The information and Q&A session will be held on Tuesday, November 1, at 12:00 noon, in Moore Hall 551.
https://elprograms.org/fellow/prospective-applicants/

ARCHIVE Fall 2016 Brown Bags

September 1 Employment Opportunities聽That Complement Your Studies Presenters: Ray Allen, International Student Services Advisor, UHM; Priscilla Faucette, English Language Institute聽Associate Director & SLS Undergraduate Advisor, UHM; Emily Lee, SLS Program Specialist & Employment Officer, UHM What are the employment opportunities…

Photo of Dr. Dongping Zheng and Dr. Aitao Lu

Dr. Dongping Zheng Awarded Two-Year Grant from National Natural Sciences Foundation of China

Congratulations to Dr. Dongping Zheng (pictured left), Associate Professor in SLS, and her colleague, Dr. Aitao Lu (pictured right) of South China Normal University, for a two-year grant awarded by the聽National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (#31571141 and #31628010; $26,000 USD).

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