[Tlc] SEASSI

[justinm at ucr.edu]

FYI from Frank Smith:

The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) offers 
university-level instruction in Filipino, Hmong, Khmer, Lao and 
Vietnamese language and culture at multiple levels. 
Instruction is 
specifically geared toward native-speakers of those languages
who wish 
to learn to read or write and/or improve their formal speaking
skills.  
If you already possess basic or intermediate-level reading and
writing 
skills in your language, there are several higher level classes 
available at SEASSI in all of the above five languages. If you
cannot 
speak or understand the language of your parents/grandparents
at all, 
SEASSI also offers beginning level classes, for which no previous 
knowledge of the language is required.

To see examples of Filipino, Hmong, Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese
teaching 
materials used at SEASSI, student work, photos, and videos of
classroom 
activities and student projects, visit:

http://www.seassi.wisc.edu/heritage/index.html

SEASSI will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
from June 
18 to August 10, 2007.  SEASSI is an intensive language
program where 
students have an opportunity to study only Southeast Asian
languages, 
five days a week, for two months.  Students receive one year
(2 full 
semesters) of foreign language credit for the program.

Several types of financial aid are available for SEASSI students, 
including the Heritage Fellowship.  To read more about
applying for the 
program and receiving financial aid (including important
application 
deadlines), see:

http://www.seassi.wisc.edu

Please forward this announcement to anyone whom you think
might be 
interested in studying at SEASSI.

yours,

Frank Smith
SEASSI Heritage Language Facilitator
e-mail: fjsmith at wisc.edu

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu