Korean for professionals volume 3

The Korean Language Flagship Center trains participants to take their place among the next generation of global professionals...

Aozora: Intermediate-advanced Japanese communication (second edition)

Develops intermediate students’ oral and written communicative skills and provides insights into Japanese society and culture...

Developing, using, and analyzing rubrics in language assessment ...

Rubrics are essential tools for all language teachers in this age of communicative and task-based teaching and assessment—tools that allow us to efficiently...

NFLRC Resources on ScholarSpace

NFLRC maintains a large searchable archive of free language research and teaching materials on ScholarSpace...

Cultura-inspired intercultural exchanges: Focus on Asian and Pacific ...

Although many online intercultural exchanges have been conducted based on the groundbreaking Cultura model, most to date have been between and among European...

NFLRChawaii YouTube channel

A repository of both general and language-specific resources for teachers and learners of Asia-Pacific, The NFLRChawaii YouTube channel...

Manchu: A textbook for reading documents (second edition)

“...a welcome event in the field of Manchu studies.” --Journal of the American Oriental Society 130.4 (2010)View the table ...

Online Learning Communities for Less Commonly Taught Languages

To address the LRC mandate for “the conduct and dissemination of research on new and improved methods for teaching foreign languages, inc...

Na Mea Ulu Hawai‘i/Ka Makani/Ka Wa‘a

Three separate resource units cover the topics "Hawaiian plants", "wind", and "canoes." In addition to authentic Hawaiian language texts from a wide variety..

Chinese language video lessons for classroom use (text ...

These fifteen lessons in Mandarin Chinese model a performance-based five-stage scheme for lesson development, derived from natural reading/listening behaviors..

Nah, Baca! Authentic Indonesian readings (vol. 1, student ...

Contains twenty-two lessons, based on readings selected from the contemporary Indonesian press. The accompanying graded set of readings in the Reading Packet...

Nah, Baca! Authentic Indonesian readings (vol. 1, teacher’s ...

This Teacher's Edition accompanies Nah, Baca!, Volume 1, which is designed for a first year language course at the university level and i...

Authentic Tagalog video (text + videotape)

Designed to supplement existing Tagalog curricula at the secondary and post-secondary school level. The twenty-one video lessons are assembled from selected...

Intermediate reader in technical and scientific Japanese

Intermediate Japanese students may learn complex grammatical structures and reading strategies at the same time that they acquire scientific and technical...

Authentic Indonesian video (text + 3 videotapes)

Presents 20 intermediate to advanced lessons based on authentic programming and featuring language-learning activities with a key for self-correction...

Nah, Baca! Authentic Indonesian readings (vol. 2, student ...

lessons, based on readings selected from the contemporary press, for the teaching of Indonesian as a second language. The accompanying graded set of readings...

Nah, Baca! Authentic Indonesian readings (vol. 2, teacher’s ...

This Teacher's Edition accompanies Nah, Baca! Volume Two, which offers thirty-two lessons, based on readings selected from the contempora...

Tagalog for health care providers

intended for nurses, social workers, and public health professionals. They are designed to strengthen the Tagalog speaking skills of these target groups...

Pingelapese alphabet book

This simple and colorful Pingelapese word book grew out of the author's participation in the UHs Language Documentation Project. The Project's mission is to ...

Keys to Chinese character writing

A self-paced tutorial text plus video designed to address common problems students face when learning to write Chinese characters. Its systematic instruction...

Mari belajar sopan santun Bahasa Indonesia

Filmed on location in East Java, Indonesia, the Mari Belajar Sopan Santun Bahasa Indonesia set consists of two videotapes, a ma...

Research among learners of Chinese as a foreign ...

Cutting-edge in its approach and international in its authorship, this fourth monograph in a series sponsored by the Chinese Language Teachers Association...

New perspectives on Japanese language learning, linguistics, and ...

Covers several important topics on teaching and learning spoken and written Japanese and culture in and beyond classroom settings, but also includes research...

Practical assessment tools for college Japanese

Each module presents a practical assessment idea that can be adopted or adapted for the reader’s own formative or summative assessment of their Japanese...

Guidelines for submissions to the NFLRC Monographs & ...

We invite submissions of materials for publication as NFLRC Monographs. Monographs discuss ongoing curriculum projects, report on the results of research...

Japanese language needs analysis 1998-1999

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...

L2 vocabulary learning strategies

Explicit instruction can facilitate learner awareness of the surface features of a language, but does not guarantee it. Similarly, learne...

Foreign languages on ITV

The use of interactive television (ITV) is on the rise in the foreign language teaching field, bringing previously unavailable educationa...

Explicit instruction and JFL learners' use of interactional ...

Study of the explicit instruction of Japanese discourse markers to English-speaking, intermediate learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language. It was found...

Identity and second language learning: Local Japanese learning ...

Ethnographic case study of four Japanese American university students studying the Japanese language in Hawai‘i investigates the role of the Japanese...

Japanese placement tests at the University of Hawai‘i: ...

First-rate placement procedures are important for effective teaching and learning in any language program because they help create classe...

