STARTALK 2009 - Programs in NY
Program Search
| Type: | student | teacher |
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| Language: | Arabic | Chinese | Hindi | Persian | Swahili | Urdu |
8 programs found.
China Institute (student)
2009 China Institute-STARTALK Summer Language Academy
China Institute, through a generous grant from STARTALK, a project of the National Strategic Language Initiative, will offer scholarships with an equivalent value of $3,000 each to 25 New York metro-area high school students to attend a six-week summer 2009 Language Academy in New York City. Equivalent to one semester of high school Mandarin Chinese, the 2009 China Institute-STARTALK Summer Language Academy will emphasize oral communication in Mandarin Chinese, while also introducing students to reading and writing, and to the richness of Chinese culture through hands-on studio classes and local field trips in New York City. To be selected, applicants must have no more than one year of Mandarin Chinese learning experience. This non-residential program will be held from July 6 to August 14, 2009, Mondays through Fridays, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Dalton School, 108 E. 89th Street in New York City. Needs-based stipends to cover daily expenses for transportation and lunch may be available, depending on the availability of donations.
Hunter College (teacher)
STARTALK Chinese Teacher Training Program at Hunter College
Hunter College’s Chinese Teacher Training Program (6/24–7/23) will offer three 3-credit courses at undergraduate and graduate levels: Methods, Second Language Acquisition, and Teaching Chinese With Technology. These courses can be used to fulfill the requirements for the New York State Chinese Certificate and for Hunter College’s MA degree in Teaching Chinese. Non-Hunter students can take courses with non-degree status. The courses will be taught by college professors with high school teaching experience. Participants can choose to take one or more of the offered courses depending on personal interest and time availability. Training will be conducted every day (Monday through Thursday and some weekends) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through a variety of activities including lectures, classroom instruction, observation, student teaching, presentations, workshops, and individual research projects. Different levels of student teaching (tutorial sessions, small group, or whole class teaching) will be assigned to participants based on their ability and background. Instructors will be available for office hours, lesson plan writing clinics, and individual conferences to assist teacher-trainees. Participants will produce teaching videos on classroom management, teaching stories, and theme-based teaching. Program participants will receive scholarships if they complete course requirements with satisfactory performance.
Hunter College (student)
STARTALK Honors Chinese Program for High School Students at Hunter College
Hunter College offers two Chinese courses for high school students to build language and culture competencies. CHIN107, Intensive Elementary Chinese (6 credits), is an eight-week program (6/29–8/20), divided into a four-week face-to-face conversation session (6/29–7/23) and a four-week online literacy development session (7/27–8/20). The online course, CHIN102 (3 credits), is a four-week course (7/23–8/20) designed for students with one to two years of Chinese in high school. The conversation session’s daily activities for CHIN107 include three hours of classes, thirty minutes of tutoring, and one hour of cultural activities. There will be three field trips and presentations. During the everyday online session, students will work at home for two to three hours using online materials and converse for thirty minutes with a native speaker. CHIN102 students will come to campus once a week for classes, presentations, and field trips. Students will be paired with virtual language partners who are high school students from Taiwan to use Chinese in real-life situations and work on a blog-related culture project. On August 20, all students will take proficiency tests on campus. Students who demonstrate outstanding progress will receive scholarships.
New York University (teacher)
STARTALK Intensive Teacher Training Program 2009: Hindi and Urdu
This is an intensive residential program that enhances the knowledge and skills of current and prospective school, community and college teachers of Hindi and Urdu. Participants with no training learn the most-up-to-date teaching methodologies, based on standards, projects and communication and are required to develop, observe and critique classroom procedures, strategies and teaching techniques. They also learn how to use community resources. Participants with training learn principles of curriculum development and activity design on the Hindi/Urdu Standards Manual. The course emphasizes pedagogical grammar, material development and adaptation, and assessment. The two sections of the program are based on state-approved courses from NYU’s Master’s program in Foreign Language Teaching. Sessions consist of interactive presentations of theoretical frameworks, followed by hands-on language-specific application. The participants will prepare to teach mock demonstrations. The workshop runs for five hours daily (9:00 am -3:00 pm.) Participants receive an NYU transcript. The grant covers $700 out of the $920 continuing education tuition. Two scholarships for credit students are also available. The grant also covers accommodations in NYU residence halls, breakfast, lunch and textbooks.
