Faculty from San Diego State University Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC), the Department of Linguistics, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages, and the California Foreign Language Project, will once again offer an intensive summer language program in Persian language and culture to approximately 100 middle, high school, and college students through the non-residential, intensive summer STARTALK programs. A unique feature of our proposal is that it is tied to a companion project, a hands-on teacher training institute, which is carried out through collaboration with the California Foreign Language Project Southern California branch, SAILN (Southern Area International Languages Network). Another special feature is the use of master and apprentice teachers in every classroom which keeps student-to-teacher ratios low and replenishes the pool of qualified and experienced instructors of Less Commonly Taught Languages. Our program also draws on the richness and diversity of our large Persian-speaking community to bring the classroom into the community, and vice-versa.
Program Funded for Summer 2013
2013 Multilanguage STARTALK Teacher Training: Technology, Pedagogy, and Assessment
Arabic, Dari, Persian, Chinese, Turkish
The Summer 2013 Multi-Language teacher workshop is an on-site training open to teachers and those who would like to pursue teaching career. Teachers accepted into this program will participate in a two-week workshop and will be offered another one week (35 hours) of professional development training through Southern Area Language Network (SAILN) which is a branch of California World Language Project (CWLP).
Teachers participating in the program will attend 8 hours per day of instruction, from Monday through Friday, for two consecutive weeks, including one hour working on assignments outside of the classrooms. Participants will learn to develop their lesson plans using communicative-based strategies infused with culture. Instruction for this workshop will be offered and modeled in English followed by work in language-specific teams in the afternoons. We are fortunate to have award-winning workshop presenters and experienced language-specific leaders. For further information contact: Ms. Lamba M. Aziz at email: lmohamad@projects.sdsu.edu Tel: (619) 594-7447
Application Link http://larc.sdsu.edu/startalkteachertraining2013/
Previously Funded STARTalk Programs:
2012 Persian STARTALK Camp Grades 5-16
Dates: July 9th – August 3rd, 2012
The summer 2012 Persian program is open to middle school and high school students of both Persian heritage and non-heritage backgrounds. Our program follows the National Standards for Foreign Language and focuses on communicative skills development. Students from novice low to intermediate high will focus on listening and speaking skills at an appropriate level of linguistic development, and reading and writing skills. Using authentic materials, students will develop an appreciation of Persian culture and engage in a wide range of learning activities including songs, games, visual and performing arts. While performing these activities, students will, increase vocabulary, and develop speaking skills required for more formal discussions and tasks. Our Persian faculty have traveled to Iran to gather authentic video and still photographs, collected on-line videos in the language, collected authentic games and on the Internet. Students will have access to a Moodle site where they can review instructional materials, submit their work, and collaboratively explore topics to greater depth. Through an agreement with several local school districts and the Iranian School of San Diego, students will be able to apply their hours of study towards required seat time for earning course equivalency credits listed on their transcripts.
Select students, ages 16-18, will be selected from the local community to participate in college level Persian 101 course on campus at San Diego State. These students will have the opportunity to get credit for the course and experience the university learning environment. The program provides an introduction to the modern Persian language and its writing system. Focus is on development of speaking, listening, and reading skills using authentic and multimedia materials. Emphasis is also on vocabulary acquisition for everyday topics as well as development of culturally appropriate discourse strategies for day-to-day situations. The course is not open to students who have completed 3, or more, years of high school Persian. For more information, and to enroll, visit http://larc.sdsu.edu/persian-courses-projects/persian-summer-institute/
Contact 619-594-1259 nleonard@projects.sdsu.edu
Contact 619-594-8968 ppaydar@projects.sdsu.edu
Contact 619-594-8968 sahmadeian@projects.sdsu.edu
Website http://persianstartalk.sdsu.edu/
2011 Dari-Pashtu STARTALK Camp Grades 3-12
The summer 2011 Dari-Pashtu program was open to elementary, middle, high school students of both Dari-Pashtu heritage and non-heritage backgrounds. Our program follows the National Standards for Foreign Language and focuses on communicative skills development. Students from novice low to intermediate high will focus on listening and speaking skills at appropriate levels of linguistic development, and reading and writing skills. Using authentic materials, students will develop an appreciation of Dari-Pashtu culture and engage in a wide range of learning activities including songs, games, visual and performing arts. While performing these activities, students increase vocabulary, and develop speaking skills required for more formal discussions and tasks. Our Dari-Pashtu faculty have gather authentic video and still photographs, collected on-line videos in the language, collected authentic games and on the Internet. Students will have access to a Moodle site where they can review instructional materials, submit their work, and explore topics more deeply. Through an agreement with several local school districts, students will be able to apply their hours of study towards required seat time for earning course equivalency credits listed on their transcripts.