2000 Summer Institute evaluation: Computer-based tests for less ...

Evaluation of the 2000 NFLRC Summer Institute, Computer-Based Tests for Less Commonly Taught Languages .

2000 Summer Institute evaluation: Performance-based Chinese language instruction

Evaluation of the 2000 NFLRC Summer Institute, Performance-Based Chinese Language Instruction.

2001 Summer Institute evaluation: Web-based workshops for advanced ...

Evaluation of the 2001 NFLRC Summer Institute, Web-Based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance.

2001 Summer Institute evaluation: Korean pedagogy workshop: Task-based ...

Evaluation of the 2001 NFLRC Summer Institute, Korean Pedagogy Workshop: Task-Based Language Teaching.

2002 Summer Institute evaluation: Samoan pedagogy institute

Evaluation of the 2002 NFLRC Summer Institute, Ia Faalautele Lau Gagana Samoan Pedagogy Institute.

2002 Summer Institute evaluation: Web-based workshops for advanced ...

Evaluation of the 2002 NFLRC Summer Institute, Web-Based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance .

"Listenership" in Japanese: An examination of overlapping listener ...

This study focuses on a particular listening pattern in Japanese which occurs by overlapping with the current speaker's incrementing utte...

2003 NFLRC summer institute for professional development: Southeast ...

Report on a series of site visits and faculty development workshops at US-supported advanced study abroad programs in Southeast Asia. Workshops for advanced...

2003 NFLRC summer institute: Corpus Linguistics for Korean ...

Evaluation of the 2003 NFLRC summer institute, Corpus Linguistics for Korean Language Learning and Teaching.

2004 NFLRC/COTSEAL Workshop: New Visions for Southeast Asian ...

Evaluation of the 2004 NFLRC/COTSEAL Workshop, New Visions for Southeast Asian Language Teaching.

2004 NFLRC conference evaluation: FAGASA

Full title: Final report on the 2004 13th annual conference of the Association for the Teaching of the Samoan Language in Aotearoa (FAGA...

Mandarin Chinese: Four-year instructional goals, curriculum outline, and ...

This curriculum outline includes student profiles, objectives, and an instructional outline for a Chinese language core program which uti...

Selected papers from Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom: ...

papers in this volume address current concerns in L2 pragmatics that range from the development of pragmatic competence by children and college-age students...

2009 NFLRC Summer Institute For Non-native Teachers of ...

Evaluation of the 2009 NFLRC Summer Institute For Non-native Teachers of Chinese held at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, from June 22 to July 3.

2009 NFLRC summer institute: Web-based two-week intensive language ...

This document reports on, and evaluates the 2009 NFLRC summer institute: Web-based two-week intensive language course for non-native teac...

Korean proficiency guidelines

Booklet plus two video tapes contain Korean oral proficiency guidelines for speaking listening, reading, and writing, as well as supporting materials...

Pilot instruments for assessing cross-cultural pragmatics in nonnative ...

The instruments in this report are pilot versions of instruments that have been developed in order to provide means for researchers to ex...

Korean language and culture materials

These materials were developed as a lightning-quick introduction to Korean language and to the intricacies of personal interaction with t...

Developing Korean language performance assessments

This Research Note reports on a task-based performance assessment development project for Korean as a foreign language through the Nation...

Task-Based Language Teaching: A demonstration module

This Research Note illustrates Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) as developed by Michael H. Long. The set consists of a demonstration v...

Manual for the Vietnamese elicited imitation test (manual ...

Elicited imitation can be a reliable and valid measure of general competence, while also possibly serving as an instrument for linguistically-oriented second...

The 7th International Conference & Workshops on Technology ...

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference & Workshops onTechnology & Chinese Language Teaching, held at the University of Hawai...

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Cynthia Ning

NFLRC Project Director

Madeline K. Spring

NFLRC Advisory Board Member

John Mayer

NFLRC Project Director

Our Kuleana

Celebrating 25 years in 2015, we dedicate ourselves to improving the learning and teaching of all languages...

Pragmatics of Japanese as native and target language

This technical report includes three contributions to the study of the pragmatics of Japanese: A bibliography on speech act performance...

The role of phonological coding in reading Kanji: ...

Results and pedagogical implications of a study which she conducted on phonological coding in reading kanji using an eye-movement monitor. In addition...

Six measures of JSL pragmatics

This book investigates differences among tests that can be used to measure the cross-cultural pragmatic ability of English speaking learn...

New trends and issues in teaching Japanese language ...

In recent years, Japanese has become the fourth most commonly taught foreign language at the college level in the United States. As the n...

The development of a lexical tone phonology in ...

The study reported is based on an assessment of three decades of research on the SLA of Mandarin tone. It investigates whether difference...

A communicative framework for introductory Japanese language curricula

In recent years the number of schools offering Japanese nationwide has increased dramatically. Because of the tremendous popularity of Ja...

Studies on Korean in community schools

The papers in this volume focus on language teaching and learning in Korean community schools. Drawing on innovative experimental work an...

Hawaiian Immersion Curriculum Development Project

This is a preview of a 1996 video documenting the progress of the project "Model Hawaiian Immersion Curriculum."

