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Summer Programs
Summer Nahuatl Institute 2012 with IDIEZ in Los Angeles | Haitian Summer Institute
The Zacatecas Institute for Teaching and Research in Ethnology (IDIEZ), Macehualli Educational Research (MER), la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ) and California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) are partnering to offer the opportunity to study Classical and Modern Nahuatl at the beginning and intermediate-advanced levels in a summer intensive course. This course description is available at http://www.macehualli.org.
Where: California State University Los Angeles (CSULA)
When: July 2 - August 10, 2012
Objectives: 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, and conversation with native speakers; 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.
Credit: The Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas will register students, issue grades and grant 145 hours of course credit.
Tuition: Tuition is $ 5,000 dollars
Contact: John Sullivan at idiez@me.com, +52 1 492 103-0195 or +52 492 768-6048.