Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic, Chinese, and Russian Teachers (ISLI)

Eligibility:

• Speak Arabic, Chinese, or Russian at the intermediate or advanced levels
• Be currently teaching Arabic, Chinese, or Russia as a foreign language at the
primary or secondary level at an accredited U.S. public or private school or
community college or be enrolled in a program leading to this career
• Hold U.S. citizenship
• Be a non-native speaker of the target language (Arabic, Chinese, or Russian).
American Councils defines a Native Speaker of Arabic, Chinese, or Russian as a
person who has finished high school (or equivalent) in an Arabic, Chinese, or
Russian speaking country. A Heritage Speaker is someone who speaks the target language at home, but has not spent an extended period of time in a country where the primary language is Arabic, Chinese, or Russian. Heritage speakers may be eligible if they do not possess native fluency in the target language.

Length:

June 22 through the first week of August, 2010

Deadline:

March 1, 2010

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Funded By:

The Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic, Chinese, and Russian Teachers is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, and administered by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.