Professional Development: French, Hausa, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, Zulu, Akan/Twi Summer Institute
The University of Florida is offering its annual African Flagship Languages Initiative on behalf of the Institute of International Education which will take place on the university campus from June 2 - July 29, 2017. Students meet four hours Monday through Friday with additional conversational sessions. There is a host family component as well. Due to the intensive nature of this program, students will earn credit equivalent to an academic year of instruction just for their summer study. Wow!
Students are prepped to reach a higher level of proficiency in order to prepare for the African Flagship Languages Initiative overseas in Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal or South Africa. However, other students who will not be participating the African Flagship Languages Initiative can can instead take their higher proficiency back to their home institutions.
This program does not fall under a cheap program as I would qualify it as the tuition alone is $4,715. Living on-campus is $2,262 for the duration of the program and on the on-campus dining plan runs from $1,596 - $1,710. However, if you are an undergraduate student and awarded a Boren Fellowship, most of these costs will be covered. I am not sure if a FLAS scholarship would cover it either.
However, if you don't have these options available to you, this may not be most financial feasible option. Also, it doesn't say what level the courses are. I am assuming that they must be the elementary level because the goal is proficiency. Unfortunately, many of the schools that offer these language programs in the summer don't have much for intermediate to advanced speakers. That is precisely why the Summer Portuguese program hosted at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth was such a jewel because it offered all levels, including a graduate-level Portuguese course in the summer. I sincerely hope they bring it back.
Students are prepped to reach a higher level of proficiency in order to prepare for the African Flagship Languages Initiative overseas in Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal or South Africa. However, other students who will not be participating the African Flagship Languages Initiative can can instead take their higher proficiency back to their home institutions.
This program does not fall under a cheap program as I would qualify it as the tuition alone is $4,715. Living on-campus is $2,262 for the duration of the program and on the on-campus dining plan runs from $1,596 - $1,710. However, if you are an undergraduate student and awarded a Boren Fellowship, most of these costs will be covered. I am not sure if a FLAS scholarship would cover it either.
However, if you don't have these options available to you, this may not be most financial feasible option. Also, it doesn't say what level the courses are. I am assuming that they must be the elementary level because the goal is proficiency. Unfortunately, many of the schools that offer these language programs in the summer don't have much for intermediate to advanced speakers. That is precisely why the Summer Portuguese program hosted at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth was such a jewel because it offered all levels, including a graduate-level Portuguese course in the summer. I sincerely hope they bring it back.
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