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GUAVA e-Newsletter

December 2024

Announcements

  • Hoan Nguyen (w/ Theres Grüter) published an article "Facilitative use of classifiers in heritage Vietnamese" in the Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism journal. The study examined if and how home-country raised and heritage speakers of Vietnamese in the U.S. use classifiers to facilitate the processing of upcoming nouns, and whether heritage language proficiency is a modulating factor. More info: https://benjamins.com/catalog/lab.24001.ngu
  • Hoa Le joined the Editorial Board of the newly launched Indo-Pacific Transdisciplinary Review—an open-access, internationally refereed electronic journal by the Department of Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The journal is now accepting manuscripts for its inaugural issue, scheduled for publication in February 2025. Articles related to Vietnam studies, Vietnamese language pedagogy and Vietnamese linguistics are welcome! Please read more details in the Call for papers via the link below. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/ipll/iptr
  • Registration open for Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) MOOC. This FREE 5-module open-enrollment self-study course is for language educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL). Registration open till April 30, 2025; Course open: January 2, 2025 – May 31, 2025 ; A digital badge is available for candidates fulfilling course requirements.
  • Applications for SEASSI Now Open! Program Dates: June 16 - August 8, 2025
    PRIORITY DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2025; Undergraduate, graduate, and adult learners are all welcome to apply. Offering In-Person courses for all levels of Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese; Offering Online courses for all levels of Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Javanese, Khmer, and Lao.

Workshops & Conferences (CFPs)

    GUAVA in Blog

    Celebrating Excellence: GUAVA President Chung Nguyen Named 2026 Vietnamese Language Ambassador Abroad

    The Group of Universities for the Advancement of Vietnamese in America (GUAVA) is delighted to share groundbreaking news with our community of educators, scholars, and language advocates worldwide. Our current GUAVA President, Ms. Chung Nguyen—Director and Senior Lecturer of the Vietnamese Language Program in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University—has been officially named a 2026 …
    Celebrating Excellence: GUAVA President Chung Nguyen Named 2026 Vietnamese Language Ambassador Abroad
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