Arabic-L:PEDA:Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic Teachers

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Date: 28 Jan 2010
From:Brita Ericson <Ericson at americancouncils.org>
Subject:Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic Teachers

ntensive Summer Language Institutes for Chinese, Arabic and Russian
Teachers

This program is designed to strengthen critical need foreign language
instruction at U.S. schools by providing intermediate and advanced level
teachers of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian as a Foreign Language with the
opportunity for intensive language study abroad. The summer 2010 program
is open to current K-12 teachers as well as community college
instructors of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian; university students
enrolled in education programs intending to teach these languages are
also eligible to participate. The program is funded by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U. S. Department of State,
and administered by American Councils for International Education
ACTR/ACCELS.

Program Benefits:
* Academic program in Changchun, China; Alexandria, Egypt; or Kazan,
Russia;
* Round-trip airfare;
* Housing and meals;
* Educational and cultural excursions;
* Peer tutors for conversation practice;
* Stipend for the purchase and shipping of teaching materials;
* Pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C.;
* Visa support;
* Health insurance; and
* 10 graduate credit hours through Bryn Mawr College.

The program is open to educators who meet the following eligibility
requirements:
* Teach Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), or Russian as a Foreign Language in
a K-12 school, community college, or are enrolled in a program leading
to teaching of critical languages;
* Speak Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), or Russian at the intermediate or
advanced level;
* Are a non-native speaker of the target language: Arabic, Chinese
(Mandarin), or Russian. For participation in this program, a native
speaker is someone who finished high school (or equivalent) in an
Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), or Russian speaking country. A heritage
speaker is someone who speaks the target language at home, but has not
spent an extended period of time in a country where the primary language
is Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), or Russian. Heritage Speakers may be
eligible if they do not possess native fluency in the target language.
* Possess U.S. citizenship; and
* Submit a complete application.

Applications: Available at:
https://www.onlineac.org/start/NjY0MTRfMjkwXzY1Mzcz/

Deadline: March 1, 2010
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Brita Ericson
Information and Outreach Officer
American Councils for International Education: ACTR-ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-572-9102

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