Friday, November 06, 2009

Summer Language Workshop: Pashto? How about Uzbek?

From my alma mater. There is financial aid for some of these programs:

Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European
and Central Asian Languages
at Indiana University
June 18-August 13, 2010


SWSEEL ClassroomIntensive language training has been offered at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1950. The Summer Workshop provides up to 200 participants in Slavic, East European and Central Asian languages the opportunity to complete a full year of college language instruction during an eight-week summer session.

Russian Language Programs

* Eight-week session, First to sixth year: June 18-August 13 details
* Four-week session, First to sixth year: June 18-July 16 details

East and Central European Languages (June 18-August 13) details

* First year Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian**
* First year Czech*
* First year Hungarian
* First year Macedonian**
* First year Polish*
* First year Romanian**
* Second year Ukrainian

** Tuition will be waived for graduate students specializing in any field of East European studies.
Languages of Central Asia and the Caucasus (June 18-August 13) details

* First and second year Azerbaijani
* First year Georgian
* First and second year Kazakh
* First year Mongolian*
* First year Pashto
* First through Third year Tajik
* First and second year Turkmen
* First through Third year Uyghur
* First and second year Uzbek

* Pending funding

Utilizing the resources of Indiana University's own specialists as well as native speakers from other universities and abroad, the Summer Workshop has developed and maintained a national program of the highest quality. Allowing all participants to pay in-state tuition fees, the program has as its goal the enhancement of speaking, reading, listening and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of extra-curricular activities. Fellowships and funding are available.

SWSEEL ClassroomKnowledge of Slavic, East European, and Central Asian languages prepares students for exciting career opportunities in areas such as government, higher education, not-for-profit institutions, public health, law, international development, the military, journalism, environmental issues, the arts and business.

For summer 2010, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) will fund the teaching of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Macedonian, Polish and Romanian. Tuition for these courses will be waived for graduate students specializing in East European studies in any discipline.

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010; thereafter, rolling admissions. Deadline for consideration for Fellowships is also March 22, 2010.

APPLICATIONS FOR 2010 WILL BE OPEN SOON