I wonder if anyone has information about how the UK is coping with training in "critical languages".
Would you like to let us know?
Andrew Jameson
Chair, Russian Committee, ALL
Reviews Editor, Rusistika
Listowner russian-teaching list
Freelance tutor and translator
1 Brook Street
Lancaster LA1 1SL UK
Tel/fax 01524 32371
www.all-languages.org.uk
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From: "Danko Sipka" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:10 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Summer Language Courses at ASU (Albanian, Armenian, BCS, Macedonian, Polish,
Tatar)
Dear discussion group members:
Drawing upon the interest of this discussion group in our target languages, we
are taking the liberty to inform you about the special language learning
opportunities for you and your students offered in the summer of 2004 by the
Arizona State University Critical Languages Institute (CLI). The CLI
(http://www.asu.edu/cli) offers annual summer language courses for less-
commonly taught languages, follow-up three-week immersion practicums at our
affiliated institutions in the target countries, and a semester or annual study
abroad program at our partner universities.
This summer we will offer introductory and intermediate Bosnia
{c/n}/Croatian/Serbian and Armeinan as well as introductory Albanian,
Macedonian, Polish, and Tatar at the Arizona State University main campus
(Tempe, AZ), from June 1 to July 31, 2004, with summer practicums in August and
study abroad opportunities in the academic year 2004/5.
In the summer of 2005, we plan to add Uzbek to the CLI language offerings.
CLI eight-credit-hour intensive courses come with a generous tuition waiver
which generates more than a thousand dollars in savings for each enrolling CLI
student. CLI students pay only a modest $300 application fee. Both the length
and content of our courses enable FLAS, Fulbright, and other fellowships
support funds to be used by graduate students pursuing summer language training
in the CLI. A limited number of fellowships are available for Armenian and
Tatar. We have simplified the CLI application procedures. Just go to
http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/cli/onreg.htm and register.
As a regular feature of its summer session, the CLI also features topical
workshops and one-on-one tutorials for those preparing grant proposals for
study and research abroad. For dozens of CLI graduates, these tutorials have
yielded remarkable success in NSEP, Fulbright, Marshall, and other fellowship
competitions. Other CLI graduates have now joined the U.S. Foreign Service or
have taken international positions with major corporations.
The following features make CLI summer programming competitive with the finest
national centers offering intensive summer language institutes:
a. Sound methodological background
b. Utilization of the state-of-the art instructional technology
c. Highly qualified language personnel
d. Rich cultural content
e. Rigorous and comprehensive oversight and quality control
f. Strong ties with institutions in target countries
We have been using the Interagency Linguistic Roundtable scale with our
introductory courses bringing CLI participants to level 1+ in reading with
other skills remaining between 1 and 1+ and our intermediate courses reaching
level 2 in reading with other skills remaining between 1+ and 2.
Our Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian course features a strong on-line component
(http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka/syl1.htm), and its entirely on-line version
will be made available to our students as a refresher intended to alleviate the
problem of retention in the period between the introductory and the
intermediate course. A sample lesson one can be perused at:
http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/scr101, using the password 'scr1'. The full
course is available at http://cli.la.asu.edu/scr101 - student's social security
number is required to log in. All CLI courses will follow suit shortly and we
will keep adding new hybrid components for our courses through our server
services page: http://cli.la.asu.edu.
CLI faculty are drawn from highly qualified linguists with years of teaching
experience and a strong record of publications in the field (see
http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka as an example). Short information about our
instructors and their syllabi are available at:
http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/cli/ltrain.htm.
In addition to the cultural content (complementing traditional grammar,
vocabulary, communicative skills, and linguistic norms) of CLI courses, CLI
summer sessions include the annual lecture series, movie showings, and social
events rich in cultural content. Take a look at some pictures of our classes
and social events (visiting ethnic restaurants) at:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka/sylpct.htm.
Finally, we have established partnerships with key institutions in target
countries securing the most favorable summer practicum and study abroad
arrangements for our students.
If you have any further questions about our courses, please do not hesitate to
contact us at [log in to unmask] or by phone at 480-965-7706.
Sincerely,
Danko Sipka
Research Associate Professor and Acting Director
Critical Languages Institute (http://www.asu.edu/cli)
Arizona State University
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka
Phone: 480-965-7706
Fax: 480-965-0310
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