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Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute.
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute will be held for eight weeks, from June 19 through August 11, 2006. The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals. For the summers 2006 through 2009, SEASSI will be held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Instruction is offered in the following languages at the first, second and third year levels: Burmese, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese. Scheduling of classes is contingent on sufficient enrollment, especially at the upper levels. Each language course is equivalent to two semesters of study, with full academic year credit. Instruction is given in small individualized groups taught by a team consisting of a coordinator (usually a linguist specializing in Southeast Asian language pedagogy) and teachers who are native speakers of that language.
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) will offer 8-week intensive summer Heritage language and culture classes in Filipino, Khmer, Lao, Hmong and Vietnamese. The classes will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from June 19 to August 11, 2006.
These classes are intended for university students of Filipino, Hmong, Lao, Cambodian and Vietnamese ethnic backgrounds who grew up in North America and can speak/understand the language of their Southeast Asian culture (to at least a minimal degree) and would like to learn to read and write their language, as well as learn to speak it at a more sophisticated and learned level. Students with no aural or spoken command of the language can also study at SEASSI, but would be placed in a beginning level class with non-native speakers. Placement will be determined on the first day of classes.
Students will have a chance to learn more about the traditions of the culture and how to make sense of their lives and traditions in America/Canada in an historical context. Independent, project-oriented study opportunities will also be available, in the context of modular instruction, so students who enter the program already at an intermediate literacy level can also have their educational needs met and be stimulated and challenged.
The classes are taught by experienced instructors from the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia, and make use of the latest teaching materials and methods. All classes carry one full year of university language credit. A variety of fellowships and tuition reductions are available. For more information, please visit the SEASSI Heritage Program website: http://www.seassi.wisc.edu/heritage/index.html
Even if you've visited the above website before, please take another look, since new photos, videos and program information have recently been added for all five languages.
The deadline for application to SEASSI 2006 is April 3, 2006.
For further information please check the SEASSI website, http://seassi.wisc.edu or contact the SEASSI office, at seassi@intl-institute.wisc.edu.
Please circulate this information to any potentially interested parties. Thank you.
Mary Jo Studenberg, SEASSI Program Coordinator
Frank Smith, Heritage Language Facilitator
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
207 Ingraham Hall
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
phone: 608-263-1755
fax: 608-263-37
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute will be held for eight weeks, from June 19 through August 11, 2006. The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals. For the summers 2006 through 2009, SEASSI will be held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Instruction is offered in the following languages at the first, second and third year levels: Burmese, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese. Scheduling of classes is contingent on sufficient enrollment, especially at the upper levels. Each language course is equivalent to two semesters of study, with full academic year credit. Instruction is given in small individualized groups taught by a team consisting of a coordinator (usually a linguist specializing in Southeast Asian language pedagogy) and teachers who are native speakers of that language.
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) will offer 8-week intensive summer Heritage language and culture classes in Filipino, Khmer, Lao, Hmong and Vietnamese. The classes will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from June 19 to August 11, 2006.
These classes are intended for university students of Filipino, Hmong, Lao, Cambodian and Vietnamese ethnic backgrounds who grew up in North America and can speak/understand the language of their Southeast Asian culture (to at least a minimal degree) and would like to learn to read and write their language, as well as learn to speak it at a more sophisticated and learned level. Students with no aural or spoken command of the language can also study at SEASSI, but would be placed in a beginning level class with non-native speakers. Placement will be determined on the first day of classes.
Students will have a chance to learn more about the traditions of the culture and how to make sense of their lives and traditions in America/Canada in an historical context. Independent, project-oriented study opportunities will also be available, in the context of modular instruction, so students who enter the program already at an intermediate literacy level can also have their educational needs met and be stimulated and challenged.
The classes are taught by experienced instructors from the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia, and make use of the latest teaching materials and methods. All classes carry one full year of university language credit. A variety of fellowships and tuition reductions are available. For more information, please visit the SEASSI Heritage Program website: http://www.seassi.wisc.edu/heritage/index.html
Even if you've visited the above website before, please take another look, since new photos, videos and program information have recently been added for all five languages.
The deadline for application to SEASSI 2006 is April 3, 2006.
For further information please check the SEASSI website, http://seassi.wisc.edu or contact the SEASSI office, at seassi@intl-institute.wisc.edu.
Please circulate this information to any potentially interested parties. Thank you.
Mary Jo Studenberg, SEASSI Program Coordinator
Frank Smith, Heritage Language Facilitator
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
207 Ingraham Hall
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
phone: 608-263-1755
fax: 608-263-37
