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Due to the region's linguistic diversity and variety
of colonial experiences, the promotion of scholarship
in Southeast Asia is challenged by extensive language
training needs.
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YALE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
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Council resources, formal instruction at Yale is currently
offered from elementary to advanced levels in Indonesian
and Vietnamese.
(Detailed information on courses and syllabi can be
found at the site links above). The Council also endeavors
to provide support for other relevant language training
or tutoring needed by any serious student, including
summer language study in the U.S. and abroad (>see
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The council has at various times sponsored study
of Dutch, Burmese (see >Burmese
Study Group), Khmer, Tagalog and Thai, both
through funding of private tutoring arrangements or
through the University's Directed
Independent Language Study Program (DILS), coordinated
through Yale's Center for Language Study..
The Yale Center
for Language Study (CLS), charged with improving
the coherence and excellence of language programs
across the University, was created by Yale in 1998,
and is one of the first of its kind in the country.
CLS currently provides extensive technical resources,
programs and pedagogical support to more than 50 languages,
reflecting Yale's commitment to international leadership
in language education.
The Council also sponsors
a variety of lunchtime Language
Immersion Tables annually,
depending on interest and availability, and an annual
spring Cultural
Festival, organized and hosted by the Language
Program faculty and students, and open to the University
and the public.
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SUMMER & STUDY
ABROAD LANGUAGE PROGRAMS (click
on titles for links to program sites)
The Council
is a contributing member of the
• SOUTHEAST
ASIAN STUDIES SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (SEASSI),
an eight-week intensive language program for undergraduates,
graduate students and professionals currenlty held
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison each summer.
Instruction is generally offered for academic credit
in at least nine Southeast Asian languages at the
1st, 2nd and 3rd year levels. (BURMESE, FILIPINO,
HMONG, INDONESIAN, JAVANESE, KHMER, LAO, VIETNAMESE)
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undergraduates seeking
CREDIT for language courses abroad must
apply through the Yale
Center for International Experience (CIPE)
- see CIPE website for
list of currently approved programs. Petitions
for approval of non-listed summer programs must
be submitted by MARCH
1. Click
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| FILIPINO
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- AFA
(Advanced Filipino Abroad)
at the De La Salle University, Dasmarinas,
the Philippines; administered by the University
of Hawaii at Manoa
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| INDONESIAN |
- ACICIS
(Australian Consortium for 'In-Country'
Indonesian Studies)
Hosted at Gajah Mada University, Jogyakarta
and six other universities in Java (*Academic
year)
- BIPAS
Study Abroad in Bali - Summer program
hosted at Udayana University, Denpasar,
Bali, Indonesia
- COTI
(Consortium for Teaching Indonesian)
- Universitas
Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi at Manado,
Indonesia. Intensive summer program in advanced
Indonesian.
- Critical
Language Scholarships for Intensive
Summer Institutes, U.S. Department of
State, hosted at State University of Malang,
East Java
- The
Salatiga Program: PIBBI (Intensive Courses
in Indonesian Language and Culture).
Hosted at Satya Wacana Christian University,
Salatiga, Central Java
- SIT
Study Abroad Program: Indonesia: Arts,
Religion, and Social Change, Bali, Indonesia
(*Academic
year)
- USINDO
(United States-Indonesia Society) -
Summer Studies Program, Gadjah
Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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| LAO |
- SAIL
(Study Abroad in Laos) at the
Lao-American College, Vientiane, Lao PDR;
administered by the Center for Lao Studies,
a non-profit NGO in San Francisco, California
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for summer language study, both in the U.S.
or abroad, may be sought through the Yale SEAS
Council's Grants
to Students Program.
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