Arabic-L:GEN:Fellowship Opportunities with AFIC

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Date: 05 Nov  2004
From:Roxanne <roxannerebecca at yahoo.com>
Subject:Fellowship Opportunities with AFIC

ARABIC FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION -(AFIC)
Fellowship Opportunities 2005-06:
Intensive Arabic Language Study


AFIC Background
The AFIC Project is a new initiative in the field of
Arabic study, funded by the National Foreign Language
Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland, and
directed by Professor Terri DeYoung at the University
of Washington. The purpose of the AFIC Project is to
promote new methods and approaches to the study of
Arabic at higher levels of proficiency (Advanced and
Superior).

Fellowships
In 2005-06 the AFIC project, in conjunction with the
National Flagship Language Inititative fellowship
program anticipates awarding four (4) full fellowships
to the Center For Arabic Studies Abroad (CASA) program
in Cairo, Egypt and four (4) full fellowships to the
Arabic Language Center at Damascus University,
Damascus, Syria.  Depending on funding, additional
awards may become available.  (Fellowships cover
tuition, room, board, health insurance and airfare).

Requirements and Pre-requisites
Fellowships are extremely competitive and will be
awarded expressly to students who are interested in
taking advantage of special opportunities to enhance
their skills in Listening Comprehension and Speaking.
Recipients of fellowships incur a federal service
requirement as a condition of accepting the award.
Only those individuals who expect to seek longer-term
employment with an agency or organization of the
federal government involved in national security
should seek this funding. Applicants must have already
achieved an advanced language proficiency in Arabic
(minimum Intermediate High as defined by the ACTFL
proficiency guidelines) at the time of application.

Application Procedures
Prospective applicants must submit three (3) sets of
applications to apply for these Fellowships: 1) to the
Academy for Educational Development (www.aed.org), due
January 18th, 2005,  2) to the Center For Arabic
Studies Abroad , (www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/CASA), in
order to register for the CASA exam, which all
prospective AFIC fellows must take regardless of the
country to which they apply, due January 7th, 2005,
and 3) to the AFIC Program Office at the University of
Washington (http://depts.washington.edu/afic/), due
December 20, 2004.

Applications may be downloaded from the websites
listed above. Links to all three applications are
available on the AFIC website:
http://depts.washington.edu/afic/

Please contact Roxanne Brame with questions:
rbrame at u.washington.edu

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