ABSTRACT
The third class I worked with, Kapili Manaole’s Hawaiian 201 class at the University of Hawai‘i,1 was different than the other classes in several important ways. First, it was a class in Hawaiian, not in English. Second, it was as much a language class as a writing class. Third, the students in the class were not international students but were almost all born in Hawai‘i. Finally, my own relationship to the class was very different than other situations, as explained later in this chapter. However, before introducing more details about the class, it is necessary to provide some background information on the Hawaiian language and its role in society and at the University.
