[Cwgrad-announcements] Language Study in India!

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I think this might interest some of you...
best,
Gabriela

American Institute of Indian Studies
LANGUAGE STUDY IN INDIA
SUMMER 2006

Hindi         (Jaipur)        Bengali     (Kolkata)
Tamil         (Madurai)        Telugu         (Vizag)
Marathi     (Pune)            Urdu        (Lucknow)
Malayalam     (Trivendrum)         Sanskrit     (Pune)
Pali/Prakrit     (Pune)

DEADLINE:  Jan. 31, 2006

Eligibility
      This is an intensive immersion-type language program for graduate
and highly motivated undergraduate students at U.S. colleges and
universities. Students applying for Hindi and Sanskrit should have the
equivalent of at least two years of prior classroom instruction; one year
is required for applicants in Bengali and Tamil. Applicants for Urdu
should have one year of prior Hindi or Urdu. Applicants for Telugu,
Marathi and Malayalam may apply at all levels, including beginning.
Applications for other languages will be considered.

Language Program

Participants are expected to devote their energies to activities that will
increase their proficiency in all skills--speaking, listening, reading,
and writing.  For ten weeks at each AIIS language center, there will be at
least four hours a day of classroom instruction and individual tutorials
with regular out-of-class assignments requiring interaction with community
members. Attendance is mandatory in class as well as at other activities
such as cultural visits, films, and plays. There is special emphasis on
connecting with the local speech community and self-management of
learning. Participants are encouraged to identify and prioritize their
language learning needs and keep track of their language development.
Students are encouraged to stay with host families. Note that this is not
a research program. Participants are expected to devote all their energies
to learning fine shades of the target language. Dependents or friends not
enrolled in the program may not accompany students.

Fees and financial Aid

Applicants should apply to their home institutions for Foreign Language
Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships, which are sufficient for travel,
maintenance and the $2,400 program fee. The AIIS will be able to support a
limited number of admitted students with no FLAS fellowship.

Applications
All applications must include a check for the $25 processing fee.
Applications may be downloaded from the Web, or else obtained from member
institutions, or from AIIS headquarters. Completed applications should be
mailed to:


American Institute of Indian Studies, 1130 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL
60637 Tel. (773) 702-8638. <aiis at uchicago.edu >
http://www.indiastudies.org

The American Institute of Indian Studies is a cooperative, non-profit
organization, whose members are American colleges and universities with a
special interest in Indian studies.