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Looking to get an MA in Second Language Studies? Learn more at our Virtual Open House! Find out about funding opportunities,the program, and admissions process, and meet the Graduate Chair and current students ahead of the March 1st deadline for Fall 2024! https://t.co/EzEwvOuvqM

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Check your email for information on submitting a proposal starting June 3rd! #AAAL2025

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Notice to Presenters at #AAAL2024!

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The Department of Second Language Studies is searching for a BA Coordinator and Advisor. A BA in Second Language Studies or relevant field and 3 years of experience is required.

Applications are welcome until December 16, 2022.

https://t.co/6DmDWFgy4F

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Ph.D. student Bethany Schwartz has accepted a tenure-track position at the California State University Monterey Bay as an Assistant Professor. Bethany will be joining their newly created Speech Language Pathology program in January 2023, teaching Masters… https://t.co/R6VzQzGEdf

[SLS Hawaii @slshawaii]

Ph.D. student Bethany Schwartz has accepted a tenure-track position at the California State University Monterey Bay as an Assistant Professor. Bethany will be joining their newly created Speech Language Pathology program in January 2023, teaching Masters… https://t.co/CgybwjDfuw

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Dr. Betsy Gilliland, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair, has been appointed to as a member of the HI Department of Education Multilingualism Advisory Committee for a two-year term. Dr. Gilliland has been selected for her expertise in second lang… https://t.co/3VrdzyEVFr

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Dr. Betsy Gilliland, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair, has been appointed to as a member of the HI Department of Education Multilingualism Advisory Committee for a two-year term. Dr. Gilliland has been selected for her expertise in second lang… https://t.co/7GT7qQfAyk

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SLS undergraduate and graduate students tutor K-5 Multilingual Language Learners (MLLs) at Wai‘alae Elementary Public Charter School.

Here is a picture of our Fall 2022 tutors (with Dr. Gilliland and Dr. Grüter; not pictured: Gisella Kahapea and Khyla R… https://t.co/qpeBOJrEoB

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University of Hawaiʻi Second Language Studies alumna Lena Petko, found her path to a master’s degree, a new career, and an unexpected ʻohana through an accelerated Combined Bachelor’s & Master’s Degree Pathway (BAMA Pathway) program.

https://t.co/o7G1l5AxfR

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Congratulations to Drs. Dan Isbell and Dustin Crowther, whose paper "Revisiting US Undergraduate Perceptions of Non-native English Varieties: From Millennials to Generation Z" is now available as an advance article in Applied Linguistics.

https://t.co/Xj3qMGxZjj

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MA alumna Yuna Seong was @multilingual.Montessori’s latest podcast guest!

From the podcast description for this episode: Yuna earned her MA in Second Language Studies from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa with a focus on language Assessment, measurem… https://t.co/v5nATAZP3V

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MA alumna Yuna Seong was Multilingual Montessori (@GabrielleAmaraK)'s latest podcast guest! She speaks about her journey as an educator and higher education program administrator, as well as her own experiences growing up bilingual.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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SLS Alumna Dr. Hakyoon Lee (2014) has been appointed director of The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research at Georgia State University, one of sixteen federally-funded NFLRC centers. Congratulations!

First appointed as a member of the Georgia … https://t.co/VXrmauW2TY

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SLS Alumna Dr. Hakyoon Lee (2014) has been appointed director of The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research at Georgia State University, one of sixteen federally-funded NFLRC centers. Congratulations!

First appointed as a member of the Georgia … https://t.co/0sSFoRtJTu

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The team at the SLS Working Papers is happy to announce that their fall 2022 issue is now available at the following link:

https://t.co/Z0fOQV09DL

The new issue features four papers, with contributors including both current and former MA and PhD stude… https://t.co/hDnfb8DnMz

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Congratulations to SLS alumna Dr. Anna Mendoza, who has been hired as a tenure-track research Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign!

Dr. Anna Mendoza graduated with her PhD in SLS in 2020.… https://t.co/Yic8TpJ98S

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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 a… https://t.co/dwe7HNIkWK

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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 a… https://t.co/wVCbtn6oJg

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Through this special issue in Language Teaching Research Quarterly, the editors wish to honor the work of Professor JD Brown (Emeritus Professor in our department) and his many contributions to language testing. Language teachers and testers around the w… https://t.co/X5EoYwrAmY