<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Tue 04 Dec 2007</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:State Department sponsered Summer Language Institute</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 04 Dec 2007</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:"Dora Johnson" <<a href="mailto:dJohnson@cal.org">dJohnson@cal.org</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:State Department sponsered Summer Language Institute</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Chinese, Arabic and Russian<br>Teachers<br><br>The Department of State is pleased to announce Intensive Summer Language<br>Institutes in Chinese, Arabic and Russian for 2008 as part of the<br>National Security Language Initiative. The goal of the program is to<br>strengthen critical need foreign language instruction at U.S. schools by<br>providing intermediate and advanced level Chinese, Arabic and Russian as<br>a Foreign Language teachers with the opportunity for intensive language<br>study. The summer 2008 program is open to current K-12 teachers as well<br>as community college instructors of Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic and<br>Russian. It is also open to students enrolled in education programs<br>intending to teach these languages.<br><br>Successful applicants will gain further knowledge of the language and a<br>greater understanding of the target culture through the following:<br>attending intensive language classes; collaborating with foreign and<br>American teachers on foreign language teaching methodology; and living<br>abroad.<br><br>Scholarship Benefits for Selected Participants: <br>International airfare, in-country travel, housing, meals, incidentals,<br>classes, books, pre-departure orientation, educational and cultural<br>excursions. In addition, participants may be eligible for<br>post-scholarship grants as well as academic credit.<br><br>To be eligible, candidates must: <br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>* Speak intermediate or advanced Chinese, Arabic or<br>Russian. Final candidates will be tested prior to entrance in the<br>program, and participants will be tested at the conclusion of the<br>program.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>* Be current teachers of Chinese, Arabic or Russian as a<br>Foreign Language at the primary or secondary level at an accredited U.S.<br>public or private school, or be enrolled in a 4-year education program<br>(B.A. or B.S.) teacher certification program or a Masters of Education<br>program. Instructors of Chinese, Arabic or Russian at Community Colleges<br>are also encouraged to apply. Candidates must be committed to teaching<br>the language upon their return to the U.S.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>* Be U.S. citizens<br><br>For information and applications: <br>Applications will be available in December, 2007 with an anticipated<br>deadline of February 2008. Please contact William Heaton, Department of<br>State, Educational and Cultural Affairs, (202) 453-8888 or<br><a href="mailto:HeatonWE@state.gov">HeatonWE@state.gov</a><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 04 Dec 2007</div></body></html>