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PhD Student Ayano Kawasaki Published in TESOL Quarterly

We are excited to share that Ayano Kawasaki, a PhD candidate in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa, has published her article, 鈥淕ELT vs. ELT: Competing Paradigms in L1-Flavored-English Translanguaging in an ESL…

Flyer with the pictures of Ayoung Chung and Jeonhee Kim congratulating the student for receiving Elizabeth Spann Award

SLS PhD Students Receive Elizabeth Spann Award for Research on L2 English Overpassivization

Congratulations to Ayoung Chung (PhD student, group leader) and Joonhee Kim (PhD student) for receiving the Elizabeth Spann Award in the amount of $2,000 from the College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL) Dean鈥檚 Office! Their research project, titled 鈥淚nvestigating…

PhD student Sera Chun Publishes in Language Teaching Research

Congratulations to the PhD student In Ji (Sera) Chun whose article entitled “Exploring teacher mediation and learner responsiveness in small-group online dynamic assessment for L2 academic writing development鈥� is now published in聽Language Teaching Research (https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251368635)! Abstract: Research on groupdynamic assessment…

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…

PhD Alumnus Fred Zenker lands Post-Doctoral position at TU Braunschweig

PhD Alumnus Fred Zenker (2024) has been accepted for a three-year postdoc with Prof. Holger Hopp in the Department of English Linguistics at TU Braunschweig. He is excited for this new chapter is his career, which officially started on October…

SLS is looking for a tenure-track professor!

The Department of Second Language Studies in the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters at the University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa invites applicants for a 9-month, tenure-track, full-time assistant professor, with specialization in second language corpus linguistics to begin Fall…

Remembering Rickey Larkin, Jr.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of PhD Candidate Rickey Larkin, Jr. The text below, taken from his obituary in his native Ohio, also includes a guestbook if you would like to leave any memories for…

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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…

New Resource Website for Global Englishes-focused Teaching Materials

A new website for Global Englishes-focused teaching materials is now available! https://sites.google.com/hawaii.edu/ge-focused-teaching-materials/ This website was designed by Kenton “Kenny” Harsch, retired English Language Institute Director and Undergraduate Coordinator and Advisor, and Michelle Kunkel, PhD candidate. The website includes an explanation…

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…

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PhD Student Ayano Kawasaki Published in TESOL Quarterly

SLS PhD Students Receive Elizabeth Spann Award for Research on L2 English Overpassivization

PhD student Sera Chun Publishes in Language Teaching Research

PhD Student Yu-Tzu Chang earns TOP Dissertation Grant

PhD Alumnus Fred Zenker lands Post-Doctoral position at TU Braunschweig

SLS is looking for a tenure-track professor!

Remembering Rickey Larkin, Jr.

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

New Resource Website for Global Englishes-focused Teaching Materials

CASE teaches debate skills at Waipahu High School

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