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Workshops, Institutes and Conferences

Establishing a Chinese Language Program
For schools setting up a program
April 25-27, Portland
Asia Society and the Oregon Chinese K-16 Flagship

STARTALK for Teachers and Prospective Teachers
STARTALK for High School Students
Look for meetings by state

STARTALK for Teachers and Prospective Teachers
STARTALK 2007, a National Security Language Initiative administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, will provide, among other things, summer programs in Chinese for teachers and prospective teachers. To learn more about STARTALK, the National Foreign Language Center and its initiatives, please click here.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS)
Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT
ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Teachers
Dates: July 5 - July 15 and July 14 - July 25 (2 sessions)

http://www.actfl.org

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
BYU Chinese Language Camp
Dates: July 23 - August 17

http://asiane.byu.edu

Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
Bryant Summer High School Chinese Immersion Program
Dates: July 16 - July 29

http://china.bryant.edu

Chicago Public Schools/DePaul University, Chinese Language Institute (CLI)
Chicago, IL
Teacher Professional Development (TPD)
Dates: June 18 - July 18

http://www.cps.k12.il.us
http://www.olce.org

The College Board
New York, NY
Summer Institutes for Chinese Guest Teachers
Dates: August 5 - August 14

http://www.collegeboard.com/k12chinese

Concordia Language Villages
Moorhead, MN
Authentic Learning, Authentic Teaching: Chinese Language Acquisition in Context
Dates: July 2 - July 14

http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus (ERAU)
Prescott, AZ
ERAU Upgrading Language Programs for High School Students
Dates: June 16 - July 26

http://www.erau.edu/omni/pr/academicorgs/prcoaas/foreignlanguage.html

University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
A Chinese Language Immersion Sports Camp
Dates: July 8 - July 28

http://chinesestudies.hawaii.edu

Hunter College
New York, NY
Teaching Practicum and Professional Development
Dates: July 2 - August 24 (4 or 8 weeks)

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/summer.html

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Chinese Pedagogy Institute (CPI)
Dates: June 17 - June 29

http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/CPI/index.htm

Middlebury College, Sunderland Language Center
Middlebury, VT
Teacher Workshops and Continuing Education Programs in Chinese
Dates: July 15 - July 28

http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/startalk

Northern Kentucky University, NKU Research Foundation
Highland Heights, KY
Educating World Language (Chinese) Teachers
Dates: June 4 - July 20

http://www.nku.edu

Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria, VA
Powering Up Your Chinese Language Courses with Technology

Dates: June 26 - June 29

Rutgers University, Rutgers Language Institute
New Brunswick, NJ
Promoting Chinese in the New Jersey World Languages Classroom: The Rutgers/NJ School District Summer Project
Dates: June 1 - August 31

http://wli.rutgers.edu

Seattle Public Schools
Seattle, WA
Chinese Language Teacher Certification
Dates: July 16 - August 31

http://www.seattleschools.org/area/main/index.dxml

Southern California Council of Chinese Schools
Torrance, CA
Chinese Immersion Summer Program
Dates: June 25 - July 26

http://www.teachingChinese.org

Stanford University's California Foreign Language Project
Palo Alto, CA
Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture Program for High School Students and Professional Development for Their Teachers
Dates: June 25 - July 20

http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/


STARTALK for High School Students
STARTALK 2007, a National Security Language Initiative administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, will provide, among other things, summer programs in Chinese for high school students. To learn more about STARTALK, the National Foreign Language Center and its initiatives, please click here.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS)
Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT
ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Students
Dates: July 2 - July 27
http://www.actfl.org

Arlington Public Schools
Summer Exploratory and Enrichment for Chinese
Dates: July 9 - July 27
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us

Beloit College
Beloit, WI
A Lifetime of Adventure: Summer Intensive Chinese Language Study at Beloit
Dates: June 9 - August 10
http://www.summerlanguages.com

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
BYU Chinese Language Camp
Dates: July 23 - August 17
http://asiane.byu.edu/chinese

Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
Bryant Summer High School Chinese Immersion Program
Dates: July 16 - July 29
http://china.bryant.edu

Chicago Public Schools/DePaul University, Chinese Language Institute (CLI)
Chicago, IL
Student Language Institute
Dates: June 18 - July 18
http://www.cps.k12.il.us
http://www.olce.org

China Institute
New York, NY
Chinese Summer Immersion Academy
Dates: July 30 - August 24
http://www.chinainstitute.org/summer- academy/index.html

Concordia Language Villages
Moorhead, MN
Authentic Learning, Authentic Teaching: Chinese Language Acquisition in Context
Dates: July 2 - August 11
http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus (ERAU)
Prescott, AZ
ERAU Upgrading Language Programs for High School Students
Dates: June 16 - July 26
http://www.erau.edu/omni/pr/academicorgs/prcoaas/fo reignlanguage.html

University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
A Chinese Language Immersion Sports Camp
Dates: July 8 - July 28
http://chinesestudies.hawaii.edu

Howard Community College
Columbia, MD
Intense Critical Language Learning Experience for County High School Students
Dates: June 18 - August 9
http://www.howardcc.edu/academics/ academic_divisions/English

Hunter College
New York, NY
Intensive Chinese for High School Students
Dates: July 2 - August 24
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/summer.html

University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
Mississippi High School Short Pipeline Project
Dates: July 2 - July 20
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/modern_languages/StarTalk.html

OneWorld Now!
Seattle, WA
OneWorld Now! Summer Language Camp
Dates: August 20 - August 31
http://www.oneworldnow.org

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Penn Young Scholar Chinese Academy
Dates: July 2 - August 10
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/

Rutgers University, Rutgers Language Institute
New Brunswick, NJ
Promoting Chinese in the New Jersey World Languages Classroom: The Rutgers/NJ School District Summer Project
Dates: June 1 - August 31
http://wli.rutgers.edu

Southern California Council of Chinese Schools
Torrance, CA
Chinese Immersion Summer Program
Dates: June 25 - July 26
http://www.teachingChinese.org
http://www.SCCCS.com

Stanford University's California Foreign Language Project
Palo Alto, CA
Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture Program for High School Students and Professional Development for Their Teachers
Dates: June 25 - July 20
http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/

 

 

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