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Summer Programs
Intensive Summer Nahuatl Language and Culture | Intensive Summer Immersion Language Program in K'iche' Maya
Intensive Summer Nahuatl Language and Culture
Yale’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) and Center for Language Study, in collaboration with the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, and the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas (IDIEZ), Mexico offers the opportunity to study Classical and Modern Nahuatl at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.
Academic Year Nahuatl - 2009-10
This introductory course in Classical and Modern Nahuatl will be taught live using distance technology, and is open to students at Yale, Columbia and NYU.
The learning objectives include: a) developing students' oral comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and knowledge of language structure, as well as cultural wisdom and sensibility in order to facilitate their ability to communicate effectively, correctly and creatively in everyday situations; b) providing students with instruments and experiences which demonstrate the continuity between past and present Nahuatl culture through the study of Colonial and Modern texts and conversation with native speakers; c) penetrating the historical, economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Nahuatl civilization; and d) preparing students to eventually take university level humanities courses taught in Nahuatl alongside native speakers.
Instructor: John Sullivan, Ph.D. and native speaking teaching assistants of the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, Mexico. For more information, contact Jean Silk at jean.silk@yale.edu (203/432-3422) or Teresa Aguayo at ta2015@columbia.edu (212/854-4644) or visit: http://ilas.columbia.edu.
Intensive Nahuatl Language and Culture – Summer 2010
Yale’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies coordinates an intensive summer Nahuatl course through Yale Summer Sessions as NHTL 125. The course offers the opportunity to study at beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels of Classical and Modern Nahuatl at the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas. Six weeks of class will be held in Zacatecas from June 21 to July 30, 2010 with an optional week in the village of Tepecxitla, Veracruz, from August 1 to August 6.
The course seeks to: 1. develop students' oral comprehension, speaking, reading, writing and knowledge of language structure, as well as their cultural wisdom and sensibility, in order to facilitate their ability to communicate effectively, correctly and creatively in everyday situations; 2. provide students with instruments and experiences that demonstrate the continuity between past and present Nahua culture, through the study of colonial and modern texts, conversation with native speakers, and an optional residency in a Nahua community; 3. penetrate into the historical, economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Nahua civilization; and 4. prepare students to take university level humanities courses taught in Nahuatl alongside native speakers.
Beginning students will have class five hours per day, Monday through Friday: two hours of Modern Nahuatl immersion and introductory grammar with native speaking instructors; two hours of Classical Nahuatl taught by John Sullivan; and an additional hour of individual work on a research project of the student’s choice with a native speaking tutor. Intermediate students will study specific topics drawn from Older and Modern sources, using Nahuatl as the sole language of class discussion, and continue to work with individual tutors. Advanced students will design and implement a research project in collaboration with the native speaking tutors, and will write a short paper in Modern Nahuatl.
Six week course in Zacatecas beginning Monday June 21 and ending Friday July 30. Full class attendance is required. Students who are absent for reasons other than illness will be asked to withdraw from the Institute.
Students may elect to spend an optional seventh week in the village of Tepecxitla, Veracruz, from August 1 through Friday, August 6. They will reside with an indigenous family and participate in the Tlatlacualtiah ceremony. A decision regarding the viability of this homestay option will be made two months prior to the beginning of the program after the pertinent regional security issues have been evaluated. This visit, however, will not be under CLAIS auspices, and those students who wish to participate must cover the additional costs (see below).
Tentative course costs:
1. Tuition for three credits, $4,000
2. Room for six weeks in Zacatecas (one or two adults per room): a) studio with private bath and kitchenette, $600; b) studio with private bath and shared kitchen, $525; c) studio with shared bath and kitchen, $450.
3. Food for six weeks in Zacatecas: between $400 (preparing your own food) and $600 (eating out).
Tuition is payable to Yale; all other costs including travel between the United States and Mexico are paid by the student directly to the provider.
5. (Optional) Students who travel to the village of Tepecxitla at the end of the course will pay $600 for transportation, room and board, and financing of the Chicomexochitl ceremony.
Course materials: All students must have personal copies of the following texts:
Karttunen, Francis. 1983. An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl. Texas Linguistics Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. $26.95 @ amazon.com
Lockhart, James. 2001. Nahuatl as Written. Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts. Stanford: Stanford University Press. $25.43 @ amazon.com
Molina, Alonso de. 1977(1555-1571). Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana. Colección “Biblioteca Porrúa” 44. México: Porrúa. Students may purchase this book directly from Editoria Porrúa or through IDIEZ at a cost of approximately $25.
Two weeks before class begins students will be sent, free of charge, electronic copies of the exercise manuals, grammar charts, vocabulary lists and manuscripts which will be studied.
Funding availability: CLAIS and its partners make every effort to ensure that financial constraints are not an obstacle for participating in the Summer Nahuatl Language program. Financial aid is available to graduate students in the form of FLAS fellowships through your own institution or CLAIS at Yale. Deadline for CLAIS FLAS applications is February 26, 2010. Undergraduates may be eligible for partial scholarships.
For more information, contact Jean Silk at jean.silk@yale.edu or by phone at 203/432-3420 or John Sullivan at idiez@me.com or by phone at +52 (492) 925-3415.
To Register for the course, go to Yale Summer Sessions online at http://www.yale.edu/summer/. Please also contact Jean Silk, Assistant Chair, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven, CT 06520-8206 to inform CLAIS that you are planning to enroll in the course.
Intensive Summer Immersion Language Program in K'iche' Maya
The University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies, in partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, will offer a new summer intensive immersion language program in K'iche' Maya on site in Nahualá, Guatemala. The program was offered from June 23-August 1, 2008. This is a FLAS-approved summer language program.