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African Languages Initiative
Domestic Intensive Summer Program
June 4 - July 27, 2012
The 2012 African Languages Initiative (AFLI) Domestic Intensive Summer Program is hosted by the Center for African Studies, University of Florida, on behalf of the Institute of International Education (IIE). The Program exposes learners to the culture and traditions of the languages both inside and outside the classroom. Instruction is performance-based and communicative-oriented provided by expert, native-speaking instructors. Classes meet four hours plus a mandatory 1 hour conversational session per weekday over eight weeks. Also, students spend a day with a host family every other weekend in order to enhance communicative interactions in the target languages. Students earn course credit equivalent to one academic year of instruction. The program is open to students of all majors and designed to assist qualified students to reach functional proficiency in their language of choice in two or more skills (reading, writing, speaking, or listening) in preparation for the African Languages Initiative overseas Fall program (Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Senegal, & South Africa) or for higher language proficiency study back to their institutions in fall.
Languages Offered: Akan/Twi, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba & Zulu
Program Dates: June 04 – July 27 2012
Program Tuition: $4,865
Application Deadline: March 15, 2012
Course Credit: equivalent to one academic year in university instruction
Arrival Dates: students are advised to arrive on or before June 3 and plan to depart on or after July 27
For more information, contact
Dr. Charles Bwenge
Email:cbwenge@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 392-6232 or (352) 392-2183
