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STARTALK

STARTALK. National Security Language Initiative. A national plan to increase the number of Americans learning critical need foreign languages such as Chinese Collaboration among various government agencies to provide programs beginning in early childhood. NSLI Players.

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STARTALK

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  1. STARTALK

  2. National Security Language Initiative • A national plan to increase the number of Americans learning critical need foreign languages such as Chinese • Collaboration among various government agencies to provide programs beginning in early childhood

  3. NSLI Players • Department of Education: students, teachers, and government workers • Department of State: high school, undergraduate and graduate students to study abroad • Department of Defense: advanced instruction in critical languages in colleges • ODNI: STARTALK

  4. What is STARTALK? • Summer programs in critical need languages • for teachers and students • Summer 2007 Pilot Year • Arabic and Chinese language study for 400 high school students • Professional Development opportunities for 400 teachers of Arabic and Chinese

  5. Professional Development Goals • Build infrastructure in critical languages within the US • Increase the number and expertise of qualified teachers in Arabic and Chinese • Provide training opportunities that lead toward certification

  6. Summer 2007 Pilot Teacher Programs • STARTALK will award grants to existing Professional Development programs that • increase the number and expertise of Arabic and Chinese language teachers • facilitate prospective teachers’ progress toward state licensure • serve pre-service, public, private, and heritage language teachers as well as university faculty or assistants

  7. Professional Development Priorities • Meet certification requirements through credit-bearing programs • Praxis I examination prep • Provide relevant courses • Blend theory and practice

  8. Professional Development Target Audiences • In-service teachers • renewal of certification • Pre-service teachers • Praxis and basic pedagogy and applied linguistics courses

  9. Institutional Eligibility for Teacher Programs • Organizations must demonstrate: • evidence of success in previous years for existing summer institutes or courses • curriculum geared toward enabling Arabic and/or Chinese language teachers to gain or improve linguistic or pedagogical skills • 3. courses are linked to state certification or licensure requirements

  10. Summer 2007 Pilot Student Programs • STARTALK will award grants to existingsummer programs that • provide students with meaningful experiences to develop and improve their linguistic and cultural competence in Arabic and/or Chinese • offer credit to students for their language proficiency and opportunity to continue their study • serve all high school students from different backgrounds and language abilities in Arabic and/or Chinese

  11. Institutional Eligibility for Student Programs • Applicants must demonstrate: • evidence of success in previous years for existing summer foreign language programs • 2. the capability to offer meaningful Arabic and/or Chinese summer experiences for high school students in a safe and culturally rich environment

  12. For More Information: • startalk@nflc.org • www.nflc.org/projects

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