8.611, FYI: Information Retrieval, Summer courses
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Subject: 8.611, FYI: Information Retrieval, Summer courses
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:16:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Lewis <lewis at research.att.com>
Subject: Information Retrieval
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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 20:16:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Mannheim <mannheim at umich.edu>
Subject: Summer courses in Quechua and Ayamara
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:16:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Lewis <lewis at research.att.com>
Subject: Information Retrieval
[This announcement has been posted to several mailing lists. Apologies
if you receive multiple copies.]
SIGIR97: 20th International ACM SIGIR Conference on
Research and Development in Information Retrieval
DoubleTree Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, USA
July 27 -- July 31, 1997
SUMMARY PROGRAM
(For complete program and registration details, see the SIGIR '97
home page at: http://www.acm.org/sigir/conferences/sigir97/index.html
or write sigir97 at nist.gov)
Saturday, July 26: Pre-conference workshop on curricula for IR
and digital libraries. (Held in conjunction with Digital
Libraries '97.)
Sunday, July 27: Morning and afternoon tutorials. Salton Award
presentation and evening reception.
Monday, July 28: Newcomers' breakfast. Opening remarks. Keynote
address. Technical paper sessions. Demonstrations and posters
session. Reception.
Tuesday, July 29: Technical paper sessions. Panel on real world
issues in IR. Banquet at Franklin Institute Science Museum.
Wednesday, July 30: Technical paper sessions. ACM SIGIR Annual
Meeting and Lunch. Close of conference.
Thursday, July 31: Post-conference workshops on networked IR,
summarization and visualization for IR, crosslingual IR, and
semantic relations in IR.
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SIGIR '97 is collocated with DL '97, the Second ACM
International Conference on Digital Libraries, which will be
held July 23-26, 1997 in Philadelphia.
SIGIR '97 is being held in cooperation with BCS-IRSG (UK), GI
(Germany), and IPSJ (Japan).
The sponsorship of the following companies is gratefully acknowledged:
AT&T Labs - Research
IBM
Infonautics
Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
Lexis-Nexis
West Information Publishing Group
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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 20:16:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Mannheim <mannheim at umich.edu>
Subject: Summer courses in Quechua and Ayamara
SUMMER LANGUAGE COURSES IN CUZCO - 1997
QUECHUA, AYMARA AND SPANISH
Cuzco-PERU, 1 July - 15 August 1997
Colegio Universitario Andino, cbc
INTRODUCTION
The Program of the University Andean College of the Bartolome de Las
Casas Center offers intensive language courses of Quechua, Aimara and
Spanish.
Quechua and Aimara languages are spoken by millions of people in the
Andean space and involve a millenary historical past. At present,
these languages deserve a new social space and have presence in the
cities, schools and other centers of study, as well as in the means
of communication and in the writing level in general terms.
Therefore, it is important to promote the learning and use of these
Andean languages.
Spanish is a language that each time acquires more international
importance, and is one of the most common languages in the world. Its
presence is specially significant in Latin America, where it coexists
with Quechua, Aymara and other Amerindian languages. Foreigners,
specially the ones interested in Andean and Latin American subjects,
will find in our courses the communicative tools they need.
Through language teaching, the University Andean College seeks to
develop the communicative aptitudes of the students in order to break
the linguistic barriers and motivate the equitable exchange among
individuals and human groups.
DESCRIPTION
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The courses have as general objective the development of
communicative and linguistic abilities of comprehension and
expression, at oral and written level.
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LEVELS
The differentiation of levels allows a gradual and dosed advance in
teaching and learning.
The basic level introduces the participants of the course in the main
communicative interactions enabling them to linguistically locate
themselves in space and time, and to dialogue with their
interlocutors.
The intermediate level consolidates what is learned in a basic level
and implies more abilities in the interpretation and in the
production of the oral tradition and literature.
The advanced level leads to a fluent and correct use of the various
types of discourse by stimulating conversation and text analysis of
oral tradition and literature.
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INTENSIVE MODE
The courses are intensive. Classes are given from Monday to Friday, 4
hours per day, that makes a total of 20 hours per week and 140 hours
during the whole cycle. Besides the teaching hours, each participant
shall carry out activities and exercises.