Contact 619-594-1259 nleonard@projects.sdsu.edu
Contact 619-594-7447 fsaydee@projects.sdsu.edu
Website http://daripashtustartalk.sdsu.edu
2011 Persian STARTALK Camp Grades 1-12
The summer 2011 Persian program was open to elementary, middle, high school students of both Persian heritage and non-heritage backgrounds. Our program follows the National Standards for Foreign Language and focuses on communicative skills development. Students from novice low to intermediate high will focus on listening and speaking skills at an appropriate level of linguistic development, and reading and writing skills. Using authentic materials, students will develop an appreciation of Persian culture and engage in a wide range of learning activities including songs, games, visual and performing arts. While performing these activities, students will, increase vocabulary, and develop speaking skills required for more formal discussions and tasks. Our Persian faculty have traveled to Iran to gather authentic video and still photographs, collected on-line videos in the language, collected authentic games and on the Internet. Students will have access to a Moodle site where they can review instructional materials, submit their work, and explore topics more deeply. Through an agreement with several local school districts and the Iranian School of San Diego, students will be able to apply their hours of study towards required seat time for earning course equivalency credits listed on their transcripts.
Contact 619-594-1259 nleonard@projects.sdsu.edu
Contact 619-594-8968 ppaydar@projects.sdsu.edu
Contact 619-594-8968 sahmadeian@projects.sdsu.edu
Website http://persianstartalk.sdsu.edu/
2011 Turkish STARTALK Camp Grades 1-12
The summer 2011 Turkish program was open to elementary, middle, high school students of both Turkish heritage and non-heritage backgrounds. Our program follows the National Standards for Foreign Language and focuses on communicative skills development. Students from novice low to intermediate high will focus on listening and speaking skills at appropriate levels of linguistic development, and reading and writing skills. Using authentic materials, students will develop an appreciation of Turkish culture and engage in a wide range of learning activities including songs, games, visual and performing arts. While performing these activities, students will, increase vocabulary, and develop speaking skills required for more formal discussions and tasks. Our Turkish faculty have traveled to Turkey to gather authentic video and still photographs, collected on-line videos in the language, collected authentic games and on the Internet. Students will have access to a Moodle site where they can review instructional materials, submit their work, and explore topics more deeply. Through an agreement with several local school districts and the ATASC school, students will be able to apply their hours of study towards required seat time for earning course equivalency credits listed on their transcripts.
Contact 619-594-1259 nleonard@projects.sdsu.edu
Contact nerminnergis@yahoo.com
Link http://turkishstartalk.sdsu.edu/
2011 Multilanguage STARTALK Teacher Training: Technology, Pedagogy, and Assessment
Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Persian, Russian, Swahili Turkish
The Summer 2011 Multi-Language Teacher workshop is an on-site training open to Startalk teachers from around the country with preference given to teachers in our 2011 Startalk programs. Teachers accepted into this program will participate in 60 hours of sustained instruction and training in a 2-week summer program and additionally will log in 10 hours of sustainment and skill building activities for 6 months following the program through online asynchronous and synchronous communication networking. Teachers participating in the program will attend 6 hours per day of instruction, from Monday through Friday, for two consecutive weeks. Working in language-specific teams they will design and model teaching a one hour lesson targeted to the proficiency and age levels of a specific group of students. Using a broad range of technological tools and software participants will learn to develop their lessons with media using communicative-based strategies infused with culture. Instruction for this workshop will be offered and modeled in English followed by work in language-specific teams in the afternoons. We are fortunate to have award-winning workshop presenters and experienced language-specific leaders.
Contact 619-594-1259 nleonard@projects.sdsu.edu and/or larcworkshops@gmail.com
Link http://larc.sdsu.edu/startalkteachertraining/
