Total immersion Nahuatl in Guerrero

Wed Mar 5 03:44:11 UTC 2008

Dear Listeros,

Attached and pasted below is an announcement for the Summer Nahuatl Immersion
Program in Oapan, Guerrero sponsored by Yale, Chicago, Columbia and New York
University.

Intensive Summer Nahuatl Institute in Guerrero, Mexico

Yale?s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, in collaboration with
the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago, will offer
an intensive immersion course that, although based on modern Nahuatl from San
Agustín Oapan and neighboring villages, will familiarize students with
colonial and classical Nahuatl by using a wide range of texts and workbooks.
Given that teaching is focused not only on developing conversational skills but
on imparting an understanding and overview of the general grammatical structure
of Nahuatl, students will be able to apply their knowledge to their own
thematic interests in any Nahuatl dialect that they might work with (ancient or
modern). An effort is made to address the specific needs of students in
different disciplines (e.g., art history, anthropology, history, linguistics)
and at different levels of expertise. Students will be able to work intensively
with native speakers as part of the basic educational experience of this course,
and those who have previously acquired skills in Nahuatl will be given the
flexibility for a greater concentration of their efforts on translation,
individual projects, and direct work with native speakers. Thus, although a
beginning course, students with previous experience in Nahuatl are encouraged
to apply. Formal classes meet for 5 hours per day, Monday through Friday,
including three hours of morning instruction in grammar and two hours afternoon
work with native speakers.. Students will be provided with recording and
playback facilities for language laboratory work and to conduct their own
research and independent study. The course meets all the requirements for FLAS
fellowships for eligible graduate students.

The course will run for 6 weeks, June 16 ?July 25, 2008. Students will make
their own travel arrangements and need to be in Oapan by June 15..

Tuition and Fees: Costs for this course are: tuition for two Yale credits
(equivalent to one year of language instruction), $4,000; room and board, $550;
program fee, $350; course package and dictionaries, $100. Graduate students who
are U.S. citizens can apply for FLAS Fellowships to support the cost of this
program. Travel costs and arrangements are separate and are the responsibility
of the student. Once paid, tuition is non-refundable. The program fee is not
optional. It covers partial costs for two group excursions, one to the
Nahuatl-speaking village of Acatlán (near Chilapa) for a local festival, and
one four-day weekend in Acapulco. The fee covers travel, hotel, and a dinner in
Acapulco.

Students are strongly encouraged to bring their own laptops to the field. Please
inform the instructor in advance if you do not have a laptop. Every effort will
be made to provide one for your use.

Funding availability: CLAIS and its partners make every effort to ensure that
financial constraints are not an obstacle for participating in the Nahuatl
Institute. Graduate students may apply for FLAS fellowships either at their
home institution or through Yale. Undergraduates may apply for partial tuition
scholarships (up to 50% of tuition) through Yale. Please contact Jean Silk (see
below) for further details.

Extended stay: Students may elect to stay in Oapan an additional two weeks after
the end of the course.  In the past students have felt that this period, during
which they can practice their Nahuatl unencumbered by classroom obligations, is
helpful. This extended stay, however, will not be under CLAIS auspices. Students
who wish to stay in Oapan must inform Jonathan Amith well in advance and cover
the additional cost of room and board at $100/week.

Full class attendance is required.
Students who miss class for reasons other than illness will be asked to withdraw
from the Institute.

For more information and applications, contact Jean Silk at jean.silk at yale.edu
or by phone at 203/432-3420 or Jonathan Amith at jonathan.amith at yale.edu or by
phone 717/337-6795.
Applications should be sent to: Jean Silk, Assistant Chair, Council on Latin
American and Iberian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven, CT
06520-8206. Applications are due by April 2, 2007 and need to be accompanied by
a non-refundable $200 deposit that will be applied to room and board.

Best, Jonathan

-- 
Jonathan D. Amith
Director: Mexico-North Program on Indigenous Languages
Research Affiliate: Gettysburg College; Yale University; University of Chicago
(O) 717-337-6795
(H) 717-338-1255
Mail to:
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
Gettysburg College
Campus Box 412
300 N. Washington Street
Gettysburg, PA  17325
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