New York University (teacher)
Startalk Teacher Training Program 2009: Arabic and Persian
This intensive two-week residential program provides basic theoretical knowledge and entry-level teaching skills of current and prospective school, community, and college teachers with native or near-native command of Modern Standard Arabic or Persian. It is based on a course curriculum from NYU’s Master’s in Foreign Language Teaching. It trains participants in developing students’ Arabic or Persian proficiency across the three communicative modes (interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational) and the five C’s, as outlined in the Standards for Foreign Language Learning. Participants learn the most-up-to-date methodologies and develop, observe, and critique classroom procedures, strategies, and teaching techniques. They learn how to use community resources and how to select and use Internet materials. The program delivers 50 contact hours of classroom instruction. Every session consists of an interactive presentation of theoretical frameworks and practice. Outcomes include each participant’s portfolio and the materials and lesson plans in it. Participants receive an NYU transcript. The grant covers $700 per person out of the $920 continuing education tuition. Two scholarships are available for graduate tuition. The grant also covers accommodations in NYU residence halls, breakfast, lunch, and required textbooks.
Queens Gateway to Health Science High School/Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School (student)
STARTALK Summer Concentrated Hindi Program for High School Students
Students coming to the United States from India need to maintain their heritage language and appreciate their culture and identity. In the past decade, India has become a large global economy. Hindi language and culture have been attracting worldwide attention in schools, colleges, and universities. This program will provide opportunities for those interested in the international job market and may lead to the study of Hindi in high schools. This program will run for 3 weeks from July 6-24, 2009, Monday to Friday. There will be 3 classes of 15 students each, and there will be in class and out of class instruction. The STARTALK Summer Program will admit any students interested in learning Hindi with some background or exposure to Hindi. The STARTALK Summer Program will be a preparation for the New York State Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Regents Exam that is required for high school students to earn an Advanced Regents Diploma. Students will earn college level foreign language credits and receive 75 contacted hours by NYU. Instruction will focus on developing conversational skills (C1-Communication) in Hindi language using simple words, phrases, and sentences. Students will also acquire awareness of cultural practices (C2-Cultural Awareness) and artifacts of India. NY City licensed and experienced teachers will be teaching the STARTALK Summer Hindi Program.
Rochester City School District (student)
Rochester City School District Chinese and Swahili Language Camps
The Rochester City School District will host two language immersion programs in Swahili and Mandarin Chinese for students who are entering grades 8 and 9. The STARTALK Rochester Summer Language Camps will offer free-of-charge language camps to economically disadvantaged children; generate interest and awareness among students and city residents of the language learning opportunities available in the district; and engage new refugee, immigrant, and heritage-speaking students. During the two, 10-day camps, students will spend 1.5 to 2 hours per day on language and 1 to 1.5 hours per day on applying the learned language with cultural activities. Each language will be offered twice. Session one will run July 13-24. Session two will run July 27-August 7. Week one will feature “Greetings and Introductions.” Week two will feature “Me and My Family.” Each camp highlights authentic music, dancing, art, artifacts, and speaking. Cultural activity leaders will visit classrooms and reinforce teacher instruction. Cultural highlights will include: cooking and food tasting, building a mud house at the Baobob Cultural Center, visiting the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery and Cornell University, and classroom visits by professional musicians, dancers, and storytellers.
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services (student)
StarTalk Summer Language Immersion and Culture (SSLIC) Program
The StarTalk Summer Language Immersion and Culture (SSLIC) Program offers both elementary and secondary students the opportunity to explore Chinese language and culture in an activities-based program. Cooking, tai chi, calligraphy, watercolor painting, ribbon dancing, and puppetry are among the SSLIC activities. Technology-supported activities are also incorporated to reinforce learning. Community connections are developed via peer tutors from the heritage community and online exchanges with students in China. Secondary students also participate in a trip to Chinatown. The SSLIC Program, which is non-residential, is offered at two sites in New York: Saratoga Springs (elementary) and Queensbury (secondary). During the 2009-2010 school year, follow up activities will include an online course and after-school program.
