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Explicit instruction and JFL learners' use of interactional discourse markers in extended tellings

Yoshimi, D. R. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999)

This paper reports on a semester-long study of the explicit instruction of Japanese discourse markers to English-speaking, intermediate learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language. It was found that the learners improved ...
Fostering cohesion and community in asynchronous online courses

Chun, D.; Hiple, D.; Tschudi, S. (National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2008)

Powerpoint presentation at CALICO 2008 in San Francisco.
Four perspectives on L2 pragmatic development

Kapser, G. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000)

An increasing body of research examines the development of L2 learners' pragmatic ability (cf. reviews by Kasper & Schmidt, 1996; Bardovi-Harlig, 1999a; Kasper & Rose, 1999). While some earlier longitudinal studies chart ...
Identity and second language learning: Local Japanese learning Japanese in Hawai‘i

Sugita, M. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000)

This is an ethnographic case study of four Japanese American university students studying the Japanese language in Hawai’i. Drawing on Rampton’s (1990) concepts of language expertise, inheritance, and affiliation, this ...
Introducing action research into post-secondary foreign language teacher education

Crookes, G.; Chandler, P. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999)

The teaching of foreign languages (FLs) at the post-secondary level in the USA increasingly reflects an interest in developing communicative proficiency, but at many universities, courses for the training of university-level ...
Issues in Placement Survey [443k pdf]

Brown, J. D.; Hudson, T.; Clark M. (National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

The survey reported here is part of a larger project targetting placement practices in language programs. The overall goal of the project is to develop a manual of best practices in placement testing that would be of use ...
Japanese language needs analysis 1998-1999

Iwai, T.; Kondo, K.; Lim, D.S.J.; Ray, G.; Shimizu, H.; Brown, J.D. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999)

This report presents the results of the first stage of an on-going curriculum development project aimed at creating performance based tests for the first and second year Japanese language courses at the University of Hawai`i ...
Japanese placement tests at the University of Hawai‘i: Applying item response theory

Kondo-Brown, K.; Brown, J. D. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000)

First-rate placement procedures are important for effective teaching and learning in any language program because they help create classes that are relatively homogeneous in terms of the language proficiency of the students. ...
L2 vocabulary learning strategies

Kudo, Y. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999)

Explicit instruction can facilitate learner awareness of the surface features of a language, but does not guarantee it. Similarly, learners in an incidental learning condition are not necessarily unaware. This study ...
Languages 2000 at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Hiple, D (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000)

This booklet gives an overview of language departments, programs, and resources at the University of Hawai`i. Available in both print [RN#28] and online [NW#21] versions.
Mandarin Chinese: Four-Year Instructional Goals, Curriculum Outline, and Institutional Measures to facilitate implementation of the curriculum utilizing a performance-based approach

Ning, C. (National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995)

This curriculum outline includes student profiles, objectives, and an instructional outline for a Chinese language core program which utilizes a performance-based methodology.
Mari belajar sopan santun Bahasa Indonesia extended notes

DuFon, Margaret A. (National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004)

Filmed on location in East Java, Indonesia, the Mari Belajar Sopan Santun Bahasa Indonesia set consists of two videotapes, a manual, (go to http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10578) and extended notes on the individual video ...
Motivational aspects of using computers for writing and communication

Warschauer, M. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996)

This sample chapter from Telecollaboration in Foreign Language Learning: Proceedings of the Hawai`i Symposium (Technical Report #12) describes a study which researches the effects on student motivation of using computers ...
Motivation, reported strategy use, and preferences for activities in foreign language classes at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa: Reliability and validity of instruments

Watanabe, Y. (Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000)

Between spring 1996 and fall 1997, the National Foreign Language Resource Center/Second Language Teaching and Curriculum Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa carried out a series of large scale data collection at ...
Multimedia language learning software

Thompson, I. (National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003)

This website was developed at the University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Research Center as a follow-up to the 1998 Invitational Symposium on Assessing and Advancing Technology Options in Language Learning. The ...
NFLRC summer institute: Assessments for Japanese language instruction

Watanabe, Yukiko (2012-10-12)

This document reports on, and evaluates NFLRC summer institute: Assessments for Japanese language instructionheld at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, from July 10–13, 2012.
Reanalysis of discernment from a social constructivist perspective: Academic consultation sessions in Japanese universities

Cook, H. C. (National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005)

From the social constructivist perspective, this paper examines speech style shifts in academic consultation sessions between professors and students in Japanese universities and demonstrates that politeness is an interactional ...
Report on the 7th International Conference & Workshops on Technology & Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT7)

Yoshioka, Jim K. (2012-07-19)

This document reports on, and evaluates the 7th International Conference & Workshops on Technology & Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT7) held at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, from May 29-30, 2012.
Second Language Research Forum 2008: Conference evaluation report

Davis, J. McE.; Davis, L. (2010-01-09)

This document reports on, and evaluates the Second Language Research Forum 2008 Conference held at the Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center of the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, over three days from 17-19 October ...
Usability test report for the National Foreign Language Resource Center Website

Masterson, D. (National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005)

Usability test report for the National Foreign Language Resource Center Website completed in December 2005.