CLTA newsletter Jan. 2020
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<strong>CLTA</strong> NEWSLETTER <strong>Jan</strong>uary <strong>2020</strong><br />
ERAU <strong>2020</strong> ROTC summer study abroad scholarship<br />
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is hosting a study abroad full scholarship<br />
program for college ROTC students. The scholarship covers all costs for a summer <strong>2020</strong><br />
Chinese program in Taipei, Taiwan, May 8 to July 4, <strong>2020</strong>. Upper-class ROTC students are<br />
especially encouraged to apply. ROTC The minimum qualification for application is good<br />
standing in ROTC and an equivalent of one year of college Chinese by May <strong>2020</strong>, or Chinese<br />
heritage students, those who can speak some Chinese due to home influence, but still have quite<br />
some way to reach perfection in the language. The website of the program is<br />
https://prescott.erau.edu/rotc/project-GO. Application has been open since Oct 1. The<br />
deadline to apply is <strong>Jan</strong>uary 13, <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Host an ALLEX Teaching Fellow or Instructor at Your<br />
Institution<br />
We provide professionally trained Chinese, Japanese and Korean teaching fellows and instructors to<br />
universities who teach in exchange for financial support to take courses.<br />
ALLEX (Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange) will provide your institution with a<br />
professionally trained native speaking teaching fellow or instructor who will teach for two years in<br />
exchange for financial support to pursue a Master's or second Bachelor's degree.<br />
Alternatively, for institutions which already have established Asian language programs, the ALLEX<br />
Foundation also offers a one-year option designed as a cost-effective way to expand course offerings, add<br />
drill instructors, staff adjunct positions, or replace faculty on leave. Teaching Fellows in the one-year plan<br />
teach in exchange for room, board and tuition to take one or two classes, either for credit or as auditors.<br />
They are not degree seeking.<br />
This program has run successfully since 1988 at more than 230 universities all over the U.S. Schools<br />
currently using ALLEX instructors include Boston University, Colby College, Florida Institute of<br />
Technology, Hamilton College, Indiana University Bloomington, Portland State University, Texas Tech<br />
University, Union College, University of Iowa, University of Kentucky, University of Mississippi,<br />
University of Utah, Vanderbilt University, and Wellesley College.<br />
The distinctive feature of the ALLEX program is the 7 weeks of Chinese, Japanese or Korean language<br />
teacher training that our teaching fellows and instructors undergo at Washington University in St. Louis<br />
during the summer before they begin teaching. It is taught by some of the nation’s foremost experts in<br />
Asian language pedagogy, with faculty drawn from Cornell, M.I.T., Ohio State, Washington University<br />
in St. Louis, and Williams College.<br />
The ALLEX admission process is rigorous and selective: we personally interview all of the candidates in<br />
Taiwan, China, Japan and Korea, and only about 15-20% of applicants are admitted to the<br />
program. ALLEX instructors are bright, dynamic native speakers of their language with very good<br />
English skills. Once we make the assignment, you have the final say in accepting or rejecting the<br />
candidate we recommend to you.<br />
www.allex.orgPlease contact us for more information: www.allex.org or office@allex.org or 978-401-<br />
0085<br />
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