{"id":20,"date":"2014-07-30T01:48:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T01:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testsls\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:44:23","slug":"second-language-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Language Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h3>Become an SLS Student in Hawai&#8217;i<\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/prospective-students\/\">Prospective Students<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/graduate\/funding\/\">Financing your studies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/housing\/\">Housing<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/registrar\/tuition-fees\/\">Tuition &amp; Fee Schedule<\/a>\n\t<h3>Application Process<\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/undergraduate\/how-to-declare\/\">Undergraduate<\/a><br \/>\nGraduate (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/graduate\/ma\/ma-admissions\/\">MA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/graduate\/agc\/agc-admissions\/\">AGC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/graduate\/phd\/phd-admissions\/\">PhD)<\/a>\n\t<p>Second Language Studies (SLS) is an interdisciplinary field that addresses the learning, teaching, and use of second (or multiple) languages from educational, linguistic, psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives. 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Our programs also go well beyond those areas and include teaching and researching languages other than English.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/open-house\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/Open-House-260213-872x674.png\" alt=\"Open House 260213\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"674\" width=\"872\" title=\"Open House 260213\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>What does multilingualism look like on O&#8217;ahu?<\/h3>\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pP_eUBVLfkM?si=PuKdEUSB6YGMQT56\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\n<h2>\n\t\t\tNEWS &#038; EVENTS\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sls\/posts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore News, Events &#038; Announcements\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Degrees in SLS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sls\/undergraduate\/major\/\">Major\/BA in SLS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sls\/undergraduate\/minors\/\">Minors in SLS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/graduate\/ma\/bama-pathway\/\">BA+MA Pathway in SLS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sls\/undergraduate\/major\/\">MA in SLS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sls\/graduate\/agc\/\">Advanced Graduate Certificate in SLS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sls\/graduate\/agc\/agc-spanish-applied-linguistics\/\">Advanced Graduate Certificate in SLS &#8211;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/sls\/graduate\/agc\/agc-spanish-applied-linguistics\/\">Spanish Applied Linguistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sls\/graduate\/phd\/\">PhD in SLS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources at 糖心Vlog官方-M\u0101noa<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/secondary\/programs\/pbcte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K-12 Teaching Certification<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/eli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Language Institute (ELI)<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/eslhelp\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawai&#8217;i English Language Program (HELP)<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h3>糖心Vlog官方 Us<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sls\/visit-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sls-moore-hall-building.jpg\" alt=\"moore hall building\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" title=\"Moore Hall\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tMoore Hall\n\t<p>The Department of Second Language Studies Office is located on the fifth floor of Moore Hall at 糖心Vlog官方-Manoa.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nBecome an SLS Student in Hawai&#8217;i Prospective Students Financing your studies Housing Tuition &amp; Fee Schedule Application Process Undergraduate Graduate (MA, AGC, PhD) Second Language Studies (SLS) is an interdisciplinary field that addresses the learning, teaching, and use of second&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Second Language Studies&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Second Language Studies&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/no-intro.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - 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