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February 8, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Annette Kirchner, Associate Director for Communications
Concordia Language Villages
(218) 299-4916
Amy Kelly, News Bureau Director
Concordia College
(218) 299-3642
The National Security Language Initiative awarded
Concordia Language Villages its second year of
scholarship funding through the STARTALK grant.
Scholarships through this program are now available for
high school students (rising freshman through rising
seniors) who wish to study either Arabic or Chinese.
Scholarships are also available for teachers who are
teaching or plan to teach these languages.
Students may select a two- or four-week residential experience (no
previous language experience is necessary; high school credit available for four-week sessions). This year’s teacher seminar is entitled
“Connecting Language with Content,” a four-credit graduate course on
content-based instruction for Arabic and Chinese language classrooms.
Both programs take place in northern Minnesota in the Bemidji area
during summer of 2008.
Concordia Language Villages offers these scholarships through a
STARTALK grant awarded as part of the National Security Language
Initiative (NSLI) with funds allocated by the President and supported by
the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S.
Department of Defense, and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence. This initiative is designed to increase the number of
Americans learning critical languages and to increase America’s
competence and proficiency in cultural information and understanding.
The Language Villages is one of 58 institutions selected in a national
competition for these funds.
Concordia Language Villages has provided internationally recognized
language and cultural immersion programs in 15 languages for all ages
for almost 50 years. All of the languages they offer have sites in
Minnesota, with additional sites for French and Spanish in Georgia and
for Italian in New Jersey. At each Village, “villagers” are immersed in
the target language and culture with authentic meals, clothing, games
and songs. Many of the staff are native speakers from around the world.
For more information, please visit www.ConcordiaLanguageVillages.org
or call 1-800-222-4750. |