Chinese language video clips for classroom use (video ...

Filmed on location in Beijing, mostly at Peking University, these naturalistic video clips, ranging from less than one minute to eight mi...

Foreign language partnership

US policy makers and educators have tended to view immigrant languages as a "problem" rather than recognize these languages as "resources...

Integration of national standards in a Japanese language ...

This 20-minute video plus guidebook familiarizes pre-service and in-service teachers of Japanese with the "five C" goals of the Japanese ...

Online Chinese for minority-serving institutions

Chinese language video clips

Chinese Language Video Clips are not lessons but "raw material" -- video segments shot in China to be used as you see fit. Enjoy fifty video segments from...

Makinig at bumasa: Intermediate-advanced Filipino

To order, or for more information, contact Ruth Mabanglo mabanglo@hawaii.edu This Filipino/Tagalog interacti...

Thai Language and Culture for Beginners (Book 2+CD+DVD)

Auxiliary materials no longer available through UH Press are now available for free download on ScholarSpace. Thai Language and Culture f...

Thai Language and Culture for Beginners (Book 1+CD+DVD)

Auxiliary materials no longer available through UH Press are now available for free download on ScholarSpace. Thai Language and Culture f...

Manchu: A textbook for reading documents

As the first English-language Manchu textbook since Moellendorf's Manchu Grammar in 1892, this book offers students a tool to gain a good...

Stephen Tschudi (Fleming)

Specialist in Technology for Language Education

'O si Manu a Ali'i: A text for ...

'O si Manu a Ali'i is the first comprehensive guide for teachers of Samoan oratory and the Samoan language of respect...

Developing Courses in Languages for Specific Purposes

Language for Specific Purposes courses provide an invaluable alternative or supplement to general language courses...

2013 NFLRC Summer Institute: Language for Specific Purposes ...

This document reports on, and evaluates NFLRC 2013 Summer Institute:“Language for Specific Purposes” at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa...

6th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation ...

ICLDC 6: Connecting Communities, Languages & Technology

HANGUL-RO BOJA! Authentic Korean reading & video

A variety of authentic sources, including notes found on the family refrigerator, traditional folk tales, modern poetry...

KÀN NA! Authentic Chinese reading & video (PC ...

A variety of authentic sources, including a newspaper report of a hijacking, a family letter to Chinese students in the US...

Pakinggan at unawain: Comprehending intermediate Filipino

Watching while listening promotes understanding and makes learning Filipino a lively and engaging experience. Pakinggan at unawain...

5th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation ...

5th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC): Linking Language & Wellbeing

Samoan language for health care providers

This beginning text emphasizes vocabulary and conversation in the health care environment. Included are basic Samoan lessons, topical dialogues in health...

Supplementary materials for conversational Tagalog (student book+reading text)

This collection of graded authentic reading materials, along with grammar and vocabulary exercises, has been prepared for students of Tag...

Asian role play cards (Chinese)

These cards provide task-based role play situations for teaching and testing in East Asian cultural contexts. Specific sets have been created for Chinese,...

Asian role play cards (Japanese)

These cards provide task-based role play situations for teaching and testing in East Asian cultural contexts. Specific sets have been created for Japanese,..

Asian role play cards (Korean)

These cards provide task-based role play situations for teaching and testing in East Asian cultural contexts. Specific sets have been created for Korean,..

Pingelapese “e” vs. “ae”: Do you know the ...

This simple and colorful Pingelapese word book grew out of the authors' participation in the UH's Language Documentation Project. The Project's mission is to...

‘O faia fa‘atumua o Samoa mai tala o ...

More so than most other Polynesian languages, the Samoan language is highly stratified. The common spoken form of Samoan used among frien...

Communicating in Khmer 1 (includes 1 CD)

Each text (Khmer 1 or Khmer 2) plus CD-ROM set contains fifteen lessons representing a second-year Khmer language course taught at the u...

Communicating in Khmer 2 (includes 1 CD)

Each text (Khmer 1 or Khmer 2) plus CD-ROM set contains fifteen lessons representing a second-year Khmer language course taught at the u...

Communicating in Khmer: Reading and writing for beginners ...

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Chinese as a heritage language: Fostering rooted world ...

Thirty-two scholars examine the socio-cultural, cognitive-linguistic, and educational-institutional trajectories along which Chinese as a Heritage Language...

Korean for professionals volume 1

The Korean Language Flagship Center trains participants to take their place among the next generation of global professionals...

Korean for professionals volume 2

The Korean Language Flagship Center trains participants to take their place among the next generation of global professionals...

4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation ...

The 4th ICLDC, “Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application,” was held February 26-March 3, 2015

Tala fa`asamoa e faitau fa`atasi, Samoan stories to ...

These three charming stories — “Speak to Me in Samoan,” “The Girl Who Plays Golf,” and “Lani and Lili...

Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers (HALT) Fall Symposium

The annual HALT Fall Symposium features hands-on workshops on ways to integrate technology into language teaching

Hawaiʻi Association of Language Teachers (HALT) Spring Conference

The annual HALT Spring Conference features keynote addresses, paper presentations, roundtables, and a publishers' exhibit