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Hindi-Urdu
Language Program

CeLTIE

SIPHUR 2008

STARTALK - SIPHUR 2009
Summer Intensive Program for Hindi and Urdu


India Studies Program

Indiana University
Bloomington
June 22 – July 17, 2009
     STARTALK‐SIPHUR 2009 is a four week summer program which is equivalent to one semester of university‐level instruction. The program, designed for high school students, will start on June 22 and end on July 17, and offers classes at two levels: beginning for new students and intermediate for continuing students. Our goals are for the participating students to acquire the linguistic and cultural competence to communicate successfully in the target language, and obtain various learning strategies and skills. Classes will meet for four hours a day, five days a week, and students will be exposed to cultural aspects of the target country hrough various extra‐curricular activities, such as Yoga, Karam, Kabbadi, cricket, Indian classical music and dancing. Students will go on field trips a couple of times to various religious/cultural sites in Bloomington and its neighboring areas.
  
     Students can choose to learn Hindi or Urdu, or both Hindi and Urdu. Our program will be equally represented by heritage and non‐heritage students. There will be diversity among the heritage students in the sense that students with different religious backgrounds, such as Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs will be placed together in the same class. Students are exposed to different cultures, which helps them learn the importance of culturally appropriate behaviors. This will ultimately contribute to mutual understanding among different racial and ethnic communities.

     STARTALK‐SIPHUR 2009 is a residential program. Accepted students will receive a scholarship of $1,100 which will be used to pay for room and board. Bring yourself and your zeal for learning to the summer immersion program and have a rewarding and invaluable experience that you will remember for a lifetime.
 
Application Form
Application Deadline: May 31, 2009
Registration is now closed.		 top of page
You may apply electronically, or you may also print out a copy of the form, and mail the completed form to the following address:
Dr. Sungok Hong
SIPHUR
India Studies Program
Indiana University-Bloomington
825 E.8th St. Bloomington, IN 47408
All applicants are required to submit a high school transcript. If you have your transcript on file you may send it online by copying and pasting into the Application Form. Otherwise, you may send it by mail separately.
Courses       top of page

This free program offers classes at two levels in
Hindi and Urdu respectively. Students will be placed depending on their linguistic and cultural proficiency. The program is composed of classroom instruction,
a guest speaker series, evening culture classes,
and various extra-curricular activities. Students will
go on a weekly field trip within a distance of three hours at most, round trip every Friday except on
July 4.

Classes meet five days a week for four hours a day with 10 minute breaks between classes. Culture classes will meet in the afternoon. Classes will be

  split into small groups depending on students’ levels of proficiency, or at times dividing heritage and non-heritage students. Classroom instruction will be student-centered and students will engage themselves in various kinds of activities in and out of class. By the end of the program, students will have the ability to exchange information on a range of topics, produce the standard written style of the language on conventional themes, and comprehend Hindi/Urdu realia and simple stories. Students will have a deeper understanding of the target culture, and learn the importance of culturally appropriate behaviors.

All classes will meet in Woodburn Hall, and will run as follows:
1st period
9:00 a.m. -  9:50 a.m.
2nd period
 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
3rd period
 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
4th period
 12:0 0 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Evening Culture Classes     top of page
Students will have opportunities to play sports and games, such as Cricket, tennis, basketball, and  Karam.
Bharatnatyam Dance (Ashton Barnes Lounge) 4:45 – 5:45 pm, Mondays
Yoga 3:45 – 4:45 pm, Tuesdays and 11:00 – noon, Saturdays

Carnatic Vocal Lesson (floor lounge Teter)

 5:45 – 6:45 pm, Wednesdays
Bollywood Movie Night

7:00 – 10:00 pm, Thursdays except for June 25
Field Trips     top of page
Housing / Meals       top of page
Students participating in STARTALK-SIPHUR 2009 will be housed in Teter Quadrangle which is located at 501 N. Sunrise Drive, Bloomington, IN47406-7506. Students will live in a double occupancy room with a roommate.

Students will be given a meal card. With the meal card, students can eat in any dining location. Read Hall Food Court and Wright Quad Food Court will be open the entire period of your stay. Wright Quad Food Court is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. There is also a convenience store at Wright. There will be other dining locations on campus. A dining hall locations and hours sheet will be available to students.		  

Move-in:
Check-in will take place on 6/21 from 1:00pm-4:00pm in the Teter Lobby. Following check-in, RAs will give participants a brief orientation.

Move-out:
Check-out will take place on 7/17 from 1:00pm-4:00pm.

Please plan on moving during those times if at all possible.  If you can’t you should contact us:
Ph) 812-856-1343 or e-mail indiast@indiana.edu .
Job Opportunities       top of page
     The India Studies Program seeks two graduate assistants and three graduate /undergraduate resident assistants who will work for STARTALK-SIPHUR 2009 (Summer Intensive Program for Hindi and Urdu). The summer program will run from June 22 to July 17, 2009. The two graduate assistants for Hindi and Urdu, each as a 75% time employee, will help the instructors with grading, teaching, and
material development. Fluency in Hindi/Urdu is 		  required. The three resident assistants will live in the residential hall to supervise the students participating in the program. The RAs must be available on-call from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. overnight
and weekends. When there are extra-curricular activities, they must be present to supervise the students. Lodging, meals, and a stipend of $700 will be provided. Knowledge of Hindi/Urdu is desirable.
Applicants should submit a letter and a current CV to:

Dr. Sungok Hong
SIPHUR
India Studies Program
Indiana University-Bloomington
825 E. 8th St., Bloomington, IN 47408
Job application materials can also be sent via e-mail. Job applications will be reviewed starting May 1, 2009.
For more information please contact Dr. Hong: ph. (812)855-6697 or e-mail.
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