University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC).

The University of Hawai'i National Foreign Language Resource Center engages in research and materials development projects and conducts workshops and conferences for language professionals among its many activities.

FILIPINO AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS & PROSPECTS

This conference, to be held on March 17-19, 2008 at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, is a venue for bringing together scholars, writers, language teachers, researchers and other practitioners from around the world to discuss issues pertaining to the role of Filipino as a global language. Participants can be teachers, researchers, program administrators/coordinators and other practitioners who are directly involved in the promotion and nurturing of the Filipino language, literature and culture. This first conference is geared towards establishing a tradition of scholarly meetings of this kind among practitioners in the field of Filipino language, literature and culture studies. (The NFLRC serves as co-sponsor for this event).

2008 SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM

Just in! With the theme, Exploring SLA: Perspectives, Positions, and Practices, the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) returns to the University of Hawai'i at Manoa for the third time on October 17-19. 2008 (with the NFLRC serving as co-sponsor). Check out our website as more information becomes available.

NEW NFLRC PUBLICATIONS

Pingelapese "e" vs. "ae": Do you know the difference?

Ke kakaen raong wikpaesaeng kaen? Ke kakaen ihsingihdi wikpaesaeng kaen? by Ryoko Hattori & Dayne Lemuel. This simple and colorful Pingelapese word book grew out of the authors' participation in the University of Hawai'i's Language Documentation Project. The Project's mission is to help safeguard minority languages for which basic literacy documents, such as grammars and dictionaries, are either inadequate or nonexistent.

Check out this new publication and our many other publications.

OUR ONLINE JOURNALS SOLICIT SUBMISSIONS

Language Learning & Technology is a refereed online journal, jointly sponsored by the University of Hawai'i NFLRC and the Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR). LLT focuses on issues related to technology and language education. For more information on submission guidelines, visit the LLT submissions page.

Language Documentation & Conservation is a fully refereed, open-access journal sponsored by NFLRC and published exclusively in electronic form by the University of Hawai'i Press. LD&C publishes papers on all topics related to language documentation and conservation. For more information on submission guidelines, visit the LD&C submissions page.

Reading in a Foreign Language is a refereed online journal, jointly sponsored by the University of Hawai'i NFLRC and the Department of Second Language Studies. RFL serves as an excellent source for the latest developments in the field, both theoretical and pedagogic, including improving standards for foreign language reading. For more information on submission guidelines, , visit the RFL submissions page.