by Julie Matsubara (Director) | Jun 29, 2021 | American Culture, Linguistic Change
Part of studying and learning a language is studying the rules of that language; the fixed guidelines for how the language operates. A second part of studying and learning a language is knowing about how the language works in practice; how people actually use the...
by Julie Matsubara (Director) | Mar 30, 2021 | American Culture, Social Justice
It is hard to know what to say when tragic events occur in rapid succession and the commentary surrounding them is constantly evolving; still, we must address the recent attacks targeting people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, and the general discrimination...
by Julie Matsubara (Director) | Dec 14, 2020 | Pedagogy
In the English Language Institute (ELI), we employ various terms denoting an individual’s language status, and in this post, we will define each one and explain why the ELI has opted to (not) use them. ESL — English as a Second Language. ‘ESL’...
by Julie Matsubara (Director) | Sep 2, 2020 | American Culture, Social Justice
Photo credit: Philip Joseph In June of this year, violence and social unrest erupted in the United States after the murder of George Floyd. (see here for a timeline on the resulting protests) We believe it is the ELI’s role to provide pertinent information to our...
