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PhD Student Yu-Tzu Chang earns TOP Dissertation Grant

PhD student Yu-Tzu Chang has earned a Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers (TOP) Grant for her dissertation research valued at 30,000 USD! The mission of the TOP Grant program is聽to nurture research talent overseas in the humanities and social sciences, the NSTC…

Dr. Theres Gr眉ter Plenary Speaker at 2025 ALAK International Conference

Dr. Theres Gr眉ter was the plenary speaker at the 2025 Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK) International Conference held at Seoul National University on September 20, 2025. The conference was organized by Kitaek Kim (PhD 2014). Dr. Gr眉ter’s talk was…

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Angel Sanchez featured in the 糖心Vlog官方 News for her UROP Study!

Congratulations to our SLS Teaching Minor student Angel Sanchez for her accomplishment of her Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) study in Venice, Italy in summer 2024 and being featured on 糖心Vlog官方 News! Her project was about comparing European and international…

CASE teaches debate skills at Waipahu High School

On Friday, February 7th, the graduate assistants of the Center for Academic Spoken English (CASE) delivered a workshop on small group debate skills to Grade 10 and 11 English Language Learners at Waipahu High School. The workshop aimed to promote…

Jieun Kim wins Duolingo English Test Dissertation Award

Jieun Kim, PhD candidate, is one of eight recipients of the 2024 Duolingo English Test Doctoral Dissertation Award. Through our annual Doctoral Dissertation Awards, the Duolingo English Test (DET) proudly recognizes and celebrates outstanding doctoral research in the field of…

Wai鈥榓lae Elementary welcomes new group of volunteer tutors

For the past 10 years, the SLS Department has partnered with Wai鈥榓lae Elementary Public Charter School in a volunteer tutor program, in which SLS undergraduate and graduate students assist school staff in tutoring K-5 Multilingual Learners (MLLs) on a weekly…

Ph.D. Students Ann Tai Choe and Hitoshi Nishizawa Receive AAAL Graduate Student Awards

Ph.D. students Ann Tai Choe and Hitoshi Nishizawa have both received AAAL Graduate Student Awards for their presentation proposals. Both students will be practicing their talks on March 9th at the Brown Bag Thursday Lecture Series. Current SLS students, faculty,…

Ph.D. Candidate Hoa Le Hired at Harvard University

Ph.D. Candidate Hoa Le (currently ABD) has been hired at Harvard University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations as Senior Preceptor of Vietnamese and Director of the Vietnamese Language Program. Her primary duties will be teaching in and building…

Congratulations SLS Graduates!Fall 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the traditional Commencement Exercises, we鈥檝e put this slideshow together to celebrate our SLS BA, MA, and Ph.D. graduates. Congratulations!! 锘匡豢 Dear Graduates, Obviously congratulations on having made it this far under…

Congratulations to Chau Truong!

Congratulations to Chau Truong (SLS MA Summer 2020 graduate) on receiving the Harry Whitten Prize for Scholarly Excellence for her Scholarly Paper titled “EFL Writing Teacher Education and Development in Vietnam.”

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PhD Student Yu-Tzu Chang earns TOP Dissertation Grant

Dr. Theres Gr眉ter Plenary Speaker at 2025 ALAK International Conference

Angel Sanchez featured in the 糖心Vlog官方 News for her UROP Study!

CASE teaches debate skills at Waipahu High School

Jieun Kim wins Duolingo English Test Dissertation Award

Wai鈥榓lae Elementary welcomes new group of volunteer tutors

Ph.D. Students Ann Tai Choe and Hitoshi Nishizawa Receive AAAL Graduate Student Awards

Ph.D. Candidate Hoa Le Hired at Harvard University

Congratulations SLS Graduates!Fall 2020

Congratulations to Chau Truong!

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