STARTALK 2009 - Programs in KY

Crane House, The Asia Institute, Inc. (student)

STARTALK: Crane House Chinese Language Institute

Crane House, The Asia Institute, Inc., Jefferson County Public Schools, and the University of Louisville are pleased to present the 2009 STARTALK Chinese Language Institute. The institute is a three-week intensive summer program that immerses middle and high school students in Chinese language and culture. The program will run weekdays from July 6 to July 24, 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. There is no cost to the student. High school students could receive one Carnegie unit of world language and three college credits at the University of Louisville. This program is administrated by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, in conjunction with a federal initiative for critical need languages. This intensive program accelerates students’ language proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and expands their cultural knowledge of China. Learning is facilitated through theme-based classroom instruction/discussion, culture assemblies, computer labs, field trips, extracurricular activities, and a final showcase. The curriculum is designed by the professor of Chinese language at the University of Louisville, the world language specialist of Jefferson County, Public Schools and other experienced educators and will be executed by highly qualified teachers of the Chinese language and culture.