LINGUIST List 25.2032

Wed May 07 2014

Summer Schools: Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik - German Summer School / Kingston, Rhode Island, USA

Editor for this issue: Malgorzata Cavar <gosialinguistlist.org>

Date: 06-May-2014
From: Norbert Hedderich <hedderich.urigmail.com>
Subject: Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik - German Summer School / Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
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Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik - German Summer School

Host Institution: University of Rhode Island, USA
Coordinating Institution: University of Rhode Island, USA
Website: http://www.uri.edu/iep/dssa

Dates: 22-Jun-2014 - 01-Aug-2014
Location: Kingston, Rhode Island, USA

Focus: Intensive German language instruction in an immersion setting.
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum


Description:
We offer language and literature classes at all levels for three or six weeks between late June and early August. Every year we serve approximately forty undergraduate and graduate students, and especially embrace beginners. In
addition to our morning core language classes, optional courses in the afternoon address more specific needs (graduate reading knowledge , phonetics, and field-specific courses in various disciplines). The academic instruction
is supplemented by a wide variety of language- and culture-related activities, such as workshops, films, lectures, games, and outings. Our faculty is exclusively made up of native speakers, many joining us directly from Germany
for the summer. And we take pride in offering a ratio of students to native speakers of around 5:1, which creates a friendly, personable language learning environment.

- Fully-accredited intensive courses at five levels of instruction, including beginners
- Participants earn transferable University of Rhode Island credits
- Earn up to 9 undergraduate or up to 6 graduate credits
- Three-week option available
- Native-speaking instructors and assistants from Germany
- Complete two semesters of college German in six weeks of total immersion
- Extensive extra-curricular program of cultural presentations, recent films and excursions
- Internationally recognized Goethe Institute Certificate Exam B1 and B2 offered
- Optional short courses in German for Reading Knowledge, German Pronunciation and Intonation
- Partial work-study financial aid available


Course(s) Offered:

GER 111
Intensive Elementary German I
GER 112
Intensive Elementary German II
GER 113
Intensive Intermediate German I
GER 114
Intensive Intermediate German II
GER 215
Conversation and Composition I
GER 216
Conversation and Composition II
GER 305
Advanced Conversation and Composition I
GER 306
Advanced Conversation and Composition II
GER 485/585
German Studies Seminar: Contemporary German Culture
GER 486/586
German Studies Seminar: "Frauenpower"
GER 497 02
German Pronuncation and Intonation
GER 497 01
Graduate Reading Knowledge

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition


Subject Languages: German

Tuition: 3900.00 USD
Tuition Explanation: Full six week program: $3,900
Three week program: $2,200


Financial Aid:
Thanks to support from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Max Kade Foundation, we can make partial financial aid awards to qualified students who demonstrate financial need. Financial aid recipients will be asked to help out with dining room chores.

Financial Aid Instructions:
Since preference will be given to early applicants, financial aid forms should be requested as soon as possible. Financial aid applications are sent out upon request and only after receipt of the application and deposit.


Registration: 01-Feb-2014 to 13-Jul-2014

Contact Person: Norbert Hedderich
Phone: 401-874-4710
Email: hedderich.urigmail.com


Registration Instructions:
Please download and print the 2014 Application Form (in PDF format) from our homepage:

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/ml/german/summersc/dssa_application_form2014.pdf

Mail the printed form together with other required documents to the address on the application. For questions or further information, please contact Norbert Hedderich, the director of the Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik.

Page Updated: 07-May-2014