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September 10, 2007
Fellowship: Intensive Language Study Programs in Eurasia, American Councils
American Councils is pleased to announce fellowship opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to participate in the Spring 2008 Eurasian Regional Language Program for language study in Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.
Applications for the Spring 2008 program are due October 15. Applications are now available for download from the American Councils website: http://www.americancouncils.org.
Full and partial fellowships are available through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) and U.S. Department of Education (Fulbright-Hays) grant support. Recent program participants have also received substantial fellowship support from the Institute of International Education (IIE), the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI (FLAS).
Recent Eurasian Regional Language Program participants have studied:
Azeri in Baku;
Buryat in Ulan Ude;
Georgian and Chechen in Tbilisi;
Kazakh in Almaty;
Romanian/Moldovan in Chisinau;
Tajik, Persian, and Uzbek in Dushanbe; and Ukrainian in Kyiv
Programs also available for the study of: Armenian, Kyrgyz, Pashto, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuvan, and Yakut. [Students seeking to study languages not listed here should contact the American Councils Outbound Office (202) 833-7522.] Please note that some languages are offered in more than one country.
The Eurasian Regional Language Program provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and professionals intensive individualized instruction in the languages of Eurasia. Participants may in enroll in semester, academic year, or summer programs. All courses are conducted by expert faculty from leading local universities and educational institutions. Students with at least two years of college-level instruction in Russian or the host-country language are eligible to apply to the program.
Academic programs are tailored to the individual student's language level and provide approximately fifteen hours per week of in-class instruction in the target language. Courses in history, literature, and politics are also available for advanced speakers. Other program features include peer tutoring, housing with local host families, and graduate- or undergraduate-level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.
Application deadlines:
Spring Semester: October 15
Summer Program: March 1
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1
Applications for the Spring 2008 semester program are due October 15.
Additional program information and applications are available on the American Councils website,
http://www.americancouncils.org/programs.php?program_id=NTA.
For more information, please contact:
Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.americancouncils.org
Posted by idareyou at September 10, 2007 03:19 PM