Russian Heritage Speakers Course in Pittsburgh and Moscow - Deadline Extended

[David J Birnbaum]

*_ATTENTION RUSSIAN HERITAGE SPEAKERS!_*

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*/FREE TRAVEL TO MOSCOW AND TUITION/*

*/SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE/**//*

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*Advanced Intensive Russian Language Course for Heritage Speakers*

at the University of Pittsburgh & Moscow State University

 

            Dates: June 5 -- July 7, 2006 */in PITTSBURGH/*

and

July 8 -- August 12, 2006 */in MOSCOW/*

 

*_Participants who are selected will receive airfare and living expenses 
in Moscow_*

through a scholarship from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program!

 

Additional scholarships are available to cover _full or partial tuition_ 
for the

*/_10 University of Pittsburgh credits_/* awarded for successful 
completion of this course. 

(Last year's participants paid an average of $300 for tuition and 
program fees;

the only other expenses are housing in Pittsburgh and meals in Russia.)

 

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*/Description:/* This course will provide both regular language 
instruction and individualized tutoring and mentoring to address 
heritage speakers' specific needs at all levels of language competence.  
The Moscow portion of the program will use local instructors, carefully 
designed cultural excursions, and other in-country resources to expand 
the participants' linguistic and cultural knowledge. 

 

*/Who is a Russian heritage speaker?  /*A person (born either in the 
U.S. or abroad) who has grown up in the U.S. in an informal 
Russian-language environment (usually at home) without attaining full 
Russian language proficiency or a native Russian's complete educational 
background and cultural awareness.  Areas in need of improvement may 
include reading and writing in Russian, communicating in formal academic 
or professional situations, etc.

 

*/Eligibility: /*/ /_Heritage speakers who are juniors, seniors, and 
graduate students_ from any U.S. college or university are eligible to 
apply./  /All participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.//

 

*/How to apply?/*/  /Download an application form at 
http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu <http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu/>.  

Applications for the Russian Heritage Speakers course are due by 
*_Friday, April 7, 2006_*.  A photocopy of your passport, which must be 
valid through February 15, 2008, should be submitted with your application.

 

*/For more information:/* contact Christine Metil, Department of Slavic 
Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, 1417 Cathedral of 
Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, phone: 412-624-5906, email: slavic at pitt.edu.

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