--- Forwarded Message from ISLI Staff <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: ISLI Staff <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:51:01 -0500 >Subject: Reminder: Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic and Chinese >Teachers >To: [log in to unmask] Reminder -- last call for applications! Application deadline: March 4, 2011 ------------------------------- Dear Colleagues: American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce that the application for the Intensive Summer Language Institutes has been posted online. This program provides fully funded fellowships for U.S. classroom teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Arabic and Chinese in Egypt and Mainland China. The Intensive Summer Language Institutes are funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and administered by American Councils for International Education. The program is open to current K-12 teachers and community college instructors of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese, as well as to students enrolled in education programs preparing them to teach these languages. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and non-native speakers of Arabic and Chinese in order to qualify. To apply, please visit http://apps.americancouncils.org/isli2011 Program Dates: June 21-August 6, 2011 Program Benefits: -Intensive language training -Peer tutors -Cultural enrichment activities and excursions -Ten hours of graduate credit through Bryn Mawr College -Pre-departure orientation -Full-time resident director -Room and board -Books and shipping allowance -Visa fees and travel insurance -International and U.S. domestic airfare Application Deadline: March 4, 2011 For more information, please contact Alena Palevitz at [log in to unmask] Alena Palevitz Program Officer, Teacher Programs, Arabic and Chinese Intensive Summer Language Institutes American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202.833.7522 Fax: 202.833.7523 Web: www.americancouncils.org/isli *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technology (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Anthony Helm, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************