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Our recent projects include:
SIT's Center for Intercultural Programs works closely with SIT Study Abroad to strengthen the instruction of the more than 25 languages taught at SIT Study Abroad program sites around the world. 80% of these languages are considered "less-commonly-taught." In an effort to standardize the foreign language curriculum on one continent, SIT Center for Intercultural Programs received a FIPSE grant from the Department of Education in 1999 to develop teacher and student educational guides for 11 African languages:
In August 2002, the SIT Center for Intercultural Programs received a second FIPSE grant to train all of SIT Study Abroad's African language teachers in how to use the guides. A major purpose of this second phase is to develop SIT's African language program, its teachers, and its students as a model for other language teaching programs. By the end of the project's proposed 14-month training period, all of SIT Study Abroad's language teachers in Africa will have received training in the educational materials developed. Supported in part by the Chittenden Bank of Brattleboro, Vermont, SIT's Center for Intercultural Programs presented a two-part program titled Salaam-Shalom-Peace on Jewish and Muslim languages, culture, and traditions during the week of July 7– 11, 2003. The first part of Salaam/Shalom/Peace offered three-hour classes in Arabic and Hebrew language and culture classes every morning and every afternoon free of charge. For the second part, presentations exploring Judaic and Islamic culture and history were offered to the SIT community and members of the public every evening from 7 to 9 p.m. Read more about the 2003 Salaam-Shalom-Peace program. For three weeks in July 2003, SIT's Center for Intercultural Programs offered its second summer immersion program in Esperanto when it hosted the North American Summer Esperanto Institute. Twenty-five participants enrolled from countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, Japan, the U.K., Austria, China, and the U.S. Distinguished instructors from the U.K., Croatia, and the U.S. taught classes in intermediate and advanced Esperanto. The third Esperanto Institute will be held on the SIT campus in July 2004. Details about this program can be found here when they become available. |
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