Congrats to Peter Russell for his Critical Language Scholarship--he'll be spending two months in the Middle East studying intensive Arabic, paid for by the State Department. Interested in applying? They have intensive language programs in the languages and locations listed below. Deadline will be fall 2012; it's not too early to be thinking about the programs.
http://clscholarship.org/institutes.html
ARABIC
Jordan
Egypt
Oman
Morocco
Tunisia
AZERBAIJANI
Baku, Azerbaijan
BANGLA | BENGALI
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Kolkata, India
CHINESE
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
Xi’an, China
HINDI
Jaipur, India
INDONESIAN
Malang, Indonesia
JAPANESE
Kyoto, Japan
KOREAN
Jeonju City, South Korea
PERSIAN
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
PUNJABI
Chandigarh, India
RUSSIAN
Kazan, Russia
Ufa, Russia
Vladimir, Russia
TURKISH
Ankara, Turkey
Bursa, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey
URDU
Lucknow, India