Chinese program APPLICATIONS ONLINE--Virginia Foreign Language Academies -- for STUDENT AND STAFF

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STUDENT AND STAFF APPLICATIONS ONLINE AT:

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/Language/GAindex.html
(after October 16, 2009)
Director applications due by Oct. 26, 2009
All others must be postmarked by
Jan. 22, 2010



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Teacher Observers Welcome!Foreign language teachers and supervisorsmay
earn points toward relicensureby attending an Academy as an observer
for 2-7 days during the week of July 5-
11, 2010, pending approval of their local school administration.
Applications for the teacher observer program are online at the Web
address above under “staff applications” and are due by
May 18, 2010

Here attached is the brochure of Virginia Foreign Language Academies
sponsored by the Virginia Dept. of Education. The Chinese program will
start from June 27 and end on July 18, 2010. For detailed information,
please check the brochure.

The contact Person is:
Helen Small, Specialist for Foreign Languages
Virginia Department of Education
P. O. Box 2120
Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120
Phone: 804-225-3666
Fax: 804-786-1597
E-mail: Helen...@doe.virginia.gov
Web: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/
Instruction/Language/GAindex.html

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Hosted by
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

For more information, please contact
Helen Small, Specialist for Foreign Languages
Virginia Department of Education
P. O. Box 2120
Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120
Phone: 804-225-3666
Fax: 804-786-1597

E-mail: Helen...@doe.virginia.gov
Web: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/
Instruction/Language/GAindex.html

History
Since 1987, the Virginia Department of
Education has sponsored Governor's Foreign
Language Academies, summer residential
programs for Virginia's most motivated
and talented foreign language students.
As of 2009, approximately 6,800
students have completed one of the six
programs

. In 2008, a STARTALK Chinese Academy was added, and in 2009, Virginia
Commonwealth University applied for and received STARTALK grants for
Arabic and Chinese Academies. The 2010 Virginia Foreign Language
Academies: A Global Village will allow each of the eight academies
to maintain its individuality as well as to offer activities to expand
global awareness, multi-cultural understanding, and international
education. The three full-immersion programs in
French, German, and Spanish provide an intensive experience and unique
challenge
for students who have excelled in language study to continue learning
in a total immersion e vironment.
The Latin Academy provides an intensive experience for students who
have excelled
in Latin to continue their study in a setting unavailable in the
regular school environment
and introduces the students to classical Greek. The partial-immersion
programs in Arabic,
Chinese, Japanese, and Russian provide an opportunity for interested
students to be
introduced to these cultures and languages, which are not widely
taught across the Commonwealth. Intermediate classes may also be
available to students who have previously studied Arabic, Chinese,
Russian, or Japanese.

Virginia Foreign Language
Academies—A Global Village Comments from student evaluations summer
2009

“The goal of the academy is to live the language, not to be a summer
camp, and I feel that that's what we did here. This experience was so
amazing and I wish I could do it again.”

“All I really want to say is that I had one of the best experiences of
my life here at the academy. Everything was great; the people, the
teachers, the events, and on and on and on. Thank you so much.”

“...it was amazing how much I learned in such a short time.” “i would
absolutely attend this program
10000000 times more if i coulddd!! … iabsolutely loooveeddd everyyy
singleeee seconddd…” (sic)

Full-Immersion French Governor’s Academies German June 26 to July 18,
2010 Spanish
Partial-Immersion Japanese Governor’s Academies Latin June 27 to July
18, 2010 Russian
Partial-Immersion Arabic STARTALK Academies Chinese June 27 to July
18, 2008

Faculty

In addition to the Global Village Program Coordinator, each Academy
has a director,
a lead teacher, and several additional teachers. Most are Virginia
public secondary school teachers, with some private school teachers
and college professors.

Each Academy also employs three to six young people as resident
assistants. They are native speakers, college language majors, and/or
former Academy students.

A typical day

Wake-up, breakfast
• Classes, such as:
▪ The economics of Latin America
▪ The unification of Germany
▪ Life in France seen from an economic
perspective
▪ Great works of art
▪ Literary samplings
• Lunch
• Another class (or two)
• Afternoon activities/projects, such as:
▪ Journal writing
▪ Memory DVD production
▪ Theater
▪ Crafts
▪ Cooking
▪ Dance
▪ Music
• Afternoon sports, games
• Dinner
• Evening program, such as:
▪ Films
▪ Music
▪ Dances
▪ Theater
▪ Competitions
▪ Guest speakers
▪ Student and faculty talent presentations
In addition there will be field trips,
joint Global Village events such as an
Olympic competition and an International
Market, and other special activities