[Tlc] SEASSI

[justinm at ucr.edu]

FYI, from Frank Smith:

The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) offers 
university-level instruction in Burmese, Filipino, Hmong,
Indonesian, 
Khmer, Lao, Thai and Vietnamese languages at multiple levels.  
Instruction is also offered in Javanese if enrollments are
sufficient.

In addition, a special focus is made on Heritage language
instruction at 
SEASSI in Filipino, Hmong, Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese languages
and 
cultures.  Heritage instruction is specifically geared toward 
native-speakers of those five 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 
Southeast Asian language, there are 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.  Please note that the
deadline for 
applying for Heritage Fellowships and Foreign Language Area
Studies 
(FLAS) Fellowships is February 2, 2007, which is fast
approaching.  The 
deadline for applying for Tuition Reduction Scholarships is
April 2, 
2007.  For more information about applying to SEASSI,
including applying 
for financial aid, visit:

http://www.seassi.wisc.edu

Please forward this announcement to anyone whom you think
might be 
interested in studying at SEASSI. If you do forward this
announcement, 
however, please include all of the information contained in
this e-mail.

yours,

Frank Smith
SEASSI Heritage Language Facilitator

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