STARTALK 2009 - Programs in IN
India Studies Program, IU-Bloomington (student)
STARTALK SIPHUR 2009
STARTALK SIPHUR (Summer Intensive Program for Hindi and Urdu) 2009 is a four-week summer immersion program equivalent to one semester of university-level instruction. This free residential program, designed for high school students, will run from June 22 to July 17, and it offers classes at two levels. The program is composed of classroom instruction, a guest speaker series, and evening culture classes. Our goals are for the participating students to acquire the linguistic and cultural competence to communicate successfully in the language and obtain various learning strategies and skills. Classes will meet for four hours a day, five days a week, and students will be exposed to cultural aspects of the target country through culture classes and various extra-curricular activities, such as yoga, karam, cricket, Indian/Pakistani classical music, and dancing. Students will go on field trips to various religious/cultural sites in Bloomington and its neighboring areas. By the end of the program, students will have the ability to exchange information on a range of topics, produce the standard written style of the language on conventional themes, and comprehend Hindi/Urdu realia and simple stories. Students will have a deeper understanding of the culture and learn the importance of culturally appropriate behaviors.
Indiana University Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy (student)
Chinese Language Institute: STARTALK at Indiana University
Indiana University's Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy will hold a four-week nonresidential Chinese Language Institute (CLI) for 10 middle and 10 high school students with little or no Chinese language experience. The program's innovative 3 + 1 format offers three weeks of language training on the IU-Bloomington campus, plus a week of online distance learning. During the latter, students will refine their self-directed study skills. A solid foundation in Mandarin Chinese, along with a variety of interactive cultural programs including calligraphy, Chinese yo-yos, and taiji lessons, will be offered. All materials and instruction are provided at no cost to the students. The program runs from June 21 to July 17, 2009.
Indiana University Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy (teacher)
Chinese Pedagogy Institute: STARTALK at Indiana University
The Indiana University Center for Chinese Language Pedagogy will host a two-and-a-half-week residential Chinese Pedagogy Institute (CPI) for middle and high school teachers. This professional development opportunity is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of 20 current and prospective secondary teachers, who will earn four to five graduate-level credit hours through IU's School of Education. This course of study also partially fulfills the requirements for secondary teacher certification in Chinese. The course content has been guided by the standards for K-12 Chinese language teachers, recently developed by the Chinese Language Association Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS). Areas addressed include the following: effective methods and techniques for teaching Chinese, principles for selecting and adapting instructional materials, processes for curriculum design and instructional planning, and implementation of lesson plans and class management. Participants will discuss theories and research related to teaching Chinese as a foreign language, observe and critique pre-recorded Chinese classes, and apply instructional and management skills in a classroom with 10 middle and 10 high school students, among other activities. The sites for this institute will be IU's Bradford Woods, where participants will be involved in a week-long intensive pedagogy training session, and the IU-Bloomington campus, where a week-long practicum will follow.
