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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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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
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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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