[HERITAGE-LIST] Summer institute: 4th Summer Heritage Language Research Institute (June 2010, HI) -- DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 22 MARCH

[Scott G. McGINNIS]

The UCLA National Heritage Language Resource Center sponsors an annual research institute, established to support the center's principal mission of developing the research base for heritage language education.   

The Center invites applications to participate in the 4th Summer Heritage Language Research Institute, “Heritage Speakers: Linguistics and Pedagogy” directed by Professor Maria Polinsky (Harvard). This year’s institute focuses on current linguistic research and the implications for heritage language instruction.  It is co-hosted by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaii, the location of the 2010 institute.  It will take place from June 21-25.   Applications are due March 22nd.

Applications are invited from linguists, language instructors, post-doctoral fellows, and doctoral students currently actively involved in heritage teaching and research. Limited funding will be available for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows only. Limited support may be available for UCLA instructors through the UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching. 

Online applications are available at 
www.international.ucla.edu/languages/nhlrc. 

Questions may be directed to Kathryn Paul at 
kathryn at humnet.ucla.edu.