Advanced Intensive Russian Course for Heritage Speakers, University of Pittsburgh

[Peirce, Gina]

The University of Pittsburgh's Slavic & East European Summer Language
Institute announces

ADVANCED INTENSIVE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE COURSE FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS
at the University of Pittsburgh & Moscow State University
Dates: June 4 - July 6, 2007 in PITTSBURGH
and July 7 - August 10, 2007 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
the course.

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. Each student will complete an
individual research project using Russian-language
sources.

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. Current or prospective secondary school teachers of
Russian (whether heritage speakers or not) also are eligible. All
participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

How to apply? Download an application form at
http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu. Applications for the Russian Heritage
Speakers
course are due by March 22, 2007. A photocopy of your passport, which
must be valid through February 15, 2009, 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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Gina M. Peirce
Assistant Director
Center for Russian and East European Studies University of Pittsburgh
4414 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: (412) 648-2290
Fax: (412) 648-7002
 

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