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College of Languages, Linguistics Literature
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College of Languages, Linguistics Literature

• One of four Colleges of Arts Sciences
• 246.75 FTE, 14 million budget
• 5-6,000 undergrads take courses each semester
• 11 BA degrees
• 7 MA degrees
• 6 PhD degrees

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Language/Literature Study and the Liberal Arts
Tradition

• Language/literature study deepens knowledge of
  the self and of others in the local and global
  community
• At least 30 languages and 15 national literatures
  are typically taught in any one semester
• Focus on languages and literatures of Asia and
  the Pacific

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Faculty

• Excellence in Teaching
• 17 Regents Medals
• 15 Presidential Citations
• Excellence in Research
• More than 14 million in external grants over the
  past ten years

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Six Instructional Departments

• East Asian
• English
• Europe the Americas
• Hawaiian Indo-Pacific
• Linguistics
• Second Language Studies

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East Asian Languages Literatures

• Largest East Asian program in the US, with strong
  interdisciplinary focus
• One of only three programs in the US that offer
  BA and PhD in Korean
• Heritage language instruction and Web-based
  courses in Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese,
  Japanese, and Korean
• Most comprehensive doctoral program in the US for
  Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literatures

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English

• BA, MA, PhD with concentrations in Literary
  Studies, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies
  Asia-Pacific, Composition and Rhetoric
• Home of the UH Citizens Chair and the
  Distinguished Visiting Writer
• Five important journals Biography, Manoa, Oiwi,
  Tinfish, Chain
• Extensive community outreach Hawaii Writing
  Project, Teen Reading Program, Literature and
  Hawaiis Children, The Education Partnership,
  Service Learning

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Languages Literatures of Europe the Americas

• Certificate, BA, MA in Spanish, French, German,
  Classics, Russian
• Unique courses
• Europeans in the Pacific
• French-African Literature
• US Latino Culture Literature
• Broad range of study abroad programs Russia,
  Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Argentina

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Hawaiian Indo-Pacific Languages Literatures

• Enrollments in Hawaiian exceed those of any other
  indigenous language program in the US
• Largest Pacific languages program in the US
• Vital languages such as Arabic, Cambodian, Hindi,
  Filipino, Ilokano, Indonesian, and Thai
• Heritage language instruction in Hawaiian,
  Filipino, Ilokano, Samoan, and Vietnamese

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Linguistics

• Investigates the nature, use, and acquisition of
  language
• Ranked in the top 25 of linguistics departments
  in the US
• Special focus on languages of Asia and the
  Pacific home of Oceanic Linguistics
• New emphasis on lab-oriented linguistic research

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Second Language Studies

• Widely regarded as the premier program in the
  world for second language acquisition
• In 1990s, SLS faculty published more articles in
  the leading journals than faculty in the 2nd-
  through 4th-ranked programs combined
• High volume of applications, high admission
  standards accepts 5 of PhD applicants
• Millions of dollars in competitive grant funds

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Five Programs

• Manoa Writing Program
• Center for Biographical Research
• Center for Interpretation and Translation Studies
• Language Learning Center
• National Foreign Language Resource Center

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Manoa Writing Program

• One of the best Writing-Across-the-Curriculum
  programs in the US
• Annually supports 1,000 Writing Intensive classes
  in 70 departments
• Offers Writing Placement Exam for 1,600 new
  students each year
• Conducts and publishes assessment studies of
  writing outcomes
• Conducts faculty workshops and supports Web site
  for Writing Intensive instructors

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Center for Biographical Research

• Publishes Biography, leading international
  journal in life studies
• Offers BA through Liberal Studies, and graduate
  courses through English Department
• Sponsors campus lecture series and biography
  projects with community organizations
• Publishes Biography monograph book series

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Center for Interpretation Translation Studies

• Established 1987 in response to local
  interpretation and translation needs
• Under re-organization plan, will include
  affiliate faculty from LLL departments
• Offers basic interpretation and translation
  courses during the semester, plus advanced
  on-line courses during the summer

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Language Learning Center

• Support services to enhance language learning
• Teaching and Curriculum Center faculty
  development
• Multimedia Computer Labs computer-assisted
  instruction
• Audio/video production materials development
• Satellite dish, connection to campus ITV network
  uplink/downlink live programming

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• Improving the nations capacity for teaching and
  learning foreign languages via training,
  research, and development
• On-line catalog features over 100 diverse
  publications
• 8,000,000 in NFLRC and related grants since 1990

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Our Heritage  Our Sense of Place

• LLL affirms and reflects Hawaiis diversity and
  the UHM Strategic Plan
• prepare students for a global society
• preserve Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific languages,
  literatures, and cultures
• provide education with an international dimension

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