INSTITUTE OF CRITICAL LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE, INC 2009 SUMMER PROGRAMS

Applications for each program are listed below, please scroll down to view them.

Please print out the application for the program you are applying for and fill it out. Mail it to the address indicated in the packet. Adobe Reader is required to view the applications; if you do not have it download it at www.adobe.com

Winners of the scholarship will be announced May 15th. Those who applied for the position of Residential Advisor will also receive notification of their acceptance on May 15th.

If you have any questions about the program or application, please contact me at iclcewebmaster@gmail.com


HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS For High School Students in Arabic

• Winners will be announced May 15th
  
• Languages: Arabic
  
• Dates: June 28 - July 24, 2009

NON RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

• Middle school students will have the opportunity to study a critical language through a program offered by New Mexico State University, please click on the link below to learn more about this program
• New Mexico State University Language Study Program

Residential Advisor for the High School Program For college students.

• Winners will be announced May15th
  
• Dates: June 28 - July 24, 2009

Teacher Certification Programs (K-12)
(Participants from other states and cities will be provided accommodations at the LSU Faculty club)

• This program has been postponed until the summer 2010, we ask that you please continue to send in applications so that we will have them on file for next year
• Universities: Louisiana State University
• Stipend: TBA(To Be Announced) plus room and board (if applicable), books, supplies, travel expenses, K-12 certification
  
• Languages: Arabic, Urdu, Farsi, and Chinese
  
• Dates: TBA


• Teacher Certification Application
•     Initial program has been modified to include an entire year of continuing education. Details will be posted as soon as Dr. Najoua Hotard completes the details with Mrs. DeShonda Coleman (LSU) and Mrs. Maureen Lobrano (Central School District).
  
      The focus will be on ARABIC and CHINESE. Selected Participants have to sign an agreement indicating they will participate in all the aspects of the ICLCE/STARTALK teacher program. Please submit your resume and the short essay in order to facilitate enrollment procedures upon ironing out the details of program planning. Social Studies and Language teachers are urged to apply. No previous language experience is required. You will learn Arabic and Chinese as well as methodology of foreign language instruction. The rigorous immersion program will improve language and cultural proficiencies. Heritage speakers (those who already speak the target language) will focus on effective teaching strategies and help their colleagues acquire the language. We are looking for teachers in all subject areas.

Notes

Student programs will constitute a practicum for the teachers. At first, Teachers observe classes to gain hands on experience. Second, teachers will have the opportunities to apply lesson plans (in their respective languages) and refine teaching strategies taught in the seminars.

Classes are mainstreamed and geared towards individualized instruction. They include all challenged children as well as regular or gifted participants. (Several visually and hearing impaired, autistic and physically impaired are planning to apply for the program. Children from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply)

Professors and presenters are prestigious educators from the United States and abroad