[Tlc] TLC-SEASSI heritage

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Forwarded from Frank Smith.
Thanks,
justin


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 
15 to August 7, 2009.  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 all SEASSI financial aid (Heritage Fellowships, Foreign 
Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships and Tuition Reduction 
Scholarships) is February 6, 2009, which is fast approaching.  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, 
including the first paragraph above.

yours,

Frank Smith
SEASSI Heritage Language Facilitator


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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu