<div class="gmail_quote"> Forwarded From <a href="mailto:edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu">edling@lists.sis.utsa.edu</a><br><br><br>Via ILR INFO...<br><br><br>The National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland is happy to announce the 2008 STARTALK Programs. Launched in 2007, STARTALK is part of the president's National Security Language Initiative, jointly funded by the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Defense to promote the teaching of less commonly taught critical languages. Participating institutions and organizations offer intensive language programs for middle school and high school students and professional development programs for teachers. This summer there will be a total of 81 programs in 32 states and the District of Columbia offered in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian and Urdu. The 2008 programs can be found at the following web site: <a href="http://www.startalk.umd.edu/program-info/2008/" target="_blank">http://www.startalk.umd.edu/program-info/2008/</a>. Please direct questions to the individual programs in which you may be interested.<br>
<br><br></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br>Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br>Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------