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ADDRESSEES
The courses of Quechua and Aymara are addressed to professionals,
graduated people, agents of development, researchers, and everyone
interested in the acquisition of competence in said languages.
The course of Spanish language is oriented to the foreign language
speakers, specially professionals, graduated students or researchers.
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TEACHERS
The Quechua, Aymara and Spanish teachers, besides their complete
dominion of the language which is their mother tongue, have received
a specialized training and experience in language teaching.
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METHODOLOGY
The departure point is a motivating subject, posed by a suggesting
communicative situation. A series of exercises is generated leading
to the comprehension of the message and the acquisition of the
grammar structures and procedures. Therefore, our teaching
methodology involves the following moments:
- communicative situations, favoring the active participation of the
students;
- reinforcing of the competence acquired through the practices and
exercises;
- offering of the grammar principles and mechanisms of the language
use
Individual and group work spaces have been programmed. We use as
pedagogic resources audiovisual material, songs, dramatizations and
games.
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Language is related to culture and society, therefore, language
learning shall be complemented with extension activities. We have
also organized conferences about archaeology, art and culture of the
Andean societies, visits to archaeological sites, museums, social
activities and popular festivities.
SCHEDULE
QUECHUA: Basic and Intermediate Levels
Cuzco, 1 july - 15 august
AIMARA: Basic Level
Cuzco, 1 july - 15 august
SPANISH: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Levels
Cuzco, 1 july - 15 august
INTENSIVE COURSE OF QUECHUA
Date: From July 1st to August 15th 1997
Levels: Basic or Intermediate
Duration: 7 weeks
Hours: 20 hours per week
Place: University Andean College, Av. Tullumayo 465, Cusco
INTENSIVE COURSE OF AIMARA
Date: From July 1st to August 15th 1997
Levels: Basic
Duration: 7 weeks
Hours: 20 hours per week
Place: University Andean College, Av. Tullumayo 465, Cusco
INTENSIVE COURSE OF SPANISH
Date: From July 1st to August 15th 1997
Levels: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced
Hours: 20 hours per week
Place: University Andean College
REGISTRATION
The registration date is open. Time terms:
QUECHUA until May 2nd 1997
AIMARA: until May 2nd 1997
SPANISH: until May 2nd 1997
ADMISSION
The academic direction of the University Andean College will examine
the admission applications and will transmit its decision to the
applicants.
CERTIFICATE
The University Andean College will grant a certificate of attendance
and approval of the course to the participants.
COST OF THE COURSES
QUECHUA: US$ 1200
AIMARA: US$1200
SPANISH: US$1500
LIBRARY, DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER SERVICES
The students that participate in the language courses have access to
the library of the Bartolome de Las Casas Center and its
documentation. This library is specialized in Andean subjects and
human sciences in general. The cost of the course includes the access
to the library and to the documentation services.
LODGING AND FOOD
The University Andean College has a locale for the lodging of the
participants of the courses; nevertheless, the spaces are limited.
The expenses of complete pension in the University Andean College
(lodging and food) are $1000.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Andean College is analyzing the possibility of granting, in
exceptional cases, partial scholarships to students proceeding from
Latin America. When requesting the admission to the course, the
postulant can request a scholarship.
Registration Form
LANGUAGES COURSES / CUSCO - 1997
1. Choose the course
QUECHUA (July 1st - August 15th)
AIMARA (July 1st - August 15th)
SPANISH (July 1st - August 15th)
2. Personal data
Names and surnames
Date and place of birth
Marital status
Profession
Address
Postal address
Telephone
Fax
E-mail
3. Institutional data
Institution where you work or study
Address
Postal address
Telephone
Fax
E-mail
4. University education
Specialty
University
Place
5. University Degrees or titles
Degree or title
Specialty
Place
Year
Last page and countercover page
ASK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AT:
Cursos de Idiomas
Colegio Universitario Andino
Av. Tullumayo 465, Cuzco
Telf: 51. 84. 233472
Fax: 51.84. 241319
E Mail: laeb at coland.edu.pe
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