Date:
October 22, 2012
Time:
2:00-3:00pm
Location:
St. Johns Hall Room 104 (Global Language & Cultural Center)
Presentation on the Critical Language Scholarship Program
by Amber Veldt (A French major at SJU)
Amber, a CLS recipient, will talk about her experience last
summer in India where she started to learn Urdu. She will
talk about the program, share her experience with you, answer your
questions and tell you how you can apply.
About the Program
A program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)
Program offers intensive summer language institutes in thirteen
critical foreign languages for summer 2013. The selection process
is administered by American Councils for International Education
with awards approved by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Languages Offered
The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand
dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering
critical need foreign languages. Students of diverse disciplines
and majors are encouraged to apply. Participants are expected to
continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and
later apply their critical language skills in their future
professional careers. Please visit the CLS Institutes page for more
information.http://clscholarship.org/
Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian,
Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, and Urdu:
Beginning, advanced beginning, intermediate and advanced levels
Arabic and Persian: Advanced beginning,
intermediate and advanced levels
Chinese, Japanese and Russian:
Intermediate and advanced levels