Center for Language & Technology

As the academic year comes to a close, the CLT looks back on a productive year! Read more: https://go.hawaii.edu/6Ni

Website makeover is coming soon!🌟

Our updated website will feature a fresh new look, improved navigation, and easier access to important information and resources.

Stay tuned!!

Check out the CLT April Newsletter:
https://go.hawaii.edu/FRi

CLT-managed rooms are designed to fulfill specific needs that are not accommodated by other UHM facilities. The spaces that the CLT occupies in Moore Hall are specifically designed with the needs of a language learning facility. The CLT also has specialized equipment to allow for in-person/remote formats in our spaces.

To view a list of our available facilities, visit: https://clt.manoa.hawaii.edu/facilities
To submit a reservation request, visit: https://clt.manoa.hawaii.edu/reservations

Check out our Media Station in Moore 256!

CLT offers a multimedia computer station to CALL students and faculty equipped with a variety of media software for graphic creation, video editing, and more. Whether you’re an experienced editor needing access to software for your current project or a complete beginner aiming to pick up new skills and techniques, we invite you to come in and create.

Make a reservation: https://clt.manoa.hawaii.edu:8080/reservations/
(.edu required)

The recording of “Multilingual NLP with spaCy: A Hands-On Introduction in Python,” presented by Dr. Richard Medina on March 25, is now available.

If you missed the session—or would like to revisit it—you can watch the video here: https://sites.google.com/hawaii.edu/ram-workshop-files/workshops/2026/multilingual-nlp-with-spacy

Take a look at our equipment available for checkout!

Equipment is available to CALL faculty, staff, and graduate teaching assistants for academic and classroom use on campus. Reservations must be submitted via our online reservation form:
https://clt.manoa.hawaii.edu/reservations/

The recording of “Harvesting Data from YouTube Video Comments for Language Research & Teaching,” presented by Dr. Richard Medina on March 11, is now available.

If you missed the session—or would like to revisit it—you can watch the video here: https://go.hawaii.edu/s5D

This week’s professional learning session featured Dr. Richard Medina, Associate Faculty Specialist in Human-Computer Interaction in CLT, who spoke about harvesting data from YouTube video comments for language research and teaching.

The session introduced how to obtain an API to use the data properly, how to use Communalytic to download and analyze data, and how AI can facilitate compiling a small corpus for research purposes.

Stay tuned for the upcoming session on Multilingual NLP with spaCy, in two weeks, Wednesday (3/25) at 3 pm. Register here: https://forms.gle/ycCTRV7zhzkbPqmW8 (Online participation available; register to receive the Zoom link)

Our CLT Newsletter for March is available now: https://go.hawaii.edu/DHZ